Comparative Structure and Evolution of Cerebral Cortex, Part II
edited by Edward G. Jones, Alan Peters.
Boston, MA
Springer US
1990
(xv, 496 pages)
Cerebral Cortex, 8B.
I. Nonmammalian Vertebrates --;1 The Telencephalon of Cartilaginous Fishes --;2 The Telencephalon of Actinopterygian Fishes --;3 The Telencephalon of Sarcopterygian Fishes --;4 The Pallium of Anuran Amphibians --;5 The Cerebral Cortex of Reptiles --;6 Neurobiology of the Reptile-Bird Transition --;7 Evolution of Neocorte --;8 Fossil Evidence on the Evolution of the Neocorte --;9 Modulatory Events in the Development and Evolution of Primate Neocorte --;III. Mammals --;10 Why Does Cerebral Cortex Fissure and Fold? A Review of Determinants of Gyri and Sulc --;11 Comparative Aspects of Olfactory Corte --;12 Comparative Anatomy of the Hippocampus: With Special Reference to Differences in the Distributions of Neuroactive Peptides --;13 Comparative and Evolutionary Anatomy of the Visual Cortex of the Dolphin --;14 Organization of the Cerebral Cortex in Monotremes and Marsupials --;15 Comparative Development of Somatic Sensory Corte --;16 The Role of Somatic Sensory Cortex in Tactile Discrimination in Primates.
The cerebral cortex, especially that part customarily designated "neocortex," is one of the hallmarks of mammalian evolution and reaches its greatest size, relatively speaking, and its widest structural diversity in the human brain.