Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

The Human Brain

Prenatal Development and Structure

  • Book
  • © 2011

Overview

Authors:
  1. Miguel Marín-Padilla

    1. Woodbury, USA

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • Systematically documents the prenatal structural development of neurons, blood vessels, and glia in the human brain
  • Based on lifelong study using essentially a single staining procedure, the classic rapid Golgi procedure
  • Amply illustrated with 81 large, high-quality color photomicrographs obtained from 6 to 40 weeks of gestation and never previously reproduced
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 89.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 119.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Introduction

    • Miguel Marín-Padilla
    Pages 1-4

  3. Mammalian Cerebral Cortex: Embryonic Development and Cytoarchitecture

    • Miguel Marín-Padilla
    Pages 5-10

  4. Human Motor Cortex: Development and Cytoarchitecture

    • Miguel Marín-Padilla
    Pages 11-34

  5. The Mammalian Pyramidal Neuron: Development, Structure, and Function

    • Miguel Marín-Padilla
    Pages 35-48

  6. Human Motor Cortex First Lamina: Development and Cytoarchitecture

    • Miguel Marín-Padilla
    Pages 49-64

  7. Human Motor Cortex Excitatory–Inhibitory Neuronal Systems: Development and Cytoarchitecture

    • Miguel Marín-Padilla
    Pages 65-83

  8. Human Cerebral Cortex Intrinsic Microvascular System: Development and Cytoarchitecture

    • Miguel Marín-Padilla
    Pages 85-99

  9. Human Motor Cortex First Lamina and Gray Matter Special Astrocytes: Development and Cytoarchitecture

    • Miguel Marín-Padilla
    Pages 101-111

  10. New Developmental Cytoarchitectonic Theory and Nomenclature

    • Miguel Marín-Padilla
    Pages 113-120

  11. Epilogue

    • Miguel Marín-Padilla
    Pages 121-123

  12. Cat Motor Cortex: Development and Cytoarchitecture

    • Miguel Marín-Padilla
    Pages 125-136

  13. The Rapid Golgi Reaction: A Personal Quest

    • Miguel Marín-Padilla
    Pages 137-142

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 143-145
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

This book is unique among the current literature in that it systematically documents the prenatal structural development of the human brain. It is based on lifelong study using essentially a single staining procedure, the classic rapid Golgi procedure, which ensures an unusual and desirable uniformity in the observations. The book is amply illustrated with 81 large, high-quality color photomicrographs never previously reproduced. These photomicrographs, obtained at 6, 7, 11, 15, 18, 20, 25, 30, 35, and 40 weeks of gestation, offer a fascinating insight into the sequential prenatal development of neurons, blood vessels, and glia in the human brain.

Reviews

From the reviews:

“Marín-Padilla’s recent monograph will be of great significance for anyone now embarking on the study of cortical development; it is an obligatory source for anyone working in the field of cortical development with an interest in clinical translation. … His presentations were colorful and elegant, using forceful, captivating and entertaining rhetoric. … great value for future generations of paediatric neuropathologists and researchers … . I enjoyed reading the book … . I envisage keeping this book on a shelf in my laboratory … .” (Zoltán Molnár, Brain, Vol. 134, 2011)

“In 143 beautifully written and illustrated pages, the author presents the organization and development of the human and feline motor cortex, as well as personal reflections on his scientific quest with the Golgi stain. … This book is relevant to neuropathologists because it presents from the 3-dimensional perspective the normative organization of the developing human cortex as a basis for interpretation of the multiple destructive and malformative disorders of the embryo and fetus. The book is relevant to clinicians … . ” (Hannah C. Kinney, Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, Vol. 71 (2), February, 2012)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Woodbury, USA

    Miguel Marín-Padilla

About the author

Dr. Miguel Marín-Padilla is Professor Emeritus of Pathology and of Pediatrics at Dartmouth Medical School (Hanover, New Hampshire, USA). He obtained his Medical Degree in Spain (Granada University, 1955), practice Pediatrics for one year but interested in pediatric research immigrate to USA (1956). In USA, he completed Clinical Internship and several years of Pathology Residencies (Mallory Institute of Pathology, Boston), with emphasis in both Developmental and Pediatric Pathology (1957-1961) and was Teaching Fellow in Pathology in both Boston and Harvard Medical Schools (1960-62). He pursued an Academic Career, from Instructor to full Professor in both Pathology and Pediatrics at Dartmouth Medical School (1962-2000). He did a Special Neurohistology Fellowships at the Cajal Institute (Madrid) to study Cajal old Golgi preparations and learn the method (1966-67) and was Visiting Neuroscientist at University of Alcalá de Henares (Spain, 1994) and at the Mayo Clinic (1999). His research efforts has resulted in 180 publications, including abstracts, peer review papers, collaborative works, chapters in books and books. His developmental studies are recognized the world over and he has received various honors for his teaching and for his research efforts, the most notable are:Alpha Omega Alpha (USA Honor Medical Society, 1981); Best teacher award (1988,1996) and Faculty Speaker at Commencements (1985, 1991) at Dartmouth Medical School; Cajal Medal (USA Cajal Club, 1990); Gold Medal ‘Aureliano Maestre de San Juan’ of the University of Granada (1997), Honor Member of the Spanish Neurology (1987) and Pediatric Neurology Societies (2000), The Jacod Javist Neuroscience Investigator Award (USA, 1989), Honor Member of the Royal Academy of Medicine (Murcia, 2001), the Gold Medal of the Community of Murcia (2001) and has been a Candidate to the Principe de Asturias in Sciences (2002), “The Miguel Marín-Padilla Award, Excellence in Pathology”. Annual Lectureship andAward. Dartmouth Medical School (2006). His research has been supported by Grants of the U.S. National Institute of Health from 1962 to 1999.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Human Brain

  • Book Subtitle: Prenatal Development and Structure

  • Authors: Miguel Marín-Padilla

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14724-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag GmbH Berlin Heidelberg 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-14723-4Published: 10 November 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51996-7Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-14724-1Published: 21 October 2010

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 145

  • Topics: Neuroradiology, Neurosciences

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation