Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice CONTENIDO: Evolution and the organization of the central nervous system. Evolution and Variation -- Neurons and Sensory Receptors -- The Vertebrate Central Nervous System -- Vertebrate Phylogeny and Diversity in Brain Organization -- Evolution and Adaptation of the Brain, Behavior, and Intelligence -- Theories of Brain Evolution -- The spinal cord and hindbrain. Overview of Spinal Cord and Hindbrain -- The Spinal Cord -- Segmental Organization of the Head, Brain, and Cranial Nerves -- Functional Organization of the Cranial Nerves -- Sensory Cranial Nerves of the Brainstem -- Motor Cranial Nerves -- The Reticular Formation -- The Cerebellum -- The midbrain. Overview of the Midbrain -- Isthmus -- Tegmentum and Tori -- Optic Tectum -- The forebrain: Diencephalon. Overview of the Forebrain -- Pretectum. Accessory Optic System, and Migrated Posterior Tuberculum -- Epithalamus -- Dorsal Thalamus -- The Visceral Brain: The Hypothalamus and the Autonomic Nervous System -- The forebrain: telencephalon. Basal Telencephalon -- Nonlimbic Pallium -- Visual Forebrain in Amniotes -- Somatosensory and Motor Forebrain in Amniotes -- Auditory and Vocal Forebrain Amniotes -- Terminal Nerve and Olfactory Forebrain -- Limbic Telencephalon -- Conclusion. Evolution of Brains: A Bilaterian View -- Appendix: Terms Used in Neuroanatomy -- Glossary -- Index.
