Development of the Human Spinal Cord: An Interpretation Based on Experimental Studies in Animals

Abstract

Development of the Human Spinal Cord: An Interpretation Based on Experimental Studies in Animals. Edited by Joseph Altman, Shirley A. Bayer. Oxford University Press, New York, New York, 2001. 542 pages. This elegant, handsomely bound, beautifully illustrated treatise on human spinal cord development fills an important gap in the literature by analyzing and summarizing the descriptive morphology of the embryological development of what these world-renowned investigators have characterized as the structure that, with the exception of the cranial nerves, “is responsible for …