The spinal cord : a Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation text and atlas edited by Charles Watson, George Paxinos and Gulgun Kayalioglu

Includes bibliographical references and index

Front Cover; The Spinal Cord: A Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Text and Atlas; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 The Organization of the Spinal Cord; Introduction; The gross anatomy of the spinal cord; Spinal cord segments; Spinal nerves; Spinal cord gray and white matter; Lateral cervical nucleus; Lateral spinal nucleus; Onuf's nucleus; Central canal; Spinal cord meninges; Vasculature of the spinal cord; References; Chapter 2 Development of the Spinal Cord; From neural plate to neural tube; Neural crest development; Alar and basal plates and their derivatives Segmentation of the developing spinal cordMotoneuron development and cell death; Development of spinal cord afferents and dorsal horn interneurons; Development of glia in the spinal cord; Development of major ascending and descending tracts; Myelination of spinal cord pathways; Relative growth of the spinal cord and vertebral column; References; Chapter 3 The Vertebral Column and Spinal Meninges; The vertebral column; General features of the vertebrae in mammals; Interspecific variation in vertebral number; The rodent vertebral column; Cervical vertebrae in humans Thoracic vertebrae in humansLumbar vertebrae in humans; The sacrum in humans; The coccyx in humans; Curvatures of the spine; Joints of the vertebrae; Joints between vertebral bodies; Joints between vertebral arches; The craniovertebral joints; Lumbosacral joints; Sacrococcygeal joint; Intercoccygeal joints; Sacro-iliac joints; The intrinsic muscles of the vertebral column; The spinal meninges; Intermediate leptomeningeal layer; References; Chapter 4 The Spinal Nerves; The anatomy of the dorsal and ventral roots and spinal nerves; Dorsal root (spinal) ganglia; Spinal nerves; Dermatomes Cellular organization of neurons within the ventral and intermediate hornsExperimental approaches to motoneuron localization; Topography of motoneuron pools in the upper cervical spinal cord; Topography of forelimb motoneuron pools in the cervical enlargement; Topography of motoneuron pools in the thoracic and upper lumbar spinal cord; Topography of hindlimb motoneuron pools in the lumbosacral spinal cord; Muscles of the perineum; Deep muscles of the back and tail; Conclusions; References; Chapter 8 Spinal Autonomic Preganglionic Neurons: the visceral efferent system of the spinal cord

Many hundreds of thousands suffer spinal cord injuries leading to loss of sensation and motor function in the body below the point of injury. Spinal cord research has made some significant strides towards new treatment methods, and is a focus of many laboratories worldwide. In addition, research on the involvement of the spinal cord in pain and the abilities of nervous tissue in the spine to regenerate has increasingly been on the forefront of biomedical research in the past years.The Spinal Cord, a collaboration with the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, is the first compr.