Fundamental Neuroscience

Section I: Essential Concepts
Chapter 1: Orientation to Structure and Imaging of the Central
Nervous System
Chapter 2: The Cell Biology of Neurons and Glia
Chapter 3: The Electrochemical Basis of Neuronal Integration
Chapter 4: The Chemical Basis for Neuronal Communication
Chapter 5: Development of the Nervous System


Section II: Regional Neurobiology

Chapter 6: The Ventricles, Choroid Plexus, and Cerebrospinal
Fluid
Chapter 7: The Meninges
Chapter 8: A Survey of the Cerebrovascular System
Chapter 9: The Spinal Cord
Chapter 10: An Overview of the Brainstem
Chapter 11: The Medulla Oblongata
Chapter 12: The Pons and Cerebellum
Chapter 13: The Midbrain
Chapter 14: A Synopsis of Cranial Nerves of the Brainstem
Chapter 15: The Diencephalon
Chapter 16: The Telencephalon

Section III: Systems Neurobiology
Chapter 17: The Somatosensory System I: Tactile Discrimination
and Position Sense
Chapter 18: The Somatosensory System II: Touch, Thermal Sense
and Pain
Chapter 19: Viscerosensory Pathways
Chapter 20: The Visual System
Chapter 21: The Auditory System
Chapter 22: The Vestibular System
Chapter 23: Olfaction and Taste
Chapter 24: Motor System I: Peripheral Sensory, Brainstem, and
Spinal Influence on Ventral Horn Neurons
Chapter 25: Motor System II: Corticofugal Systems and the
Control of Movement
Chapter 26: The Basal Ganglia
Chapter 27: The Cerebellum
Chapter 28: Visual Motor Systems
Chapter 29: Visceral Motor Pathways
Chapter 30: The Hypothalamus
Chapter 31: The Limbic System
Chapter 32: The Cerebral Cortex
Chapter 33: The Neurological Exam

Index