Description
Integrated Neuroscience argues that in order to make an intelligent diagnosis and provide a rational treatment nervous system disorders, it is necessary to answer the basic questions of clinical neurology. Where is the disease process located, and what is the nature of the disease process? For students to answer these questions, the authors first review the makeup of the cells within the central nervous system and the development of the regions within the central nervous system. A detailed anatomical overview of the nervous system, starting at the spinal cord, proceeding to the brain stem, diencephalon and cerebrum follows. This textbook focuses not only on localized diseases caused by infectious diseases, trauma, tumors, and vascular lesions within the central nervous system, but also these diseases within the systems of the brain and spinal cord. Over 250 real cases with associated MRI or CTs and any pathological findings from these patients illustrate numerous disorders and fully explain the nature of the pathology. The authors have also included six problem solving sessions in which the student must identify the ongoing disease process, what caused it, and how best to treat it. Throughout the discussion in this text the authors also correlate the neurological findings to the underlying anatomy of the region.
Table of Contents
SECTION I: INTRODUCTION TO BASIC NEUROBIOLOGY1. Overview of the Nervous System2. Overview of Localization of Function and Neurological Diagnosis3. Neurocytology: Cells of the Central Nervous System4. Neuroembryology and Congenital Malformations5. Skeletal Muscle and Nerve-Muscle JunctionSECTION II: REGIONAL APPROACH TO NEUROANATOMY AND FUNCTIONAL LOCALIZATION6. Spinal Cord Structure and Function7. Atlas of the Spinal Cord8. A Survey of Diseases of Peripheral Nerve and Nerve Root9. Spinal Cord: Clinical Considerations10. Case History Problem Solving: Part I; Spinal Cord, Nerve Root, Peripheral Nerve, and Muscle11. Functional Anatomy of the Brain Stem12. The Cranial Nerves13. Brain Stem: Clinical Considerations14. Case History Problem Solving: Part II: Brain Stem and Cranial Nerves15. Diencephalic Nuclei, Functional Localization, and Atlas of the Diencephalon.SECTION III: MAJOR SYSTEMS16. Hypothalamus, Neuroendocrine System, and Autonomic Nervous System17. Cerebral Cortex: Cytoarchitecture, Physiology, and Overview of Functional Localization18. Motor System and Movement: Part I : Reflex Activity, Central Pattern Generators, and Cerebral Cortical Motor Functions19. Motor Systems Part II: Basal Ganglia and Movement Disorders20. Motor Systema Part III: Cerebellum and Movement and Major Fiber Pathways of the Cerebellum21. Somatosensory Function and the Parietal Lobe22. Limbic System23. Visual System24. Speech, Language, Cerebral Dominance, and the Aphasias25. Case History Problem Solving: Part IV: Cortical Localization26. Cerebral Hemispheres: Neuropathology and Clinical Correlation I. Vascular Syndromes27. Diseases of the Cerebral Hemispheres: II. Non-Vascular Syndromes28. Case history Problem Solving: Part IV: Cerebral HemispheresSECTION IV: COMPLEX FUNCTIONS29. Alterations in Consciousness: Seizures, Sleep, and Coma30. Learning, Memory, Amnesia, Dementia, Instinctive Behavior, and the Effects of the Early Experience31. Case History Problem Solving: Part V: General Cases32. Case History Problem Solving: Part VI: Case History Review with Correlation to Illustrations33. Atlas of the Cerebrum.BIBLIOGRAPHY
