The Human Brain: Surface, Blood Supply, and Three-Dimensional Sectional Anatomy

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The Human Brain: Surface, Blood Supply, and Three-Dimensional Sectional Anatomy. Henri M. Duvernoy.New York, Springer-Verlag, 1999, ed 2. Pages: 464. Price: $250.00. IBSN: 3-211-83158-4. Mark D. Krieger , New York, New York Duvernoy's second edition of The Human Brain: Surface, Blood Supply and Three-Dimensional Sectional Anatomy is a masterpiece. Although many brain atlases have been published, some, such as Duvernoy's, stand well above the rest. Brain anatomy and its three-dimensional relationships are requisite knowledge for neurosurgeons, neurologists, neuroradiologists, psychiatrists, and neuroscience researchers. The aim of this volume is to provide specialists in these areas with essential and fundamental anatomic information.FIGURE The second edition of this text is larger and more complete than the first. Added are an overview of surface anatomy, brief notations on functional anatomy according to Brodmann's map, new MRI studies, a chapter on the blood supply limited to the cortex and tuberal region, and a brief...