In this day where research grants are the primary focus, many young investigators are thrown into neurosciences courses without any prior preparation in neuroanatomy. This book is designed to help prepare them by introducing many of the fundamentals of the nervous system. It represents the essentials of an upper level biology course on the central nervous system. It is not designed to be a clinical approach to the nervous system, but rather it approaches the nervous system from a basic science perspective that intertwines both structure and function as an organizing teaching and learning model. Medical and dental examples are included but the main focus is on neuroscience.
Author(s): Stanley Jacobson, Elliott M. Marcus (auth.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer US
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 498
Tags: Neurosciences; Neurology; Anatomy
Front Matter....Pages i-xlv
Introduction to the Central Nervous System....Pages 3-22
Neurocytology: Cells of the CNS....Pages 23-54
Spinal Cord....Pages 55-83
Brain Stem....Pages 85-120
The Cranial Nerves....Pages 121-145
Diencephalon....Pages 147-164
Hypothalamus, Neuroendocrine System, and Autonomic Nervous System....Pages 165-187
Cerebral Cortex Functional Localization....Pages 189-217
Motor System I: Movement and Motor Pathways....Pages 221-248
Motor System II: Basal Ganglia....Pages 249-271
Motor Systems III: Cerebellum and Movement....Pages 273-292
Somatosensory Function and the Parietal Lobe....Pages 293-310
Visual System and Occipital Lobe....Pages 311-336
Limbic System, the Temporal Lobe, and Prefrontal Cortex....Pages 337-373
Higher Cortical Functions....Pages 375-395
Meninges, Ventricular System and Vascular System....Pages 399-407
Cerebral Vascular Disease....Pages 409-433
Movies on the Brain....Pages 435-448
Back Matter....Pages 449-498
