Basic Limbic System Anatomy of the Rat

ISBN-13: 9781468422498 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 150 str.

Leonard Hamilton

Spis treści

1 A Brief History of the Study of Neuroanatomy.- The Early Anatomists.- Twentieth Century Advances.- Theoretical Approaches.- The Scope of This Volume.- 2 Neuroanatomical Procedures and Terminology.- Neuroanatomical Procedures.- Gross Observation.- Microscopic Observation.- Cell Body Stains.- The Golgi Stain.- The Cresylviolet Stain.- Fiber Stains.- Luxol Blue.- Iron Hematoxylin.- Silver Stains.- Specialized Fiber Stains.- Stains for Degenerating Fibers.- Histochemical Methods.- Chemically Specific Stains.- Axoplasmic Transport Methods.- Electrophysiological Methods.- Summary of Anatomical Terms.- Terms Defining Spatial Relationships.- Terms Defining Planes of Sections.- Terms Defining Lateral Positions.- Terms Defining Units of the Nervous System.- Terms Defining Pathways of Fibers and Impulses.- 3 The Limbic System Defined.- Ontogenetic and Phylogenetic Development.- Phylogeny.- Ontogeny.- Some Concluding Remarks.- 4 General Topography of the Limbic system.- The Hippocampus.- The Hypothalamus.- The Amygdaloid Complex.- The Olfactory System.- Cortical Structures.- Areas Related to the Limbic System.- The Thalamus.- The Tegmentum.- 5 The Fornix System and Related Hippocampal Connections.- Organizational Criteria.- The Dorsal Fornix System.- The Fimbrial System.- Other Hippocampal Connections.- Connections with Entorhinal Cortex.- Hippocampal Association Connections.- Hippocampal Commissures.- Summary.- 6 Connections of the Stria Medullaris and Habenulae.- The Septal Contribution.- The Preoptic Contribution.- The Thalamic Contribution.- The Amygdaloid Contribution.- The Contribution of the Interpeduncular Nucleus.- Projections from the Medial Habenula.- Projections from the Lateral Habenula.- Summary.- 7 The Stria Terminalis, the Ventral Amygdaloid Pathways, and Related Amygdaloid Connections.- Dorsal Component of Stria Terminalis.- Ventral Component of Stria Terminalis.- The Ventral Amygdalofugal Pathway.- Olfactory Connections.- Summary.- 8 The Medial Forebrain Bundle and Related Hypothalamic Connections.- Descending Fibers of the Medial Forebrain aundle.- Ascending Component of the Medial Forebrain Bundle.- Summary.- 9 The Lateral Olfactory Tract, the Anterior Commissure, and Other Olfactory Connections.- Olfactory Reception.- The Central Olfactory Connections.- The Anterior Commissure.- The Lateral Olfactory Tract.- The Vomeronasal System.- Summary.- 10 Cortical Extensions of the Limbic System.- Cingulate Cortex.- Topography.- Connections of the Cingulate Cortex.- Frontal Cortex.- Topography.- Connections of the Frontal Cortex.- The Entorhinal Cortex.- Topography.- Connections of the Entorhinal Cortex.- The Pyriform Cortex.- Summary.- 11 Histochemical Mapping of the Limbic System.- Monoamines.- The Noradrenergic System.- The Serotonergic System.- The Dopaminergic System.- The Nigrostriatal System.- The Ventral Dopaminergic Bundle.- The Acetylcholine Systems.- Summary.- 12 Some Fundamental Approaches to an Analysis of Limbic System Function.- The Structure-Function Problem.- Anatomical Specificity.- Behavioral Specificity.- Combining Anatomical and Behavioral Specificity.- Pharmacological Approaches.- Drugs That Mimic or Enhance Neurotransmitter Action.- Drugs That Block or Deplete the Neurotransmitter.- Specificity of Action.- Phylogenetic Approaches.- Ontogenetic Approaches.- Conclusions.- Appendix: A Bibliographic Uidge to Further Study of the Limbic System.- I: References Pertaining to Individual Chapters.- 1. A Brief History of the Study of Neuroanatomy.- 2. Neuroanatomical Procedures and Terminology.- 3. The Limbic System Defined.- 4. General Topography of the Limbic System.- 5. The Fornix System and Related Hippocampal Connections.- 6. Connections of the Stria Medullaris and Habenulae.- 7. The Stria Terminalis and Ventral Amygdaloid Pathways, and Related Amygdaloid Connections.- 8. The Medial Forebrain Bundle and Related Hypothalamic Connections.- 9. The Lateral Olfactory Tract, the Anterior Commissure, and Other Olfactory Connections.- 10. Cortical Extensions of the Limbic System.- 11. Histochemical Mapping of the Limbic System.- 12. Some Fundamental Approaches to an Analysis of Limbic System Function.- II: Reference Sources.- Rat Brain Atlases.- Textbooks of Neuroanatomy.- Technical Journals.- Author Index.- Structure Index.