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Evolutionary relationships between structures in the submammalian brain and the brain of mammals often have eluded conclusive analysis in investigations based on morphological methodology. In addition to the application of modern neurophysiological and biochemical techniques, the employment of histochemical methods offers a further means of functional analysis and comparison of brain structures in vertebrates at different phylogenetic levels. The latter has the advantage over much of the usual biochemical technique in its ability to localize chemical entities to particular cell types and neuropil units within a heterogeneous field, permitting the establishment of a “chemoarchitectonics” (Scharrer, 1955) in parallel to classical cytoarchitectonics. It is to be anticipated that continued developments in histochemical techniques will bring rich rewards in functional neurological analysis. This is notably foreshadowed in the observations recently made by the Swedish teams of investigators, using Falck’s (1962) fluorescence method for the demonstration of monoamines (e. g. Dahlström and Fuxe, 1965a, b; Falck, 1964).
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Baker-Cohen, K.F. (1968). Part II. Basal Structures of the Brainstem in Reptiles and Bird. In: Comparative Enzyme Histochemical Observations on Submammalian Brains. Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology / Ergebnisse der Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte / Revues d’anatomie et de morphologie expérimental, vol 40/6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85941-0_2
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