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The neurobiology of Australian marsupials : brain evolution in the other mammalian radiation / editor and principal author, Ken Ashwell.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 351 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780511909719
  • 0511909713
  • 0511850808
  • 9780511850806
  • 1282818007
  • 9781282818002
  • 9786612818004
  • 661281800X
  • 0511908946
  • 9780511908941
  • 0511908202
  • 9780511908200
  • 0511906919
  • 9780511906916
  • 0511905637
  • 9780511905636
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Neurobiology of Australian marsupials.DDC classification:
  • 573.8/192 22
LOC classification:
  • QL737.M3 A84 2010eb
NLM classification:
  • QL 737.M3
Online resources:
Contents:
Classification, evolution and behavioural ecology of Australian marsupials / K. Ashwell -- Overview of marsupial brain organization and evolution / K. Ashwell -- Development and sexual dimorphism / K. Ashwell -- Ventral hindbrain and midbrain / K. Ashwell -- Cerebellum, vestibular and precerebellar nuclei / K. Ashwell -- Diencephalon and associated structures / K. Ashwell -- Deep telencephalic structures / K. Ashwell -- Cerebral cortex and claustrum/endopiriform complex / K. Ashwell -- Visual system / L.D. Beazley, C. Arrese and D.M. Hunt -- Somatosensory system / L. Marotte, C. Leamey and P. Waite -- Auditory system / L. Aitkin and R.K. Shepherd -- Olfactory system / K. Ashwell -- Motor system and spinal cord / K. Ashwell -- Australian marsupials as models of brain development / L. Marotte, P. Waite and C. Leamey -- Australian marsupials as models of ageing and disease / B. McAllan and S.J. Richardson -- Atlas of the brain of the stripe-faced dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura) / K. Ashwell, B. McAllan and J.K. Mai -- Stereotaxic atlas of the brain of the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) / K. Ashwell and L. Marotte -- Atlas of the brain of the developing tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) / K. Ashwell, L. Marotte and J.K. Mai.
Summary: "Australian marsupials represent a parallel adaptive radiation to that seen among placental mammals. This great natural experiment has produced a striking array of mammals with structural and behavioural features echoing those seen among primates, rodents, carnivores, edentates and ungulates elsewhere in the world. Many of these adaptations involve profound evolutionary changes in the nervous system, and occurred in isolation from those unfolding among placental mammals. Ashwell provides the first comprehensive review of the scientific literature on the structure and function of the nervous system of Australian marsupials. The book also includes the first comprehensive delineated atlases of brain structure in a representative diprotodont marsupial (the tammar wallaby) and a representative polyprotodont marsupial (the stripe-faced dunnart). For those interested in brain development, the book also provides the first comprehensive delineated atlas of brain development in a diprotodont marsupial (the tammar wallaby) during the critical first 4 weeks of pouch life"--Provided by publisher
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-333) and indexes.

Classification, evolution and behavioural ecology of Australian marsupials / K. Ashwell -- Overview of marsupial brain organization and evolution / K. Ashwell -- Development and sexual dimorphism / K. Ashwell -- Ventral hindbrain and midbrain / K. Ashwell -- Cerebellum, vestibular and precerebellar nuclei / K. Ashwell -- Diencephalon and associated structures / K. Ashwell -- Deep telencephalic structures / K. Ashwell -- Cerebral cortex and claustrum/endopiriform complex / K. Ashwell -- Visual system / L.D. Beazley, C. Arrese and D.M. Hunt -- Somatosensory system / L. Marotte, C. Leamey and P. Waite -- Auditory system / L. Aitkin and R.K. Shepherd -- Olfactory system / K. Ashwell -- Motor system and spinal cord / K. Ashwell -- Australian marsupials as models of brain development / L. Marotte, P. Waite and C. Leamey -- Australian marsupials as models of ageing and disease / B. McAllan and S.J. Richardson -- Atlas of the brain of the stripe-faced dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura) / K. Ashwell, B. McAllan and J.K. Mai -- Stereotaxic atlas of the brain of the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) / K. Ashwell and L. Marotte -- Atlas of the brain of the developing tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) / K. Ashwell, L. Marotte and J.K. Mai.

"Australian marsupials represent a parallel adaptive radiation to that seen among placental mammals. This great natural experiment has produced a striking array of mammals with structural and behavioural features echoing those seen among primates, rodents, carnivores, edentates and ungulates elsewhere in the world. Many of these adaptations involve profound evolutionary changes in the nervous system, and occurred in isolation from those unfolding among placental mammals. Ashwell provides the first comprehensive review of the scientific literature on the structure and function of the nervous system of Australian marsupials. The book also includes the first comprehensive delineated atlases of brain structure in a representative diprotodont marsupial (the tammar wallaby) and a representative polyprotodont marsupial (the stripe-faced dunnart). For those interested in brain development, the book also provides the first comprehensive delineated atlas of brain development in a diprotodont marsupial (the tammar wallaby) during the critical first 4 weeks of pouch life"--Provided by publisher

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English.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650

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