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Informationen zum Autor Hal Blumenfeld is Professor in the Departments of Neurology! Neurobiology! and Neurosurgery at Yale University School of Medicine. He has taught neuroanatomy at Harvard! Yale! and Columbia Universities using the approach of Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases! which the students greeted with highly favorable feedback. He recently received the prestigious Francis Gilman Blake Award! as the most outstanding teacher of medical sciences at theYale School of Medicine! and the Dreifuss-Penry Epilepsy Research Award from the American Academy of Neurology. He has also been awarded several major grants (from the National Institutes of Health! and private foundations) to pursue his research! which focuses on epilepsy as a model system for investigating consciousness.Current projects include neuroimaging! neurophysiology! and behavioral experiments in animal models of epilepsy! and direct application to human patients. Klappentext This book brings a pioneering interactive approach to the teaching of neuroanatomy, using over 100 actual clinical cases and high-quality radiologic images to bring the subject to life. This edition is fully updated with the latest advances and includes several exciting new cases and a 2-year subscription to the interactive eBook. Zusammenfassung Published by Sinauer Associates, an imprint of Oxford University Press. Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases brings a pioneering interactive approach to the teaching of neuroanatomy, using over 100 actual clinical cases and high-quality radiologic images to bring the subject to life. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction to Case Presentations.- Neuroanatomy Overview! and Basic Definitions.- The Neurologic Exam as a Lesson in Neuroanatomy.- Introduction to Clinical Neuroradiology.- Brain and Environs: Cranium! Ventricles! and Meninges.- Corticospinal Tract and Other Motor Pathways.- Somatosensory Pathways.- Spinal Nerve Roots.- Major Plexuses and Peripheral Nerves.- Cerebral Hemispheres and Vascular Supply.- Visual System.- Brainstem I: Surface Anatomy and Cranial Nerves.- Brainstem II: Eye Movements and Pupillary Control.- Brainstem III: Internal Structure and Vascular Supply.- Cerebellum.- Basal Ganglia.- Pituary and Hypothalamus.- Limbic System.- Homeostasis! Olfaction! Memory and Evolution.- Higher Order Cerebral Function.- Epilogue: A Simple Working Model of the Mind.- Index to Cases.- Subject Index. ...
