Brain Renaissance: From Vesalius to Modern Neuroscience

Synopsis

Introduction 1 : The Anatomy Of An Anatomist -- Introduction 2 : A Brief History Of Neuroscience From Vesalius To The Connectome -- The Brain Is Fabricated For The Sake Of The Supreme Spirit, The Senses, And Also The Movement That Depends Upon Our Will -- On The Dura Membrane That Surrounds The Brain, And The Small Membrane Covering The Skull Under The Skin -- On The Tenuis Cerebral Membranes -- On The Number, Position, Shape, Convolutions And Substance Of The Brain And Cerebellum -- Commentary : Scratching The Surface Of Complexity -- On The Corpus Callosum Of The Brain And The Septum Of The Right And Left Ventricles -- Commentary : A Tale Of Anarchic Hands And Split Brains. On The Cerebral Ventricle -- Commentary : The Liquor Of Our Souls -- On The Brain Structure That Expert Dissectors Have Compared To A Tortoise-like Vault -- Commentary : A Memory Thread In The Brain -- On The Cerebral Gland Resembling A Pine Nut -- Commentary : From The Seat Of The Soul To The Sad Lamps -- On The Testes [i.e. Superior Colliculi] And Buttocks [i.e. Inferior Colliculi] Of The Brain -- Commentary : Sex On The Hills -- On The Processes Of That [part Of The] Cerebellum That Resembles A Worm [i.e. Vermis], And The Tendons That Contain Them -- Commentary : More Than A Little Brain -- On The Infundibulum, The Glandule That Receives The Cerebral Phlegm And The Other Ducts That Cleanse It. Commentary : The Axis Of Survival -- On The Networks Of The Brain Believed To Be Similar To The Reticular Plexus And The Placenta -- Commentary : The Net Of Wonder -- On The Organ Of Smell -- On The Eye, The Instrument Of Vision -- On The Organ Of Hearing -- On The Organ Of Taste -- On The Organ Of Touch -- How To Dissect The Brain And All The Organs Referred To In This Brain. Introduced, Translated And Commented Upon By Marco Catani, Stefano Sandrone. Translation And Commentary Of Those Chapters Of De Humani Corporis Fabrica Dedicated To The Brain. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.