This volume is the third and final part of the planned coverage of the neurochemical circuitry of the primate
central nervous system. The five chapters included in this volume complement and integrate magnificently with the
two prior volumes.
Included in the volume are the following: a two-fold exposition on the human forebrain, comprised of a comprehensive
overview of the entire human forebrain, and a specific focus on the basal forebrain (a region critical for a wide
range of human problems ranging from substance abuse to Alzheimer's disease), a critical synthesis of the primate
basal ganglia (a region under intense scrutiny for the organization of motor programs, and for their dysfunctions
in Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease and other malfunctions), the chemical and anatomic details of the
primate hippocampal formation in extenso, and lastly, a review of the rapidly growing literature on the mesocortical
projection of dopaminergic circuits onto the primate frontal cortex ( a system highly linked to higher order mental
abstractions, as well as the dysfunctions of schizophrenia).
Scholars will recognize that the laying out of these status reports on our still vastly incomplete examination
of the primate brains is an opportunity for progress.