Table of Contents

 

 

 

SECTION I

OVERVIEW OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

 

1

Neurons and their Properties

3

 

Anatomical Properties

4

 

Neurotransmission

13

 

Electrical Properties

15

2

Skull and Meninges

27

3

Brain

33

4

Brain Stem and Cerebellum

53

5

Spinal Cord

59

6

Ventricles and the Cerebrospinal Fluid

67

7

Vasculature

75

 

Arterial System

76

 

Venous System

96

8

Developmental Neuroscience

105

SECTION II

REGIONAL NEUROSCIENCE

 

9

Peripheral Nervous System

135

 

Introduction and Basic Organization

136

 

Somatic Nervous System

150

 

Autonomic Nervous System

172

10

Spinal Cord

207

11

Brain Stem and Cerebellum

219

 

Brain Stem Cross-Sectional Anatomy

220

 

Cranial Nerves and Cranial Nerve Nuclei

234

 

Reticular Formation

251

 

Cerebellum

255

12

Diencephalon

259

13

Telencephalon

265

SECTION III

SYSTEMIC NEUROSCIENCE

 

14

Sensory Systems

323

 

Somatosensory Systems

324

 

Trigeminal Sensory System

333

 

Sensory System for Taste

334

 

Auditory System

336

 

Vestibular System

343

 

Visual System

346

15

Motor Systems

357

 

Lower Motor Neurons

358

 

Upper Motor Neurons

361

 

Cerebellum

375

 

Basal Ganglia

382

16

Autonomic-Hypothalamic-Limbic Systems

387

 

Autonomic Nervous System

389

 

Hypothalamus and Pituitary

390

 

Limbic System

413

 

Olfactory System

422

 

Index

425