28. 



E.KELEMEN, W.CALVO, T, M, FLIEDNER. 1979. ATLAS OF HUMAN HEMOPOIETIC DEVELOPMENT 



Springer, Berlin, etc. XIV, 266 pp., 343 figs., 9 tabs., subject index. 



DM 368.00, $ 202.40 



This atlas, by a Hungarian and two West-German authors, is based on the 

 study of 190 embryos and fetuses ranging mostly from 3 to 28 weeks of age. 

 The introduction surveys the whole period of extraembryonic and embryonic 

 hemopoiesis. The actual atlas is in three parts: Diffuse hemopoiesis. Intra- 

 vascular hemopoietic cells and Organ-bound hemopoiesis. A brief text accom- 

 panies the plates in each of these. An attempt was made to identify differ- 

 ent types of hemopoietic precursor cells that may represent early progenitor 

 cells or indeed stem cells. 



The histological, . cytological and E.M. pictures in the plates are of 

 superb quality and many of them are in colour. There is a bibliography of 

 65 titles. The book is sumptuously produced. 



29. 



G.I.POLJAKOW. 1979. ENTWICKLUNG DER NEURONEN DER MENSCHLICHEN GROSSHIRNRINDE 

 (aus dem russischen Originalmanuskript iibersetzt von T. Gross, J.Briimmer und 

 I.Moser), herausgegeben von B.Schonheit 

 Thieme, Leipzig. 320 pp., 514 figs. M. 125.00 



This book is the product of many years of research by one of Russia's 

 leading neuroanatomists , one-time head of the Laboratory for Neuronal 

 Structure of the Brain, Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow. It is an ex- 

 haustive, systematic description and interpretation of cortical neuronal 

 structure based on several thousand Golgi series of ca. 200 embryonic and 

 fetal brains from the 2nd month of development. The discussion is based on 

 an original classification of neuronal shapes. 



The book is illustrated with a host of meticulous pen-and-ink drawings of 

 neuronal shapes. A loose table summarises the author's "genealogical tree" 

 of the neurons seen in the neocortex. The book is produced with great care. 

 It has a bibliography of 130 titles. 



30. 



C.D.A.VERWOERD and C.G.VAN OOSTROM. 1979. CEPHALIC NEURAL CREST AND PLACODES 

 Springer, Berlin, etc. Advan. Anat. Embryol. Cell Biol, vol.58. VI, 75 pp., 

 41 figs., subject index. DM 48.00, approx. US $ 26.90 (paper) 



Study of regional differences in thickness of the ectoderm covering the 

 head; 120 mouse embryos of 7-10 days after conception (0-21 somites) ; pho- 

 tographic reconstructions from serial sections with screen codes indicating 

 thickness of ectoderm; neural plate and placodes originate by thinning-out 

 of adjoining ectoderm; comparison with available data on human material. 



Dissertations 



31. 



H.E.KONIG. 1979. ANATOMIE UND ENTWICKLUNG DER BLUTGEFASSE IN DER SCHADEL- 



HOHLE DER HAUSWIEDERKAUER (RIND, SCHAF UND ZIEGE) 



Ferdinand Enke Verlag, Stuttgart. Habilitation Dissertation, Miinchen. 



VII, 215 pp., 53 figs. DM 39.00 (paper) 



Developmental part (27 pp.) confined to 64 bovine embryos and fetuses 

 (CRL 4-800mm) ; blood vessels of brain and meninges; early stages: serial 

 sections, later stages: injection-corrosion; 5 photographs of corrosion 

 preparations . 



May be borrowed from the Central Embryological Library, Hubrecht Labora- 

 tory, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht (Netherlands) 



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