The Brain Atlas: A Visual Guide to the Human Central Nervous System integrates modern neuroscience with clinical practice and is now completely revised and updated in its Third edition.

The contents of the book flows logically from surface anatomy to cross-sections, and then on to regional histology, ending with diagrams of the major neuronal systems responsible for the brain's magnificent array of functions. The book's five sections cover Background Information, The Brain and Its Blood, Brain Slices, Histological Sections, and Pathways.

The Brain Atlas: A Visual Guide to the Human Central Nervous System, Third Edition features:

• A large number of new images reflecting the latest updates in imaging equipment and techniques
• Unrivalled treatment of brain pathways, including meticulous blood supply maps
• Systematic use of magnetic resonance images side-by-side with corresponding brain slices
• A direct labeling system, including an alphabetical list of terms for each image

Contents

Introduction

• The nervous system
• Using this book
• Materials and methods

The CNS and Its Blood Vessels

• Brain
• Brain stem
• Cerebellum
• Spinal cord
• Fiber bundles

Brain Slices

• Coronal sections
• Sagittal sections
• Axial sections

Histological Sections

• Cerebellum
• Brain stem
• Spinal cord
• Basal ganglia and thalamus
• Hypothalamus
• Basal forebrain
• Hippocampus

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