Brain renaissance : from Vesalius to contemporary neuroscience / introduced, translated and commented upon by Marco Catani, Stefano Sandrone.

Brain Renaissance, from Vesalius to contemporary neuroscience is published on the 500th anniversary of the birth and the 450th anniversary of the death of Vesalius. The authors translated those Latin chapters of the Fabrica dedicated to the brain, a milestone in the history of neuroscience. Many cha...

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Main Authors:	Catani, Marco (Author, Commentator, Translator), Sandrone, Stefano (Author, Commentator, Translator)
Other Authors:	Vesalius, Andreas, 1514-1564
Format:	eBook
Language:	English Latin
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Subjects:	Vesalius, Andreas, > 1514-1564. > De humani corporis fabrica. > Selections. De humani corporis fabrica (Vesalius, Andreas) Brain. Neurosciences. brains. MEDICAL > Physiology. SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Human Anatomy & Physiology. Brain Neurosciences
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Table of Contents:

Introduction 1 : the anatomy of an anatomist
Introduction 2 : a brief history of neuroscience from Vesalius to the connectome
The brain is fabricated for the sake of the supreme spirit, the senses, and also the movement that depends upon our will
On the dura membrane that surrounds the brain, and the small membrane covering the skull under the skin
On the tenuis cerebral membranes
On the number, position, shape, convolutions and substance of the brain and cerebellum
Commentary : scratching the surface of complexity
On the corpus callosum of the brain and the septum of the right and left ventricles
Commentary : a tale of anarchic hands and split brains
On the cerebral ventricle
Commentary : the liquor of our souls
On the brain structure that expert dissectors have compared to a tortoise-like vault
Commentary : a memory thread in the brain
On the cerebral gland resembling a pine nut
Commentary : from the seat of the soul to the sad lamps
On the testes [i.e. superior colliculi] and buttocks [i.e. inferior colliculi] of the brain
Commentary : sex on the hills
On the processes of that [part of the] cerebellum that resembles a worm [i.e. vermis], and the tendons that contain them
Commentary : more than a little brain
On the infundibulum, the glandule that receives the cerebral phlegm and the other ducts that cleanse it
Commentary : the axis of survival
On the networks of the brain believed to be similar to the reticular plexus and the placenta
Commentary : the net of wonder
On the organ of smell
On the eye, the instrument of vision
On the organ of hearing
On the organ of taste
On the organ of touch
How to dissect the brain and all the organs referred to in this brain.

Brain renaissance : from Vesalius to contemporary neuroscience / introduced, translated and commented upon by Marco Catani, Stefano Sandrone.

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