Atlas of the Cellular Structure of the Human Nervous System

The Atlas of the Cellular Structure of the Human Nervous System presents full-color and black-and-white photographs of all the main areas of the brain--the cranial nerves, the ganglia, and peripheral nerves--viewed mainly by phase-contrast microscopy. In using unfixed tissue, shrinkage and distortion have been minimized; therefore, the structures illustrated are as identical as possible to those in intact living humans.

Key Features
* Includes photographs of the neuroglia, the white matter, droplet fibers, and the fine structure of the nucleolus
* Uses teased tissue and hand-dissected cells mainly from recent human post-mortem specimens--other mammalian tissue was substituted occasionally
* In some instances, scanning differential interference microscopy, Hoffman modulation contrast, and polarizing microscopy have been used
* Features photographs of cells identified by fluorescent monoclonal antibody studies