Human Brainstem

George Paxinos has written 62 books on the brain of humans, monkeys, rodents and birds. His first atlas, The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, is the most cited neuroscience publication. His Atlas of the Human Brain received The Award for Excellence in Publishing in Medical Science (Assoc American Publishers, 1997) and The British Medical Association Illustrated Book Award (2016). His eco-fiction book A River Divided (georgepaxinos.com.au) considers the question of whether the brain in the Goldilocks Zone - the right “size” for survival.Teri Furlong works at Neuroscience Research Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Charles Watson is a neuroscientist and public health physician. His qualifications included a medical degree (MBBS) and two research doctorates (MD and DSc). He is Professor Emeritus at Curtin University, and holds adjunct professorial research positions at the University of New South Wales, the University of Queensland, and the University of Western Australia. He has published over 100 refereed journal articles and 40 book chapters, and has co-authored over 25 books on brain and spinal cord anatomy. The Paxinos Watson rat brain atlas has been cited over 80,000 times. His current research is focused on the comparative anatomy of the hippocampus and the claustrum.He was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science by the University of Sydney in 2012 and received the Distinguished Achievement Award of the Australasian Society for Neuroscience in 2018.

• IntroductionSource of TissueHistologyPhotography/ImagingDiagrams and Labeled PhotographsIn Vivo MRIStereotaxic GridNomenclature and AbbreviationsGene Expression Reveals the Segmentation of the BrainstemThe Construction of Abbreviations in the Paxinos/Watson NomenclatureThe Basis of the Delineation of StructuresEfferent and Afferent nuclei of the Cranial NervesReticular and Tegmental Nuclei of BrainstemMonoamine Nuclei of the BrainstemPrecerebellar Nuclei and Red NucleusNuclei Related to the Visual System