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.

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Contents

۱. Overview of the Nervous System
۲. Overview of Localization of Function and Neurological Diagnosis
۳. Neurocytology: Cells of the Central Nervous System
۴. Neuroembryology and Congenital Malformations
۵. Skeletal Muscle and Nerve-Muscle Junction
۶. Spinal Cord: Structure and Function
۷. Atlas of the Spinal Cord
۸. A Survey of Diseases of Peripheral Nerve and Nerve Root
۹. Spinal Cord: Clinical Considerations
۱۰. Case History Problem Solving: PartI : Spinal Cord, Nerve Root, Peripheral Nerve, and Muscle
۱۱. Functional Anatomy of the Brain Stem
۱۲. The Cranial Nerves
۱۳. Brain Stem: Clinical Considerations
۱۴. Case History Problem Solving: Part II: Brain Stem and Cranial Nerves
۱۵. Diencephalic Nuclei, Functional Localization, and Atlas of the Diencephalon
۱۶. Hypothalamus, Neuroendocrine System, and Autonomic Nervous System
۱۷. Cerebral Cortex: Cytoarchitecture, Physiology, and Overview of Functional Localization
۱۸. Motor System and Movement: PartI: Reflex Activity, Central Pattern Generators, and Cerebral Cortical Motor Functions
۱۹. Motor Systems: Part II: Basal Ganglia and Movement Disorders
۲۰. Motor Systems: Part III: Cerebellum and Movement and Major Fiber Pathways of the Cerebellum
۲۱. Somatosensory Function and the Parietal Lobe
۲۲. Limbic System
۲۳. Visual System
۲۴. Speech, Language, Cerebral Dominance, and the Aphasias
۲۵. Case History Problem Solving: Part IV: Cortical Localization
۲۶. Cerebral Hemispheres: Neuropathology and Clinical CorelationI. Vascular Syndromes
۲۷. Cerebral Hemispheres: Neuropathology and Clinical Correlation II. Nonvascular Syndromes
۲۸. Case History Problem Solving: Part IV: Cerebral Hemispheres
۲۹. Alterations in Consciousness: Seizures, Sleep, and Coma
۳۰. Learning, Memory, Amnesia, Dementia, Instinctive Behavior, and the Effects of Early Experience
۳۱. Case History Problem Solving: Part V: General Cases
۳۲. Case History Problem Solving: Part VI: Case History Review with Correlation to Illustrations
۳۳. Atlas of the Cerebrum