From Anatomy to Function of the Central Nervous System: Clinical and Neurosurgical Applications

Section I: Development, topography and neurochemistry of the central nervous system

1. Development of the nervous system and human neural stem cells

2. Topography of neuraxis, vascularization and ventricular system

3. Neurochemistry of the central nervous system

Section II: Anatomy of the spinal cord and brain

4. The spinal cord

5a. Functional anatomy of the brainstem

5b. Functional anatomy of the reticular formation

6. The cerebellum

7. The diencephalon: introduction and epithalamus

8. The diencephalon: dorsal thalamus

9. The diencephalon: subthalamus or ventral thalamus

10. The diencephalon: hypothalamus

11. The telencephalon: introduction and cerebral cortex

12. The telencephalon: cingulate cortex

13. The telencephalon: hippocampus and related structures

14. The telencephalon: amygdala and claustrum

15. The telencephalon: basal ganglia

16. Circumventricular organs

Section III: Functional systems

17. General sensory systems and taste

18. The vestibular system

19. The auditory system

20. The visual system

21. Motor systems

22. The limbic system

Section IV: Appendix

23. The noradrenergic modulation of attention and memory: The Attentional Boost Effect.

24. Neuroanatomical and Neurophysiological Bases of the Anesthesia

Index