Beschreibung
This is the only book entirely devoted to the sensory circumventricular organs. It reviews research into their detailed anatomy, neurochemistry, neural connections, and functions, and provides the reader with many illustrations previously unpublished.
Autorenporträt
InhaltsangabeIntroduction.-Location, general structure and ependymal cells of sensory circumventricular organs.-Regional subdivisions within sensory circumventricular organs.-Vasculature, compartmental barriers, neurons and glia in the sensory circumventricular organs.-Neurochemical aspects of sensory circumventricular organs.-The neural connections of the sensory circiumventricular organs.-Immediate early gene expression in the sensory circumventricular organs.-Functions of the sensory circumventricular organs.-Summary.-subject index