Main description:

This classic well-illustrated textbook simplifies neuroscience content to focus coverage on the essentials and helps students learn important neuroanatomical facts and definitions. Among its many distinctions are its organization by region and then pathways into and out of the nervous system, which permits students an integrated view of the anatomy and physiology; level of treatment suited to increasingly shorter neuroanatomy course hours for medical and allied health students; and the author's succinct writing style.

Contents:

PART I Introduction and Neurohistology
1 Development, Composition, and Evolution of the Nervous System
2 Cells of the Nervous System
3 Peripheral Nervous System
4 Imaging Techniques and Neuroanatomical Research Methods

PART II Regional Anatomy of the Central Nervous System
5 Spinal Cord
6 Brain Stem: External Anatomy
7 Brain Stem: Nuclei and Tracts
8 Cranial Nerves
9 Reticular Formation
10 Cerebellum
11 Diencephalon
12 Corpus Striatum
13 Topography of the Cerebral Hemispheres
14 Histology of the Cerebral Cortex
15 Functional Localization in the Cerebral Cortex
16 Cerebral White Matter and Lateral Ventricles
17 Olfactory System
18 Limbic System: The Hippocampus and the Amygdala

PART III Review of the Major Systems
19 General Sensory Systems
20 Visual System
21 Auditory System
22 Vestibular System
23 Motor Systems
24 Visceral Innervation

PART IV Blood Supply and the Meninges
25 Blood Supply of the Central Nervous System
26 Meninges and Cerebrospinal Fluid
Glossary of Neuroanatomical and Related Terms
Index