Dictionary of Biological Psychology
An atlas of the BRAIN, or parts of the brain, mapped out in serial sections and typically providing both pictures of brain tissue and schematic representations of it. The brain tissue may have been processed by specific histological techniques (see HISTOLOGY) to illustrate features (fibres and cell bodies for example) or to show particular cells identified by their NEUROCHEMISTRY. Adult or developing brains can be mapped. The brain is mapped out into coordinate systems (see COORDINATE SYSTEMS, STEREOTAXIC) by atlases and are invaluable when conducting STEREOTAXIC SURGERY. Atlases are available for many different species, including most of the typical species of experimental animal and humans.
References
Paxinos G. & Watson C.
(1997) The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, compact 3rd edn, Academic Press: San Diego.
Paxinos G. & Huang X.-F. (1995) Atlas of the Human Brainstem, Academic Press: San Diego.
Paxinos G., Ashwell K.W.S. & Tork I. (1999) Atlas of the Developing Rat Nervous System, Academic Press: San Diego.
Paxinos G., Kus L., Ashwell K.W.S. & Watson C. (1999) Chemoarchitectonic Atlas of the Rat Forebrain, Academic Press: San Diego.
Swanson L.W. (1992) Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain, Elsevier: Amsterdam.
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