Book Description:
Neuroanatomy is the study of the anatomical organization of the brain. Reciprocal communication between the brain and the cardiovascular system is important in sustaining neurobehavioral states that allow organisms to cope with their environment. Furthermore, in vertebrate animals, the routes that the myriad nerves take from the brain to the rest of the body, and the internal structure of the brain in particular, are both extremely elaborate. As a result, the study of neuroanatomy has developed into a discipline in itself, although it also represents a specialization within neuroscience. This book briefly covers the neuroanatomy of the vagal circuit, the functional significance of tonic cardiac vagal function and ways of quantifying this measure for research purposes. Also examined are the fiber composition and functional topography of peripheral nerves, and innovative methodologies that facilitate measurements of nerve fibers. This book contributes new insights to the controversial discussion about neurotrophin effects on different cell populations and at different time points in retinal programmed cell death (PCD). Other chapters in this book provide a comparative overview of the distribution of orexin cells and fibers across the brains of vertebrates in relation to function, the neuroanatomical structures and autonomic nerves involved in headaches and a reevaluation of the structure of the human anterior olfactory nucleus, with an updated description of this structure in the normal human.

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Table of Contents:
Preface

Major Neuroanatomical and Neurochemical Substrates Involved in Primary Headaches;pp. 1-58
(Samsam Mohtashem, Covenas Rafael, Ahangari Raheleh, Yajeya Javier, University of Central Florida, Burnett College of Biomedical Sciences and College of Medicine, Orlando, Florida, USA, and others)

Architectonic Studies: Past, Present and Future;pp. 59-92
(Peiyan Wong and Jon H. Kaas, Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee)

Correlation of Neurotrophin Expression and Survival Promoting Capacities with Different Programmed Cell Death Periods in the Developing Murine Retina;pp. 93-120
(Elvira Pyziak and Nicole Duenker, Institute for Anatomy, Department of Neuroanatomy, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany)

Comparative Distribution of Orexin Immunoreactivity in the Brain of Vertebrates;pp. 121-144
(Kristan G. Singletary, William Farrell, Christopher R. Hayworth and Yvon Delville, Psychology Department and Institute for Neuroscience, University of Texas, Austin, TX)

Visual Cortex: Crosstalk and Concomitant Communications between Extrastriate Visual Areas;pp. 145-164
(Hiroyuki Nakamura & Kazuo Itoh, Department of Morphological Neuroscience, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan)

Final Publications of Christfried Jakob: On the Frontal Lobe and the Limbic Region;pp.165-170
(Lazaros C. Triarhou, Economo–Koskinas Wing for Integrative and Evolutionary Neuroscience, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece)

The Human Olfactory System: An Anatomical and Cytoarchitectonic Study of the Anterior Olfactory Nucleus;pp. 171-182
(Daniel Saiz Sánchez, Isabel Úbeda Bañón, Carlos de la Rosa Prieto, Lucía Argandoña Palacios, Susana García Muñozguren, Ricardo Insausti, Alino Martínez Marcos, Laboratorio Neuroanatomía Humana, Fac. Medicina/CRIB, Univ. Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain, and others)

Caudata (Amphibia) Brains and Telencephalon: Volumetric Organization and Hyperspatial Interpretations (CFA Projections);pp. 183-196
(Michel Thireau, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Département: “Régulations Développement et Diversité Moléculaire” (RDDM), Paris, France)

Vagal Tone: Neuroanatomy, Function, & Application;pp. 197-206
(Vladimir Miskovic & Louis A. Schmidt, McMaster Integrative Neuroscience Discovery and Study, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada and others)

Quantitative Microscopic Analysis of Myelinated Nerve Fibers;pp. 207-266
(Dimiter Prodanov, Hans K.P. Feirabend, Enrico Marani, Bioelectronic Systems Group, Interuniversity Microelectronics Centrum (IMEC), Leuven, Belgium and others)

Index