The Human Central Nervous System

• Main Authors: Nieuwenhuys, Rudolf (Author), Voogd, Jan (Author), Huijzen, Christiaan van (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Edition: Fourth Edition.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Human anatomy.; Neurology.; Biomedicine.; Anatomy.

The present edition of The Human Central Nervous System differs considerably from its predecessors. In previous editions, the text was essentially confined to a section dealing with the various functional systems of the brain. This section, which has been rewritten and updated, is now preceded by 15...

Table of Contents:

• Orientation, Development, Gross Anatomy, Blood Supply and Meninges
• Orientation
• Development
• Gross Anatomy
• Blood Supply, Meninges and Cerebrospinal Fluid Circulation
• Brain Slices
• Structure of Spinal Cord and Brain Parts
• Topography of Spinal Cord, Brain Stem and Cerebellum
• Diencephalon: Introduction and Epithalamus
• Diencephalon: Dorsal Thalamus
• Diencephalon: Ventral Thalamus or Subthalamus
• Diencephalon: Hypothalamus
• Telencephalon: Introduction and Olfactory System
• Telencephalon: Hippocampus and Related Structures
• Telencephalon: Amygdala and Claustrum
• Telencephalon: Basal Ganglia
• Telencephalon: Neocortex
• Fuctional Systems
• General Sensory Systems and Taste
• Vestibular System
• Auditory System
• Visual System
• Cerebellum
• Motor Systems
• The Reticular Formation and the Monoaminergic and Cholinergic Cell Groups
• Greater Limbic System.