General embryological information service - HPS Repository

Cellular interactions and interdependence during development of the nervous
system, 8. Development of peripheral neural connections with muscles
and sensory receptors, 9. Neuronal specificity and development of neuronal
circuits
The first edition of this book (1970) has received wide acclaim. The
author has now undertaken the task of thoroughly revising the book, a task
both arduous and necessary because of the rapid growth of the field inside
a decade. This is reflected by an increase in length of about 80% (both
more and larger pages) and a rise in the number of illustrations from 93
to 137. The book has been virtually rewritten and the contents rearranged,
as reflected in the table of contents above. Each new major topic is prefaced
by a section highlighting the main problems and theories, often in
a historical context.
The book is well produced. The bibliography (which is not exhaustive)
contains over 3,000 titles, as against some 2,200 in the first edition; it
is up to date until 1976, with occasional references of 1977/78. An author
index is sorely missed; the bibliography could easily have been used for
this purpose.
63.
G.S.KVINIKHIDZE. 1975. CYTO-EMBRYONIC INVESTIGATIONS OF EYE DEVELOPMENT IN
BIRDS (in Russian)
Metsniereba, Tbilisi. 178 pp., 48 figs., 15 tabs. 90 Kop. (paper)
Morphology and histology of eye tissues and surrounding mesenchyme; histochemistry;
nuclear DNA content; light and electron micrographs and some line
drawings; bibliography of close to 400 titles (180 Russian).
64.
R.J.LEMIRE, J.D.LOESER, R.W. LEECH and E.C.ALVORD, Jr. 1975. NORMAL AND
ABNORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE HUMAN NERVOUS SYSTEM
Harper & Row, Hagerstown, MD,, etc. IX, 421 pp., 268 figs., 38 tabs., subject
index. £ 22.15
Contents (abridged) : I. General embryonic and fetal developmental features
(3 chs.), II. Neural tube closure and differentiation (4), III. Segmental
, IV. Suprasegmental structures (7) , V. CNS associated struc-
structures (2)
tures (5), VI. Related considerations (3)
This book is meant primarily for members of the medical profession but
will also be of interest to human embryologists. The viewpoint is structural
and little attention is devoted to teratogenetic mechanisms, except in a
brief chapter in the last section.
The table of contents above speaks for itself. From section II onwards,
each chapter begins with an analysis of normal development of the part of
the nervous system in question. The parts are arranged according to the concepts
of Meyer and Hausman rather than serially from anterior to posterior.
A special feature of the book are its very clear and useful graphic illustrations,
which summarise many data on the basis of log/log plots of, for
instance, body length against gestational age. The numerous photographic illustrations
are of good quality. Each chapter has a separate reference list.
65.
R.ROHKAMM. 1977. DEGENERATION AND REGENERATION IN NEURONS OF THE CEREBELLUM
Springer, Berlin, etc. Advan. Anat. Embryol. Cell Biol. Vol.53, 6. 118 pp.,
47 figs., subject index
Postnatal rats 1-14 days of age injected with actinomycin D intracisternally;
study of degeneration and regeneration at the cell and tissue level
up to day 72 (particularly lobuli and paraf locculus) ; good electron micrographs.
211