Comparative Neurology of the Telencephalon

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. On The Organization of the Telencephalon in Elasmobranchs

   • Sven O. E. Ebbesson

   Pages 1-16

3. Telencephalic Function in Elasmobranchs

   • Raymond Curtis Graeber

   Pages 17-39

4. New Observations on the Organization and Evolution of the Telencephalon of Actinopterygian Fishes

   • R. Glenn Northcutt, Mark R. Braford Jr.

   Pages 41-98

5. The Telencephalon of Teleosts

   • Dolores M. Schroeder

   Pages 99-115

6. Projections of the Teleostean Telencephalon

   • Horacio Vanegas, Sven O. E. Ebbesson

   Pages 117-127

7. The Fish Telencephalon and Its Relation to Learning

   • George Eric Savage

   Pages 129-174

8. Telencephalon and Behavior in Teleost Fish

   • Jan P. C. de Bruin

   Pages 175-201

9. Organization of the Amphibian Telencephalon

   • R. Glenn Northcutt, Earl Kicliter

   Pages 203-255

10. The Telencephalon of Snakes

    • Mimi Halpern

    Pages 257-295

11. Cytoarchitectonic and Connectional Organization of the Lacertilian Telencephalon with Comments on Vertebrate Forebrain Evolution

    • Ann B. Butler

    Pages 297-329

12. Parallels in the Organization of Auditory and Visual Systems in Crocodiles

    • Michael B. Pritz

    Pages 331-342

13. Behavioral Studies of Telencephalic Function in Reptiles

    • Ellengene Peterson

    Pages 343-388

14. Functional Organization of the Avian Telencephalon

    • Larry Benowitz

    Pages 389-421

15. Morphological Correlates of Specialized Elaborations in Somatic Sensory Cerebral Neocortex

    • John Irwin Johnson Jr.

    Pages 423-447

16. Thalamocortical Relationships in Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)

    • Wally Welker, Richard A. Lende

    Pages 449-481

17. A Comparative Survey of Visual Cortex Organization in Mammals

    • Jon H. Kaas

    Pages 483-502

18. Back Matter

    Pages 503-506

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When a young graduate student sat before Percival Bailey in 1960 and spoke of his longstanding interest in zoology and his recent interest in the nervous system, he asked the then Director of the Illinois Neuropsychiatric Institute if there was support in the scientific establishment for research in evolutionary comparative neurology. Bailey patted his abdomen with both hands and thought for a moment. Finally he said: "Young man, there is no place for people like you." The graduate student was crestfallen. To a large extent what Bailey said is still true. The greater part of research in neurobiology is directed toward answering a single broad question. How do brains in general, and the human brain in particular, work? This is a legitimate and important question. It is not, however, the only question worth answering. This overweening emphasis on function, especially in regard to the human nervous is a result of the origins of neurology in the clinic. The professional school, system, site of most such research, has been remarkably well-insulated from many of the major concerns of biology.

• Evolution
• Nervous System
• brain
• neurobiology
• neurology

• Department of Anatomy, Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce, Puerto Rico

  Sven O. E. Ebbesson

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