Nolte's The Human Brain in Photographs and Diagrams

Contents

Chapter 1 External Anatomy of the Brain

Introduction

Brain and Spinal Cord

Multiple Views of a Single Brain

Lateral and Superior Surfaces

Inferior Surface

Medial and Inferior Surfaces

Insula

Cerebellum

Brainstem

Chapter 2 Transverse Sections of the Spinal Cord

Introduction

Guided Tour

Enlargements of Selected Levels

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Chapter 3 Transverse Sections of the Brainstem

Introduction Schematic Cross Sections Blood Supply Cranial Nerve Nuclei Guided Tour Enlargements of Selected Levels

Spinomedullary junction Caudal medulla Rostral medulla Pontomedullary junction Caudal pons Midpons Rostral pons Caudal midbrain Rostral midbrain Far rostral midbrain

Chapter 4 Building a Brain: Three-Dimensional Reconstructions

Introduction

Step-by-Step Reconstruction

Chapter 5 Coronal Sections

Introduction

Guided Tour

Enlargements of Selected Levels

Striatum, anterior limb of the internal capsule Anterior commissure Anterior thalamus, ansa lenticularis Amygdala, mammillary bodies Anterior hippocampus, subthalamic nucleus Posterior thalamus, red nucleus Posterior thalamus, geniculate nuclei Posterior thalamus, pulvinar Atrium of the lateral ventricle

Chapter 6 Axial Sections

Introduction

Guided Tour

Enlargements of Selected Levels

Uncus, optic chiasm Hypothalamus, superior cerebellar peduncle Striatum, deep cerebellar nuclei Anterior commissure, subthalamic nucleus Interventricular foramen, posterior commissure Midthalamus Roof of the third ventricle Transverse fissure, internal cerebral veins

Chapter 7 Sagittal Sections

Introduction

Guided Tour

Enlargements of Selected Levels

Putamen, hippocampus Hippocampus, amygdala Globus pallidus, internal capsule, thalamus Caudate nucleus, dentate nucleus Mammillothalamic tract, superior cerebellar peduncle Medial thalamus, column of the fornix Mammillary body, body of the fornix Near the midline

Chapter 8 Functional Systems

Detailed Contents Long Tracts of the Spinal Cord and Brainstem Sensory Systems of the Brainstem and Forebrain Cranial Nerve Motor Nuclei Visceral Afferents and Efferents Basal Ganglia Cerebellum Thalamus and Cerebral Cortex Hypothalamus and Limbic System Chemically Coded Neuronal Systems

Chapter 9 Clinical Imaging

Introduction

Computed Tomography

Without contrast With contrast Pathology

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Introduction Coronal T1-weighted MRIs Axial T1-weighted MRIs Sagittal and parasaggital T1-weighted MRIs Pathology

Angiography

Introduction Internal carotid angiograms Vertebral-basilar angiograms Pathology

Chapter 10 Neuropathology Imaging

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Glossary

Contents

Chapter 1 External Anatomy of the Brain

Introduction

Brain and Spinal Cord

Multiple Views of a Single Brain

Lateral and Superior Surfaces

Inferior Surface

Medial and Inferior Surfaces

Insula

Cerebellum

Brainstem

Chapter 2 Transverse Sections of the Spinal Cord

Introduction

Guided Tour

Enlargements of Selected Levels

S4 L2 T10 C8 C3

Chapter 3 Transverse Sections of the Brainstem

Introduction Schematic Cross Sections Blood Supply Cranial Nerve Nuclei Guided Tour Enlargements of Selected Levels

Spinomedullary junction Caudal medulla Rostral medulla Pontomedullary junction Caudal pons Midpons Rostral pons Caudal midbrain Rostral midbrain Far rostral midbrain

Chapter 4 Building a Brain: Three-Dimensional Reconstructions

Introduction

Step-by-Step Reconstruction

Chapter 5 Coronal Sections

Introduction

Guided Tour

Enlargements of Selected Levels

Striatum, anterior limb of the internal capsule Anterior commissure Anterior thalamus, ansa lenticularis Amygdala, mammillary bodies Anterior hippocampus, subthalamic nucleus Posterior thalamus, red nucleus Posterior thalamus, geniculate nuclei Posterior thalamus, pulvinar Atrium of the lateral ventricle

Chapter 6 Axial Sections

Introduction

Guided Tour

Enlargements of Selected Levels

Uncus, optic chiasm Hypothalamus, superior cerebellar peduncle Striatum, deep cerebellar nuclei Anterior commissure, subthalamic nucleus Interventricular foramen, posterior commissure Midthalamus Roof of the third ventricle Transverse fissure, internal cerebral veins

Chapter 7 Sagittal Sections

Introduction

Guided Tour

Enlargements of Selected Levels

Putamen, hippocampus Hippocampus, amygdala Globus pallidus, internal capsule, thalamus Caudate nucleus, dentate nucleus Mammillothalamic tract, superior cerebellar peduncle Medial thalamus, column of the fornix Mammillary body, body of the fornix Near the midline

Chapter 8 Functional Systems

Detailed Contents Long Tracts of the Spinal Cord and Brainstem Sensory Systems of the Brainstem and Forebrain Cranial Nerve Motor Nuclei Visceral Afferents and Efferents Basal Ganglia Cerebellum Thalamus and Cerebral Cortex Hypothalamus and Limbic System Chemically Coded Neuronal Systems

Chapter 9 Clinical Imaging

Introduction

Computed Tomography

Without contrast With contrast Pathology

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Introduction Coronal T1-weighted MRIs Axial T1-weighted MRIs Sagittal and parasaggital T1-weighted MRIs Pathology

Angiography

Introduction Internal carotid angiograms Vertebral-basilar angiograms Pathology

Chapter 10 Neuropathology Imaging

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Glossary