Richly illustrated, clinically oriented, well-balanced coverage of both neurophysiology and neuroanatomy provides all the knowledge you need for Board exam preparation and practice! This 3rd Edition offers meticulous updates from cover to cover ... a new, more user-friendly page layout ... 300 USMLE-style review questions, with answers and rationales ... and access to the entire text online, plus many other features, at www.studentconsult.com.

Audience

Medical Students, Health Professionals studying Neuroscience and/or Neuroanatomy.

Contents

Section 1. Essential Concepts

1. Orientation to Structure and Imaging of the Central Nervous System

2. The Cell Biology of Neurons and Glia

3. The Electrochemical Basis of Neuronal Integration

4. The Chemical Basis for Neuronal Communication

5. Development of the Nervous System

Section 2. Regional Neurobiology

6. The Ventricles, Choroid Plexus, and Cerebospinal Fluid

7. The Meninges

8. A Survey of the Cerebrovascular System

9. The Spinal Cord

10. An Overview of the Brainstem

11. The Medulla Oblongata

12. The Pons and Cerebellum

13. The Midbrain

14. A Synopsis of Cranial Nerves of the Brainstem

15. The Diencephalon

16. The Telencephalon