This book is designed to enhance understanding of neuroanatomy and eliminate neurophobia which is not uncommon among medical and healthcare students. The intrinsic complex nature of the subject has been simplified using mnemonics and diagrams with crammable informations in bullets along with their clinical implications.
Key features:
Covers clinically and academically important topics
Schematic diagrams
Visual mnemonics
Useful for medical students, PG and USMLE aspirants
Chapters:
How to draw mid-brain cross-section?
How to draw pons cross-section?
How to draw medulla cross-section?
Spinal cord cross-section and tracts simplified
Vertebro-basilar arterial systems and syndromes
Circle of willis - mnemonics and drawing
Circle of willis and blood supply of forebrain
Dural reflections and venous sinuses
Microanatomy of cerebral cortex
Brodmann areas and lesions
Thalamic connections
Nuclei of hypothalamus
Internal capsule
Simplified basal ganglia
CSF circulation
Trigeminal nerve
Facial nerve
Auditory pathway and Vestibular pathway
10 retinal layers
Visual pathway
Horizontal conjugate gaze pathway
Limbic system
Brown-sequard syndrome - Anatomical basis
Lateral medullary syndrome (Wallenberg syndrome) - Anatomical basis
Medial medullary syndrome (Djerine syndrome) - Anatomical basis
Brachial plexus
Lumbar plexus