The frontal series consists on 24 adjoining sections, the first one at the level of the olfactory bulb and the last ending in a plane passing to the rear of the inferior colliculus. The sagittal series contains 11 contiguous slices of the left hemisphere beginning, on the lateral side, passing tangentially through the external capsule, and ending at the interhemispheric fissure. The horizontal series shows 15 contiguous sections beginning ventrally, passing through the mammillary bodies, and ending superficially passing tangentially to the splenium of the corpus callosum. The text includes a description of the material and methods used for the construction of this Atlas and a survey, with a complete bibliography, on the previous studies made with the Golgi method in Rodents. In this account, a number of issues concerning particular anatomical details are considered in relation to the interpretations obtained by other students.
Reference is made to some relevant reviews and key articles.
See Index for the contents of the Atlas.