Overview
- Includes detailed and comprehensive description of the development of the medaka brain
- Provides a comprehensive brain atlas of the larval medaka brain
- Presents a new concept of the “hourglass model” for the general rule of brain morphogenesis in vertebrates
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About this book
In addition, the book introduces the readers to a new concept of “Hourglass of Brain Morphogenesis”, concerning the general rule of brain morphogenesis in vertebrates. The authors propose that the brain morphology is highly conserved at the middle developmental stage but diverges more extensively at earlier and later stages. The new concept challenges the accepted theory that has been widely shared for about 200 years since K. von Baer (1828, 1837) and K. von Kupffer (1906) who proposed that three primary brain vesicles at earlier developmental stages develop into five secondary brain vesicles at later developmental stages in all vertebrates.
The book provides a basic understanding of the vertebrate brain and is useful for all readers who wish to understand the complex structure of the brain.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Naoyuki Yamamoto is a Professor at the Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Japan since 2007. His research interests include sensory, motor, and nervous system, behavior, and their evolution of fishes. He is on the editorial board of Brain, Behavior and Evolution since 2004 and The Journal of Comparative Neurology since 2010.
Hanako Hagio is a Designated Assistant Professor at Young Leaders Cultivation Program (YLC), Institute for Advanced Research and Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Japan since 2020. Her research interests include the evolution and functions of central visual system in fishes, and fisheries science from the points of view of sensory and nervous systems.Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Brain Development of Medaka Fish
Book Subtitle: A New Concept of Brain Morphogenesis in Vertebrates
Authors: Yuji Ishikawa, Naoyuki Yamamoto, Hanako Hagio
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4324-9
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-4323-2Published: 07 October 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-4326-3Published: 08 October 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-4324-9Published: 06 October 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 256
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Neurosciences, Developmental Biology, Animal Models, Evolutionary Biology