The rat nervous system

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Paxinos, George, 1944- editor.

Kassem, Mustafa S. (Mustafa Steve), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rats--Nervous system.

Rats.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations

black and white

illustration

Edition:

Fifth edition / edited by George Paxinos, Mustafa S. Kassem

Place of Publication:

London : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2026]

Summary:

"The Rat Nervous System, Fifth Edition is an indispensable guide for researchers and students in neuroscience who are working on the rat and mouse as experimental models. The new edition provides thorough updates throughout, including the latest information in an active field of research on the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system and their unique functions. Readers will learn how to formulate sound hypotheses as well as carry out accurate research models"-- ScienceDirect

Contents:

Gene maps and related histogenetic domains in the expanded forebrain (secondary prosencephalon/hypothalamus, diencephalon, and midbrain) / Luis Puelles, Salvador Martínez, ... John L.R. Rubenstein

Neuromeric heterochronic neurogenesis in the rat midbrain, diencephalon, and hypothalamus, as revealed by acetylcholinesterase histochemistry and autoradiographic reports / Luis Puelles, B. Fernández, ... J.A. Amat

Tangential migration in the telencephalon / Anaïs Boutsen, Romann Close, ... Laurent Nguyen

Peripheral autonomic nervous system / John B. Furness, Madeleine R. Di Natale and Robin M. McAllen

Primary afferent projections to the spinal cord / Gulgun Sengul

Spinal cord: Cyto- and chemoarchitecture / Gulgun Sengul

Superficial dorsal horn of the spinal cord / Alfredo Ribeiro-da-Silva

Ascending and descending pathways of the spinal cord / Gulgun Sengul and Charles Watson

Cerebellum and cerebellar connections / Tom J.H. Ruigrok, Roy V. Sillitoe and Jan Voogd

Locus coeruleus / Amelien Vreven, Daniel Chandler, ... Nelson K. Totah

Oromotor nuclei / Joseph B. Travers

Hypothalamic supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei / Quirin Krabichler and Valery Grinevich

Circumventricular organs / Brian J. Oldfield and Michael J. McKinley

Thalamus / Robert P. Vertes, Stephanie B. Linley and Anna S. Mitchell

Basal ganglia / Bryan M. Hooks, Aryn H. Gittis and Charles R. Gerfen

Globus pallidus external and internal: Telencephalic origin in both rodents and primates / Luis Puelles and John L.R. Rubenstein

Amygdala: Structure and function / Enrique Lanuza, Francisco E. Olucha-Bordonau and Fernando Martínez-García

Organization of the forebrain cholinergic system and its glial interactions / Laszlo Zaborszky and Erika Gyengesi

Hippocampal formation / Diek W. Wheeler, Menno P. Witter and Giorgio A. Ascoli

Cingulate cortex / Brent A. Vogt

Insular cortex / Henry C. Evrard

Isocortex / Ling Zhao, Anika Kuckertz and Nicola Palomero-Gallagher

Central autonomic system / Clifford B. Saper and Patrice G. Guyenet

Somatosensory system / Reha Erzurumlu

Gustatory system / Robert F. Lundy, Ralph Norgren and Henry C. Evrard

Olfactory system / Renée Hartig and Donald A. Wilson

Vestibular system / K.E. Cullen, S. du Lac, ... P.-P. Vidal

Auditory system / Manuel S. Malmierca and Tetsufumi Ito

Visual system / Paul R. Martin, Alan R. Harvey and Ehsan Arabzadeh

Cerebral vascular system / Jaims Lim, Vinay Jaikumar, ... Oscar U. Scremin

Neuroglia / Marco Rasile, Kristie Leigh Smith and Michela Matteoli

Postcodes for the brain and spinal cord: Rules based abbreviations for mammals and birds / George Paxinos, Kristie Leigh Smith, ... Mustafa S. Kassem

Notes:

Previous edition: 2015

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from digital title page (ScienceDirect, viewed August 24, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Rat nervous system

ISBN:

9780443240799

0443240795

OCLC:

1606491027

Publisher Number:

CIPO000409018

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license