The Human Nervous System

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). Professor Mai studied medicine in Freiburg, Germany, Vienna and UT Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, U.S.A. Student and Medical practices in Freiburg (Clinic for Neurosurgery), Berlin and Düsseldorf. Dissertation ("summa cum laude") and habilitation were awarded by the University of Düsseldorf: After a period as GP in private practice (Titisee-Neustadt) he became scientific assistant and senior assistant at the C. and O. Vogt-Institute for Brain Research, University of Düsseldorf (1972 - 1983) and Professor of Neuroanatomy at the Institute of Neuroanatomy, H.-Heine-University of Düsseldorf. He served as director of the Department of the Institute of Anatomy 1 until retirement in 2011. His main research interests are (i) the structural and molecular anatomy of the mammalian brain and (ii) expression patterns and regulation of terminal carbohydrates in development, cell activation and disease (III) operation planning in stereotactic neurosurgery. He works on a "Digital Brain Atlas for Planning and Interindividual Registration of Targets in Deep Brain Stimulation" and on a "Spatial Information Management Resource for the Human Brain". J. K. Mai has edited the catalogue of human brain sections from the Vogt collection; he is author and editor of several books, e.g. the awarded "Atlas of the Human Brain" (Academic Press/Elsevier, San Diego), "The Human Nervous System" (Academic Press/Elsevier, San Diego, Amsterdam, 3rd ed. 2012), Human Brain in Standard MNI Space: A Comprehensive Pocket Atlas (Academic Press/Elsevier, San Diego, 2017; with M. Majtanik), Funktionelle Anatomie für Zahnmediziner (Quintessenz, Berlin, 2nd. ed. 2008; Sensi Divini (ital., engl., ger, russ. eds). J. K. Mai is founder and CEO of MR-X-Brain GmbH. Dr. Mustafa (Steve) Kassem is a Senior Research Fellow at Neuroscience Research Australia and The University of New South Wales. He has authored two brain atlases, Atlas of the Developing Mouse Brain and Chemoarchitectonic Atlas of the Rat Brain. He developed a modification of the Golgi Stain, the Ultra-Rapid-Golgi stain, permitting use on cleared and fixed tissue and has assembled one of the largest online collections of histological material, brainreservoir.neura.edu.au. With Paxinos, Dalton and Smith, he constructed a unified list of CNS terms for humans, monkeys, rodents and birds.

• I. Evolution and development1. Brain Evolution2. Development of the Peripheral Nervous System3. Fetal Development of the Central Nervous SystemII. Peripheral nervous system and spinal cord4. Peripheral Nervous System Topics5. Peripheral Autonomic Pathways6. Spinal Cord: Regional Anatomy, Cytoarchitecture and Chemoarchitecture7. Spinal Cord: ConnectionsIII. Brainstem and cerebellum8. Organization of Brainstem Nuclei9. Reticular Formation10. Periaqueductal Gray11. Raphe Nuclei12. Locus Coeruleus13. Substantia Nigra, Ventral Tegmental Area, and Retrorubral Fields14. Brainstem Cholinergic Systems15. Cerebellum and Precerebellar NucleiIV. Diencephalon, basal ganglia, basal forebrain and amygdala16. Hypothalamus17. Hypophysis18. Circumventricular Organs19. Thalamus20. The Basal Ganglia21. Sex Differences in the Forebrain22. AmygdalaV. Cortex23. Architecture of the Cerebral Cortex24. Hippocampal Formation25. Cingulate Cortex26. The Frontal Cortex27. Motor Cortex28. Posterior Parietal CortexVI. Systems29. Lower Brainstem Regulation of Visceral, Cardiovascular, and Respiratory Function30. Somatosensory System31. Trigeminal Sensory System32. Pain System33. Gustatory System34. The Olfactory System35. The Vestibular System36. Auditory System37. Visual System38. The Emotional Systems39. Cerebral Vascular SystemIndex