The Mammalian Spinal Cord provides a comprehensive account of the anatomy and histology of the spinal cord. The text covers the cytoarchitecture, chemoarchitecture, motor neuron distribution, long tracts, autonomic outflow, and gene expression in the spinal cord. A feature of the book is the inclusion of segment-by-segment atlases of the spinal cords of rat, mouse, newborn mouse, marmoset, rhesus monkey, and human. This book is an essential reference for researchers studying the spinal cord.

Charles Watson is a neuroscientist and public health physician. His qualifications included a medical degree (MBBS) and two research doctorates (MD and DSc). He is Professor Emeritus at Curtin University, and holds adjunct professorial research positions at the University of New South Wales, the University of Queensland, and the University of Western Australia.
He has published over 100 refereed journal articles and 40 book chapters, and has co-authored over 25 books on brain and spinal cord anatomy. The Paxinos Watson rat brain atlas has been cited over 80,000 times. His current research is focused on the comparative anatomy of the hippocampus and the claustrum.
He was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science by the University of Sydney in 2012 and received the Distinguished Achievement Award of the Australasian Society for Neuroscience in 2018.

1. Organization of the spinal cord 2. Development of the spinal cord 3. Vertebral column and spinal meninges 4. Spinal nerves 5. Primary afferent projections to the spinal cord 6. Cytoarchitecture of the spinal cord 7. Motor neurons of the spinal cord 8. The preganglionic motor column 9. Projections from the spinal cord to the brain 10. Projections from the brain to the spinal cord 11. Pattern generation in the spinal cord 12. Spinal cord transmitter substances 13. Gene expression in the neonate and adult mouse spinal cord 14. Spinal cord imaging 15. The lamprey spinal cord - Primordial vertebrate organization 16. Atlas of the rat spinal cord 17. Atlas of the mouse spinal cord 18. Atlas of the newborn mouse spinal cord 19. Atlas of the marmoset spinal cord 20. Atlas of the rhesus monkey spinal cord 21. Atlas of the human spinal cord