Evolutionary Developmental Biology of the Cerebral Cortex (Novartis Foundation Symposia)

This short book (271, not 500+ pages as stated by Amazon)consists of brief review articles by leading researchers, followed by an edited Q&A/discussion section that followed the presentations at a symposium held in 4/99. Don't bother even trying to read this unless you've got a pretty good background in developmental biology, neuroanatomy, and molecular biology, as much of the book discusses how, for example, various morphogen genes like Emx1, WNT, FGF8 etc are involved in patterning brain structure. But if this stuff turns you on, there's a wealth of information here, and the discussion sections show where the field will be headed.