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The airways: Neural control in health and disease. Lung biology in health and disease, vol 33
116 It has been modernised by the inclusion of neurochemical and neuroendocrine data, and the references have been omitted. In addition, a more physiological orientation is now intimately married to the neuroanatomical expost. The text constitutes a sound basis to depart from for further studies and is as, or even more, recommended reading than the previous editions were. G.W. BRUYN
Maps and Guide to Microdissection of the Rat Brain, M i l d 6 s P a l k o v i t s a n d M i c h a e l J. B r o w n s t e i n (Eds.), E l s e v i e r S c i e n c e Publ. C o . , N e w Y o r k , 1987, $49.95 (Dfl. 120): This impeccably produced atlas based on the micro-punch technique for neurochemical assays and mapping of discrete cerebral areas, their nodology, receptors, transmitters and cytology, constitutes a unique landmark. Unreservedly recommended to neuroscientists and the laboratory technicians working with Rattus rattus. Every single detail one could possibly dream of wanting to know is found in it. The price is most attractive. G.W. BRUYN
The Airways: Neural control in health and disease. Lung Biology in Health and Disease, vol. 33, by M . A. K a l i n e r a n d P. J. B a r n e s (Eds,), M a r c e l D e k k e r , Inc., N e w Y o r k , 1988, 688 p a g e s , $125.00 The neural structures and mechanisms subserving and regulating the air passages in general and the lungs in particular have only fairly recently become a field of focussed study. The advances made on the aminergic and peptidergic control, the tracheobronehial autonomic neuroreeeptors, and the reflexes involved in lung function in health and disease were objects of a conference of specialists in this field in 1986. This multi-author monograph, containing the proceedings of this conference deals with the detailed anatomy, neurophysiology, neurotransmitters and neuropeptides and myogenic mechanisms in 22 chapters. It constitutes a landmark in the field as it is a collection of data scarcely to be collected by other ways. The lay~out and format are exemplary; the price unfortunately will hinder access of non-institutional readers to it. G.W. BRUYN
Higher Brain Functions. Recent Explorations of the Brain's Emergent Properties, by S t e v e n P. W i s e (Ed.), W i l e y Series in N e u r o b i o l o g y , J o h n W i l e y & S o n s , N e w Y o r k , 1987, 382 pages, ill., I S B N 0-471-01111-8, £74.00. The late Ed Evarts of the Laboratory of Neurophysiology at the NIMH was a pioneer in developing single-unit recording of identified pyramidal tract neurons m the motor cortex of trained monkeys during waking behaviour. While preparing, with Steven Wise, a book on Higher Brain Functions he died suddenly and unexpectedly in 1985. It is only fitting that the present volume is dedicated to his memory as an innovating brain scientist and a stimulating teacher. The remaining editor wisely abstained from defining higher brain function, presupposing that everybody knows what it is all about. The emphasis in this volume is, intentionally, on opinions rather than on presenting experimental data, and several younger, and probably less well-known scientists have boon invited to contribute. The contents are subdivided in three main parts: Motor aspects of higher brain function, Effects of preparatory set and Cerebral organization respectively. The first section, containing three chapters, deals
Maps and Guide to Microdissection of the Rat Brain, M i l d 6 s P a l k o v i t s a n d M i c h a e l J. B r o w n s t e i n (Eds.), E l s e v i e r S c i e n c e Publ. C o . , N e w Y o r k , 1987, $49.95 (Dfl. 120): This impeccably produced atlas based on the micro-punch technique for neurochemical assays and mapping of discrete cerebral areas, their nodology, receptors, transmitters and cytology, constitutes a unique landmark. Unreservedly recommended to neuroscientists and the laboratory technicians working with Rattus rattus. Every single detail one could possibly dream of wanting to know is found in it. The price is most attractive. G.W. BRUYN
The Airways: Neural control in health and disease. Lung Biology in Health and Disease, vol. 33, by M . A. K a l i n e r a n d P. J. B a r n e s (Eds,), M a r c e l D e k k e r , Inc., N e w Y o r k , 1988, 688 p a g e s , $125.00 The neural structures and mechanisms subserving and regulating the air passages in general and the lungs in particular have only fairly recently become a field of focussed study. The advances made on the aminergic and peptidergic control, the tracheobronehial autonomic neuroreeeptors, and the reflexes involved in lung function in health and disease were objects of a conference of specialists in this field in 1986. This multi-author monograph, containing the proceedings of this conference deals with the detailed anatomy, neurophysiology, neurotransmitters and neuropeptides and myogenic mechanisms in 22 chapters. It constitutes a landmark in the field as it is a collection of data scarcely to be collected by other ways. The lay~out and format are exemplary; the price unfortunately will hinder access of non-institutional readers to it. G.W. BRUYN
Higher Brain Functions. Recent Explorations of the Brain's Emergent Properties, by S t e v e n P. W i s e (Ed.), W i l e y Series in N e u r o b i o l o g y , J o h n W i l e y & S o n s , N e w Y o r k , 1987, 382 pages, ill., I S B N 0-471-01111-8, £74.00. The late Ed Evarts of the Laboratory of Neurophysiology at the NIMH was a pioneer in developing single-unit recording of identified pyramidal tract neurons m the motor cortex of trained monkeys during waking behaviour. While preparing, with Steven Wise, a book on Higher Brain Functions he died suddenly and unexpectedly in 1985. It is only fitting that the present volume is dedicated to his memory as an innovating brain scientist and a stimulating teacher. The remaining editor wisely abstained from defining higher brain function, presupposing that everybody knows what it is all about. The emphasis in this volume is, intentionally, on opinions rather than on presenting experimental data, and several younger, and probably less well-known scientists have boon invited to contribute. The contents are subdivided in three main parts: Motor aspects of higher brain function, Effects of preparatory set and Cerebral organization respectively. The first section, containing three chapters, deals