504 VERTEBRATE LIFE AND ORGANIZATION 



Additional anatomical details can be found in such standard texts as Ranson and Clark, 

 The Anatomy of the Nervous Systein, or Rasmussen. The Principal Nervous Pathways. 

 Sherrington's Integrative Action of the Nemous System is a very good account of the 

 functioning of this complex system. Walter describes the main features of the evolution 

 of the brain, its elaboration in man, and such problems as learning and memory in an 

 authoritative and very interesting manner in The Living Brain. Similar problems are 

 considered in a less technical style by Pfeiffer in The Human Brain. 



