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The Human Brain and Spinal Cord Functional Neuroanatomy and Dissection Guide

This book was written to serve both as a guide for the dissection of the human brain and as an illustrated compendium of the functional anatomy of the brain and spinal cord. In this sense, the book represents an updated and expanded version of the book The Human Brain and Spinal Cord written by the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Heimer, Lennart
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 1983, 1983
Edition:1st ed. 1983
Subjects:
Neuroscience
Neurosciences
Neurology 
Neurology
Anatomy
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I. Introduction
  • 1. Basic Design and Terminology
  • 2. Development of the Nervous System
  • 3. Meninges and Cerebrospinal Fluid
  • II. Dissection of the Brain
  • First Dissection Meninges and Subarachnoid Cisterns; Superficial Arteries; Vertebral-Basilar System; Internal Carotid System; Basal Surface, and Cranial Nerves
  • Second Dissection Midsagittal Section; Lobes, Sulci, and Gyri
  • Third Dissection White Matter; Blunt Dissection of Major Fiber Systems
  • Fourth Dissection Ventricular System, Fornix, and Basal Ganglia
  • Fifth Dissection Fourth Ventricle; Cerebellum; Brain Stem
  • Sixth Dissection Atlas of the Brain: Frontal, Sagittal, and Horizontal Brain Sections; Anatomical Correlation of Computerized Brain Tomography
  • III. Functional Neuroanatomy
  • 4. Neurohistology and Neuroanatomic Techniques
  • 5. The Spinal Cord
  • 6. Ascending Sensory Pathways
  • 7. The Lower Motor Neuron and the Descending Supraspinal Pathways
  • 8. Basal Ganglia
  • 9. Cerebellum
  • 10. Brain Stem, Reticular Formation, and Monoaminergic Pathways
  • 11. Cranial Nerves
  • 12. Auditory System
  • 13. Visual System
  • 14. Olfactory System
  • 15. Hypothalamus and the Hypothalamohypophysial System
  • 16. The Autonomic Nervous System
  • 17. Amygdaloid Body, Hippocampal Formation, and “Limbic System”
  • 18. Thalamus
  • 19. Cerebral Cortex
  • 20. Neuronal Transmitters and Modulators
  • 21. Cerebrovascular System
  • Epilogue

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