Part 1 book “Brain mapping - From neural basis of cognition to surgical applications” has contents: The microneurosurgical anatomy of the cerebral cortex, anatomy of the white matter pathways, functional MRI, in vivo mapping of white matter pathways with difusion based tractography - focus on neurosurgical applications, and other contents. | Hugues Duffau Editor Brain Mapping From Neural Basis of Cognition to Surgical Applications With a Foreword by Marsel Mesulam Prof. Hugues Duffau, MD, PhD Department of Neurosurgery, Gui de Chauliac Hospital, and INSERM U1051, Team “Plasticity of Central Nervous System, Human Stem Cells and Glial Tumors”, Institute for Neuroscience of Montpellier, Montpellier University Medical Center, Montpellier, France This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically those of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, broadcasting, reproduction by photocopying machines or similar means, and storage in data banks. Product Liability: The publisher can give no guarantee for all the information contained in this book. This does also refer to information about drug dosage and application thereof. In every individual case the respective user must check its accuracy by consulting other pharmaceutical literature. The use of registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. © 2011 Springer-Verlag/Wien Printed in Austria SpringerWienNewYork is part of Springer Science+Business Media Coverdesign: WMX Design GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany Layout and Typesetting: Peter Sachartschenko, Vienna, Austria Printing: Holzhausen Druck GmbH, Vienna, Austria Printed on acid-free and chlorine-free bleached paper SPIN: 12791132 With 140 (mainly coloured) Figures Library of Congress Control Number: 2011928715 ISBN 978-3-7091-0722-5 SpringerWienNewYork Foreword In order to achieve optimal precision and safety in the operating room, a surgeon needs to understand not only the shape and vasculature of an organ but also the function of its parts. Classic surgical textbooks offer exquisite and definitive detail of functional .
