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A book/disk reference on applied neuroscience for students in medicine and the allied health sciences. Contains sections on fundamentals and neurohistology, regional anatomy of the central nervous system, a review of the major systems, and blood supply and the meninges. This seventh edition includes a disk containing interactive tutorials, some 400 self-test questions, a glossary, clinical problems, and hypertext links to all chapter summaries with cross-links to other programs. This edition also features larger b&w photos and improved b&w diagrams, and incorporates material on recent advances in the knowledge of functional localization in the human brain.



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Univ. of Western Ontario, Canada. Synopsis of neuroanatomy, for medical students. Halftone and full-color illustrations. Previous edition: Human Nervous System: An Anatomical Viewpoint, by Murray L. Barr, c1993. Includes a DOS/Windows diskette of "important facts" with questions and answers.

Ch. 1 Development, composition, and evolution of the nervous system 2

Ch. 2 Cells of the nervous system 13

Ch. 3 Peripheral nervous system 37

Ch. 4 Imaging techniques and neuroanatomical research methods 52

Ch. 5 Spinal cord 64

Ch. 6 Brain stem : external anatomy 85

Ch. 7 Brain stem : nuclei and tracts 93

Ch. 8 Cranial nerves 123

Ch. 9 Reticular formation 156

Ch. 10 Cerebellum 174

Ch. 11 Diencephalon 193

Ch. 12 Corpus striatum 222

Ch. 13 Topography of the cerebral hemispheres 236

Ch. 14 Histology of the cerebral cortex 245

Ch. 15 Functional localization in the cerebral cortex 254

Ch. 16 Cerebral white matter and lateral ventricles 275

Ch. 17 Olfactory system 289

Ch. 18 Limbic system : the hippocampus and the amygdala 298

Ch. 19 General sensory systems 316

Ch. 20 Visual system 337

Ch. 21 Auditory system 353

Ch. 22 Vestibular system 365

Ch. 23 Motor systems 374

Ch. 24 Visceral innervation 391

Ch. 25 Blood supply of the central nervous system 406

Ch. 26 Meninges and cerebrospinal fluid 424