Neuroanatomy for the Neuroscientist

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 clinical situations. Neuroanatomy for the Neuroscientist gives neuroscientists the tools to teach this material at levels appropriate for students at several levels of study, including undergraduate, graduate, dental, and medical school. The text also provides an updated approach to lesion localization in neurology, utilizing the techniques of computerized axial tomography (CT scanning), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA). Multiple illustrations demonstrating the value of these techniques in clinical neurology and neuroanatomical localization has been provided. Both authors have years of experience teaching neuroscience courses at the first or second-year level to medical and dental students. Dr. Jacobson has taught an upper-level undergraduate biology course on the central nervous system at Tufts University for many years, and Dr. Marcus conducts a problem-solving seminar at the University of Massachusetts in which all medical students participate during their clinical neurology clerkship rotation. Neuroanatomy for the Neuroscientist also provides new approaches to lesion localization in neurology, the utilization of computerized axial tomography techniques (CT scanning), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA).

Zusammenfassung

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.

Inhalt
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.