Research Catalog

Title

The human brain and spinal cord : functional neuroanatomy and dissection guide / Lennart Heimer.

Author

Heimer, Lennart.

Publication

New York : Springer-Verlag, 1994.

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Details

Description

pages; cm.

Subjects

• Spinal cord > Anatomy
• Dissection
• Human dissection
• Brain > Anatomy
• Central Nervous System > anatomy & histology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Introduction. 1. Basic Design and Terminology. 2. Development of the Nervous System. 3. Meninges and Cerebrospinal Fluid -- 2. Dissection of the Brain. 4. Dissection of the Brain. First Dissection: Meninges and Subarachnoid Cisterns; Superficial Arteries, Vertebral-Basilar System; Internal Carotid System; Basal Surface and Cranial Nerves. Second Dissection: Midsagittal Section; Lobes, Sulci, and Gyri. Third Dissection: White Matter; Blunt Dissection of Major Fiber Systems. Fourth Dissection: Ventricular System, Hippocampus Formation, Thalamus, and Basal Ganglia. Fifth Dissection: Fourth Ventricle, Cerebellum, Brain Stem -- 3. Atlas of the Brain. 5. Atlas of the Brain: Frontal, Sagittal, and Horizontal Brain Sections; Anatomical Correlation of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) -- 4. Functional Neuroanatomy. 6. Neurohistology. 7. Neuroanatomic Techniques. 8. The Spinal Cord. 9. Ascending Sensory Pathways. 10. Brain Stem, Monoaminergic Pathways, and Reticular Formation. 11. Cranial Nerves.
• 12. Olfactory System. 13. Visual System. 14. Auditory System. 15. Spinal Cord Motor Structures and the Descending Supraspinal Pathways. 16. Basal Ganglia and Related Basal Forebrain Structures. 17. Cerebellum. 18. Hypothalamus. 19. The Autonomic Nervous System. 20. Amygdaloid Body and Extended Amygdala. 21. Hippocampal Formation. 22. Cerebral Cortex and Thalamus. 23. Neurotransmitters. 24. Cerebrovascular System.

ISBN

• 0387942270
• 3540942270

LCCN

94000241

OCLC

• 153682434
• ocn153682434

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries