Table of Contents

• PART I: FUNDAMENTALS: THE RELATIONSHIPS AND DEVELOPMENT OF STRUCTURES, AND THE BASIS OF THEIR COMMUNICATION
• 1. Basic Design and Development of the Nervous System
• 2. Regional Anatomy and Blood Supply
• 3. Cells of the Nervous System.
• 4. Cellular Neurobiology
• PART II: ANATOMY OF THE MAJOR REGIONS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND THEIR BLOOD SUPPLY
• 5. Spinal Cord and Brainstem
• 6. Diencephalon and Cerebellum
• 7. Cerebral Hemispheres and Vascular Supply
• PART III: SOMATOSENSORY AND MOTOR SYSTEMS FOR THE EXTREMITIES AND TRUNK
• 8. Introduction to Somatic Sensory and Motor Systems
• 9. Somatic Sensory Systems for the Extremities and Trunk
• 10. Peripheral Components of the Motor System
• 11. Central Components of Movement
• 12. Autonomic Nervous System
• PART IV: SOMATOSENSORY AND MOTOR SYSTEMS FOR THE HEAD AND NECK
• 13. Brainstem I:  Cranial Nerves
• 14. Brainstem II:  Systems and Pathways
• 15. Brainstem III:  Organization, Blood Supply, and Clinical Correlates
• PART V: SPECIAL FUNCTIONAL SYSTEMS OF THE CNS:  MOTOR AND SENSORY SYSTEMS
• 16. Pain and Its Modulation
• 17. Auditory and Vestibular Systems
• 18. Visual System
• 19. Cerebellum and Basal Ganglia
• 20. Voluntary Movement
• PART VI:  SPECIAL FUNCTIONAL SYSTEMS OF THE CNS:  COGNITIVE SYSTEMS
• 21. Cognition:  Cortical and Subcortical Contributions
• 22. Emotion, Memory, and Language
• 23. Normal and Abnormal Aging of the Central Nervous System
• PART VII:  INJURY, DISEASE, AND RECOVERY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTIONS
• 24. Cortical Strokes
• 25. The Brain’s Environment and Brain Injury
• 26. Brain Plasticity: Injury, Recovery, and Rehabilitation
• APPENDICES
• Brain Imaging
• Electrodiagnostic Techniques in Clinical Practice
• Atlas of the ForebrainGLOSSARY
• INDEX