Human Brain Anatomy in Computerized Images - Hardcover

Damasio, Hanna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195082044 ISBN 13: 9780195082043

Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, 1995

Synopsis

This atlas of the human brain is based on the three-dimensional reconstruction of magnetic resonance scans of living persons. It offers a multiplicity of views of brain sections. Students should find this a unique way to study cerebral anatomy.

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About the Authors

Hanna Damasio, M.D., is Professor of Neurology at the University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, where she also directs the Laboratory for Human Neuroanatomy and Neuroimaging, and is Adjunct Professor at The Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California.

She is the internationally recognized author of numerous neuropsychological studies, and the developer of several new techniques for the investigation of normal and pathological anatomy using CT, MR, and PET.

Her previous book Lesion Analysis in Neuropsychology, also published by Oxford, was distinguished by the 1989 award for "most outstanding book in Bio- and Medical Sciences" from the Association of American Publishers. In 1992 she and her husband, Antonio R. Damasio, shared the Pessoa Prize, the highest distinction for intellectual achievement from their native Portugal.


Hanna Damasio, M.D., is Professor of Neurology at the University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, where she also directs the Laboratory for Human Neuroanatomy and Neuroimaging, and is Adjunct Professor at The Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195082044
• ISBN 13: 9780195082043
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 316