Essential neuroscience / Allan Siegel, Hreday N. Sapru ; case histories written by Heidi E. Siegel. — 2nd ed. — Philadelphia, Pa. ; London : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2011. – (59.59/S571/2nd ed.)

Contents

    CONTENTS
    
    Preface vii
    Acknowledgments ix
    SECTION I Gross Anatomy of the Brain I
    1 OVERVIEW OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM 3
    2 DEVELOPMENT OFTHE NERVOUS SYSTEM 19
    3 MENINGES AND CEREBROSPINAL FLUID 35
    4 BLOOD SUPPLY OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM 47
    SECTION II The Neuron 59
    5 HISTOLOGY OFTHE NERVOUS SYSTEM 01
    6 ELECTROPHYSIOLOGYOF NEURONS 77
    7 SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION 95
    8 NEUROTRANSMITTERS 107
    SECTI0N III Organization of the Central Nervous System 137
    9 THE SPINAL CORD 139
    10 BRAINSTEM I: THE MEDULLA 169
    11 BRAINSTEM II: PONS AND CEREBELLUM， 183
    12 BRAINSTEM III: THE MIDBRAIN 197
    13 THE FOREBRAIN 207
    14 THE CRANIAL NERVES 227
    SECTION IV Sensory Systems 255
    15 SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM 257
    16 VISUAL SYSTEM 271
    17 AUDITORY AND VESTIBULAR SYSTEMS 293
    18 OLFACTION AND TASTE 311
    SECTION V Motor Systems 323
    19 THE UPPER MOTOR NEURONS 325
    20 THE BASAL GANGLIA 343
    21 THE CEREBELLUM 357
    SECTION VI Integrative Systems 379
    22 THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM 381
    23 THE RETICULAR FORMATION 407
    24 THE HYPOTHALAMUS 427
    25 THE LIMBIC SYSTEM 445
    26 THE THALAMUS AND CEREBRAL CORTEX 465
    27 VASCULAR SYNDROMES 493
    28 BEHAVIORAL AND PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS 509
    Glossary G-1
    Index I-1