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Kiernan, J. A.

Barr's The human nervous system : an anatomical viewpoint / Human nervous system John A. Kiernan. - 7th edition - Philadelphia : Lippincott-Raven, c1998. - ix, 518 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents

Part 1 Introduction to Neurohistology
1.Development, Composition, and Evolution of the Nervous System
2.Cells of the Nervous System
3.Peripheral Nervous System
4.Imaging Techniques and Neuroanatomical Research Methods

Part 2 Regional Anatomy of the central Nervous System
5.Spinal Cord
6.Brain Stem: External Anatomy
7.Brain Stem: Nuclei and Tracts
8.Cranial Nerves
9.Reticular Formation
10.Cerebellum
11.Diencephalon
12.Corpus Striatum
13.Topography of the Cerebral Hemispheres
14.Histology of the Cerebral Cortex
15.Functional Localization in the Cerebral Cortex
16.Cerebral White Matter and Lateral Ventricles
17.Olfactory System
18.Limbic System: The Hippocampus and the Amygdala

Part 3 Review of the major systems
19.General Sensory Systems
20.Visual System
21.Auditory System
22.Vestibular System
23.Motor Systems
24.Visceral Innervation

Part 4 Blood supply and the meninges
25.Blood Supply of the Central Nervous System
26.Meninges and Cerebrospinal Fluid.


ISBN: 0397584318 9780397584314

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Neuroanatomy.
Nervous System--anatomy & histology.

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WL 101 K47b 1998