1936 ARIENS KAPPERS, Cornelius Ubbo (1877 – 1946); HUBER, Gotthelf Carl (1874 – 1943); CROSBY, Elizabeth Caroline (1888 – 1983)
The comparative anatomy of the nervous system of vertebrates, including man. 2 vols.
This edition and translation was so extensively reworked and expanded by Kappers, Huber and Crosby that it should be considered a new work. See No. 1247 for the original edition in German. Order of authorship as publi…
GMN 14229 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16546
1943 RILEY, Henry Alsop (1887 – 1966)
An atlas of the basal ganglia, brain stem and spinal cord, Based on myelin-stained material.
"Classic atlas of the human brain (excluding the cerebral and cerebellar cortex). Each structure has a blurb with varying amounts of useful historical and factual information. There is also a very useful bibliography …
GMN 7347 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9519
1954 SINGER, Marcus (1914 – 1994); YAKOVLEV, Paul Ivan (1894 – 1983)
The human brain in sagittal section.
A superb atlas is based on sagittal sections. This was an innovative approach for the time as almost all previous illustration of the adult human brain was typically based on frontal or horizontal sections: “in conseq…
GMN 7351 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9523
1961 YAKOVLEV, Paul Ivan (1894 – 1983); ANGEVINE, Jay Bernard Jr. (1928 – 2012); MANCALL, Elliott L. (1927 – 2013)
The human cerebellum. An atlas of gross topography in serial sections.
GMN 7352 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9524
1968 –1982 BERMAN, Alvin L.; JONES, Edward G. (1938 – 2011)
1: The brain stem of the cat: a cytoarchitectonic atlas with stereotaxic coordinates. 2: The thalamus and basal telencephalon of the cat: a cytoarchitectonic atlas with stereotaxic coordinates.
Large folio. Images reproduced from contact prints recorded on 14 x 17 inch Kodak high-contrast metallographic plates. The first volume was by Alvin L. Berman; the second volume was by Berman and Edward G. Jones.
GMN 7349 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9521
1971 MEYER, Alfred
Historical aspects of cerebral anatomy.
A highly detailed, very technical, but well-documented study.
GMN 1588.8 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1497
1971 YOUNG, John Zachary (1907 – 1997)
The anatomy of the nervous system of Octopus vulgaris.
GMN 7159 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9326
1971 ANGEVINE, Jay Bernard Jr. (1928 – 2012); SIDMAN, Richard Leon; TABER PIERCE, Elizabeth
Atlas of the mouse brain and spinal cord.
"This is an exceptionally systematic, beautifully produced atlas of the mouse central nervous system in the three standard planes, with alternating cell-stained (Nissl method with cresyl violet) sections and myelin-st…
GMN 7353 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9525
1974 BELL, Sir Charles (1774 – 1842); MAGENDIE, François (1783 – 1855); CRANEFIELD, Paul Frederick (1925 – 2003)
The way in and the way out. François Magendie, Charles Bell and the roots of the spinal nerves. With a facsimile of Charles Bell’s annotated copy of his Idea of a new anatomy of the brain. Edited by Paul Cranefield.
An annotated bibliography of the literature documenting the history of this controversy together with reproductions of the texts of the crucial papers. See Nos. 1254-1259.
GMN 1588.14 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1538
1978 COURVILLE, Cyril Brian (1900 – 1968); COOPER, William Conrad (1931 – 2006); THOMAS, M. L. Manson
Catalog of works in the neurological sciences collected by Cyril Brian Courville, representative of clinical neurology, neuroanatomy, and neuropathology with particular reference to head trauma.
GMN 8775 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10953
1980 LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452 – 1519); KEELE, Kenneth David (1909 – 1987); PEDRETTI, Carlo (1928 – 2018)
Corpus of the anatomical studies in the collection…at Windsor Castle. Edited by K.D. Keele and C. Pedretti. 3 vols.
Splendid edition reproducing all of the drawings in color, and with the original chronology and integrity of the drawings restored. Text provides transliteration of Leonardo’s notes in the original Italian plus Englis…
GMN 366.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/434
1989 ECCLES, Sir John Carew (1903 – 1997)
Evolution of the brain: Creation of the self.
A pioneering work on the evolution of the human mind. Eccles synthesized comparative anatomy--especially brain anatomy--with evidence from paleontology and archaeology, and brain physiology (especially the physiology …
GMN 7071 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9238
1992 SWANSON, Larry William (1945 – )
Brain maps: Structure of the rat brain.
The first computer graphics atlas of the brain of any species, with the illustration files also available separately (1993). The work included a complete and systematic, hierarchically organized set of annotated nomen…
GMN 7354 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9526
1996 CLARKE, Edwin Sisterton (1919 – 1996); DEWHURST, Kenneth Eastham (1919 – 1984)
An illustrated history of brain function. Imaging the Brain from Antiquity to the Present. Second edition, revised and enlarged, with a new preface by Edwin Clarke and a new chapter surveying advances in imaging technology by Michael J. Aminoff.
First edition, Oxford, 1985.
GMN 1588.9 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1503
1998 NIEUWENHUYS, Rudolf (1927 – ); DONKELAAR, Hendrik Jan, ten (1946 – ); NICHOLSON, Charles
The central nervous system of vertebrates. 3 vols.
A massive contribution to comparative vertebrate neuroanatomy, the life-work of the authors. Includes a comprehensive account of the structural organisation of all vertebrate groups, ranging from amphioxus and lamprey…
GMN 7350 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9522
2000 SWANSON, Larry William (1945 – ); TOGA, Arthur W.; MAZZIOTTA, John C.
A history of neuroanatomical mappiing IN: Arthur W. Toga and John C. Mazziotta, Brain mapping: The systems, Chapter 3, pp. 77-109.
Extensively illustrated in color, with a thorough bibliography of original references.
GMN 6825 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8989
2006 SCHMAHMANN, Jeremy Dan; PANDYA, Deepak (1932 – )
Fiber pathways of the brain
"... a comprehensive,well-illustrated study of the organization of the white matter pathways of the brain. Schmahmann and Pandya have analyzed and synthesized the corticocortical and corticosubcortical connections of …
GMN 12731 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14977
2006 TAMRAZ, Jean Churcri (1954 – ); COMAIR, Youssef G.
Atlas of regional anatomy of the brain using MRI with functional correlations
Though this book is intended for clinical and neurosurgical applications, the authors take an historical approach. Chapter 1 is "Historical review of cross-sectional anatomy of the brain."
GMN 12732 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14978
2011 FLAMM, Eugene Sommer (1937 – )
Printing and the brain of man.
Annotated catalogue of an exhibition of rare books in the history of neuroanatomy and neurosurgery from Eugene Flamm's library, including many great classics.
GMN 8906 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11084
2012 CATANI, Marco; SCHOTEN, Michel Thiebaut de
Atlas of human brain connections.
The authors combined the science of diffusion tensor imaging with the art of tractography: Spectacular color images.
GMN 9418 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11601
2012 SEUNG, Hyunjune Sebastian
Eyewire: A game to map the brain.
https://eyewire.org/explore Eyewire is a game to map the brain from Sebastian Seung's Lab at Princeton University. This citizen science human-based computation game challenges players to map retinal neurons. Eyewire l…
GMN 12751 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14997
2015 SWANSON, Larry William (1945 – )
Neuroanatomical terminology: A lexicon of classical origins and historical foundations.
The first global, historically documented, hierarchically organized parts list of the human nervous system. "This defined vocabulary accurately and systematically describes every human nervous system structural featur…
GMN 6824 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8988
2015 SWANSON, Larry William (1945 – ); BOTA, Mihail; SPORNS, Olaf (1963 – )
Architecture of the cerebral cortical association connectome underlying cognition.
"Significance "Connections between cerebral cortex regions are known as association connections, and neural activity in the network formed by these connections is thought to generate cognition. Network analysis of mic…
GMN 12736 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14982
2016 BERGMAN, Ronald Arly (1927 – ); AFIFI, Adel K.
Anatomy: An encyclopedic reference to the language of anatomy and neuroanatomy. It provides the fascinating origin of terms and biographies of anatomists/physicians who originated them.
GMN 11138 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13334
2017 CAJAL, Santiago Ramón y (1852 – 1934); SWANSON, Larry William (1945 – ); NEWMAN, Eric A.; ARAQUE, Alfonso; DUBINSKY, Janet M.; HIMMEL, Eric
The beautiful brain: The drawings of Santiago Ramón y Cajal. Edited with commentaries by Eric A. Newman, Alfonso Araque, and Janet M. Dubinsky. Essays by Larry W. Swanson, Lyndel King, and Eric Himmel.
A spectacular volume reproducing Ramón y Cajal's drawings in very high quality, and with significant commentaries.
GMN 8867 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11045
2017 SWANSON, Larry William (1945 – ); SPORNS, Olaf (1963 – ); HAHN, Joel D.
Organizing principles for the cerebral cortex network of commissural and association connections.
"Significance "The cerebral cortex supports cognition and is a structure common to all mammals. The major cortical subdivisions (its gray matter regions) are connected by a complex network of axonal connections that i…
GMN 12737 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14983
2018 SWANSON, Larry William (1945 – ); SPORNS, Olaf (1963 – ); HAHN, Joel D.; JEUB, Lucas G. S.; FORTUNATO, Santo
Subsystem organization of axonal connections within and between right and left cerebral cortex and cerebral nuclei (endbrain).
"Significance "The right and left cerebral hemispheres (together forming the endbrain) support cognition and affect, and, structurally, each hemisphere consists of a cortical sheet and set of deep nuclei (often called…
GMN 12738 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14984
