The Human Central Nervous System: A Synopsis and Atlas

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Springer Science & Business Media, Dec 31, 2007 - Medical - 967 pages
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 newly written chapters, which introduce the pictorial material of the gross anatomy, the blood vessels and meninges and the microstructure of its various parts and deal with the development, topography and functional anatomy of the spinal cord, the brain stem and the cerebellum, the diencephalon and the telencephalon. Great pains have been taken to cover the most recent concepts and data. As suggested by the front cover, there is a focus on the evolutionary development of the human brain. Throughout the text numerous correlations with neuropathology and clinical n- rology have been made. After much thought, we decided to replace the full Latin terminology, cherished in all previous editions, with English and Anglicized Latin terms. It has been an emotional farewell from beautiful terms such as decussatio hipposideriformis W- nekinkii and pontes grisei caudatolenticulares. Not only the text, but also the p- torial material has been extended and brought into harmony with the present state of knowledge. More than 230 new illustrations have been added and many others have been revised. The number of macroscopical sections through the brain has been extended considerably. Together, these illustrations now comprise a complete and convenient atlas for interpreting neuroimaging studies.
 

Contents

Orientation Development Gross Anatomy
2
Gross Anatomy
67
4
95
Brain Slices 137
136
Neocortex 491
174
Structure of Spinal Cord and Brain Parts
175
Introduction and Epithalamus 247
246
Hypothalamus
289
Basal Ganglia
427
Functional Systems
680
Vestibular System
715
Auditory System
733
Visual System
751
Cerebellum
807
Motor Systems
841
Reticular Formation and the Monoaminergic
888

Introduction and Olfactory System
337
Hippocampus and Related Structures
361
Amygdala and Claustrum
401
Greater Limbic System
917
Subject Index
947
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