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by Marco Catani (Author), Stefano Sandrone (Author)
Brain Renaissance: From Vesalius to Modern Neuroscience is published on the 500th anniversary of the birth and the 450th anniversary of the death of Vesalius. The authors translated those Latin chapters of the Fabrica dedicated to the brain, a milestone in the history of neuroscience. Many chapters are accompanied by a commentary tracking the discoveries that paved the way to our modern understanding of the brain - from the pineal gland that regulates sleep, the fornix and mammillary bodies for memory, the colliculi for auditory and visual perception, and the cerebellum for motor control, to the corpus callosum for interhemispheric cross-talk, the neural correlates of senses, and the methods for dissections. The chapters constitute a primer for those interested in the brain and history of neuroscience. The translation, written with modern anatomical terminology in mind, provides direct access to Vesalius' original work on the brain. Those interested in reading the words of the
Renaissance master will find the book an invaluable addition to their Vesalian collection.
Author Biography
Marco Catani
Neuroanatomy and Tractography Brain Laboratory
Department of Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences
Institute of Psychiatry
Kings College
London, UK
Neuroanatomy and Tractography Brain Laboratory
Department of Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences
Institute of Psychiatry
Kings College
London, UK
