Brodmann's 'Localisation In The Cerebral Cortex' - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1860941761 ISBN 13: 9781860941764

Publisher: Imperial College Press, 1999

Synopsis

This book is a translation of the famous book “Vergleichende Lokalisationslehre der Grosshirnrinde in ihren Prinzipien dargestellt auf Grund des Zellenbaues” by Korbinian Brodmann, which is one of the major classics of the neurological world. Although Brodmann's book was written in 1909, to this day it forms the basis for so-called “localisation” of function in the cerebral cortex. Brodmann's “areas” are still used to designate cortical functional regions, such as area 4 for the motor cortex, area 17 for the visual cortex and so on. This nomenclature is used by clinical neurologists and neurosurgeons for man, as well as by experimentalists for various animals. Brodmann's famous “maps” of the cerebral cortex of man, monkeys and other mammals are among the most commonly reproduced figures in neurobiology books. In fact, there are very few neuroanatomy, neurophysiology or clinical neurology textbooks which do not refer to Brodmann's cortical localisation. Despite this, few people have ever seen a copy of the 1909 monograph, and even fewer have read it! Professor Laurence J Garey, who frequently used Brodmann's findings and maps in his neurobiological work, had a copy of the 1909 text. He was often asked to provide translations of specific parts of the text by colleagues who neither had access to the book nor an English version. He thus finally decided to translate the whole book.

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"As I, too, use Brodmann's findings and maps in my neurobiological work, and had the good fortune to have access to a copy of the book, I decided to read the complete text and soon discovered that this was much more than just a report of laboratory findings of a turn-of-the-century neurologist. It was an account of the neurobiological thinking at that time, covering aspects of comparative neuroanatomy, neurophysiology and neuropathology, as well as giving a fascinating insight into the complex relationships between European neurologists during the momentous times when the neuron theory was still new." Professor Laurence J Garey

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The first translation of Brodmann's book on cerebral cortex
This book is a major classic in neurology. It forms the basis for "localisation" in the cerebral cortex of the brain. Brodmann's "areas" define functional zones of the cortex. They are used by neurologists, neurosurgeons and experimental neuroscientists the world over. This is the first translation of Brodmann's monograph, now in its second edition. It also gives a insight into the complex relations between neurologists at the turn of the 19th century. It will interest all those for whom brain research, or the history of brain research, is of importance

Edition details

• Publisher: Imperial College Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1860941761
• ISBN 13: 9781860941764
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Garey Laurence J