Neuroanatomy for the Neuroscientist

• Main Authors: Jacobson, Stanley (Author), Marcus, Elliott M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Human anatomy.; Neurology.; Biomedicine.; Anatomy.

Neurology, more than any other system of medicine, is rooted in the firm knowledge of basic science material (i.e., the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the nervous system). This material enables students to readily arrive at diagnoses and to apply their knowledge at solving problems in clinic...

Table of Contents:

• to the Central Nervous System
• to the Central Nervous System
• Neurocytology: Cells of the CNS
• Spinal Cord
• Brain Stem
• The Cranial Nerves
• Diencephalon
• Hypothalamus, Neuroendocrine System, and Autonomic Nervous System
• Cerebral Cortex Functional Localization
• The Systems within the Central Nervous System
• Motor System I: Movement and Motor Pathways
• Motor System II: Basal Ganglia
• Motor Systems III: Cerebellum and Movement
• Somatosensory Function and the Parietal Lobe
• Visual System and Occipital Lobe
• Limbic System, the Temporal Lobe, and Prefrontal Cortex
• Higher Cortical Functions
• The Non-Nervous Elements within the Central Nervous System
• Meninges, Ventricular System and Vascular System
• Cerebral Vascular Disease
• Movies on the Brain.