The Brain Atlas: A Visual Guide to the Human Central Nervous System

The Brain Atlas: A Visual Guide to the Human Central Nervous System integrates modern neuroscience with clinical practice and is now significantly revised and updated for a Fourth Edition. The book's five sections cover: Background Information, The Brain and Its Blood Vessels, Brain Slices, Histological Sections, and Pathways. These are depicted in over 350 high quality intricate figures making it the best available visual guide to human neuroanatomy.

Table of Contents:
Preface xi Acknowledgments xii About the Digital Companion xiii Part I Introduction Overview 4 The Nervous System 5 Cells 5 Gray Matter/White Matter 5 Connections 7 CNS/PNS 7 Constitution of the CNS 7 Principal Divisions of the Brain 8 Cranial Nerves and Spinal Segments 8 Cerebrospinal Fluid and Its Circulation 9 Cortical Areas 10 Using this Book 10 Terminology 10 Terms of Relation—The Special Case of the Human Head 12 Labels 12 Image Groups 13 Pathways 14 Navigation 14 Materials and Methods 14 Subjects 14 Brain Specimens 15 Radiological Imaging 16 References 17 Part II The CNS and Its Blood Vessels   Brain 20 Cerebral Hemisphere and Brain Stem; Sulci and Gyri—Lateral Aspect 20 Cerebral Hemisphere and Brain Stem Arteries; Arteries of the Insula and Lateral Sulcus; Arterial Territories—Lateral Aspect 22 Cerebral Hemisphere and Brain Stem; Sulci and Gyri—Mesial Aspect 24 Cerebral Hemisphere and Brain Stem Arteries; Arterial Territories—Mesial Aspect 26 Cerebral Hemisphere and Brain Stem Arteries; by Conventional Angiography; by MRA—Lateral Projection 28 Dural Venous Sinuses and Folds (Diagrammatic); by Conventional Angiography; by MRV—Lateral Projection 30 Cerebral Hemispheres, Brain Stem, and Arteries; by MRA—Anterior Aspect 32 Cerebral Hemisphere and Brain Stem Arteries and Veins by Conventional Angiography and Veins by MRV—Posteroanterior Projections 34 Cerebral Hemispheres and Brain Stem; Sulci and Gyri–—Inferior Aspect 36 Cerebral Hemispheres and Brain Stem: Arteries and Cranial Nerves; Arterial Territories; Axial MRA—Inferior Aspect 38 Brain Stem 40 Brain Stem, Diencephalon, Basal Ganglia, and Cerebellum—Anterolateral Aspect 40 Brain Stem, Diencephalon, Basal Ganglia, and Cerebellum; Arteries and Cranial Nerves—Anterolateral Aspect 41 Brain Stem, Diencephalon, Basal Ganglia, and Cerebellum; Arterial Territories — Anterolateral Aspect 42 Brain Stem, Thalamus, and Striatum— Anterior Aspect 43 Brain Stem, Thalamus, and Striatum— Posterior Aspect 44 Brain Stem, Thalamus, and Striatum— Lateral Aspect 45 Cerebellum 46 Cerebellum—Superior Surface 46 Cerebellum—Inferior Surface 47 Spinal Cord 48 Arteries to Spinal Cord (Diagrammatic) 48 Segmental Arterial Supply of Spinal Cord (Diagrammatic) 49 Fiber Bundles 50 Principal Fiber Bundles in Cerebral Hemisphere and Brain Stem (Semi-Schematic)—Lateral and Mesial Aspects 50 Principal Fiber Bundles in Coronal, Axial, and Sagittal Brain Sections (Semi-Schematic) 51 Part III Brain Slices Coronal Sections 54 Coronal Section Through Rostral Wall of Lateral Ventricle with Vessel Territories 54 Coronal Section Through Anterior Limit of Putamen with MRI 56 Coronal Section Through Head of Caudate Nucleus and Putamen with MRI 58 Coronal Section Through Anterior Limit of Amygdala with Vessel Territories 60 Coronal Section Through Tuber Cinereum with MRI 62 Coronal Section Through Interventricular Foramen (Foramen of Monro) with Vessel Territories 64 Coronal Section Through Anterior Nucleus of Thalamus with MRI 66 Coronal Section Through Mamillothalamic Tract (Fasciculus) with Vessel Territories 68 Coronal Section Through Mamillary Bodies with MRI 70 Coronal Section Through Subthalamic Nucleus with Vessel Territories 72 Coronal Section Through Posterior Limit of Interpeduncular Fossa with MRI 74 Coronal Section Through Posterior Commissure with Vessel Territories 76 Coronal Section Through Commissure of Superior Colliculi with MRI 78 Coronal Section Through Quadrigeminal Plate with Vessel Territories 80 Coronal Section Through Fourth Ventricle (IV) with MRI 82 Coronal Section Through Posterior Limit of Hippocampus with Vessel Territories 84 Coronal Section Through Posterior Horns of Lateral Ventricles with MRI 86 Sagittal Sections 88 Sagittal Section Through Superior, Middle, and Inferior Temporal Gyri with Vessel Territories 88 Sagittal Section Through Insula with MRI 90 Sagittal Section Through Claustrum and Lateral Putamen with Vessel Territories 92 Sagittal Section Through Lateral Putamen with MRI 94 Sagittal Section Through Termination of Optic Tract with MRI 96 Sagittal Section Through Pulvinar with Vessel Territories 98 Sagittal Section Through Ambient Cistern with MRI 100 Sagittal Section Through Olfactory Tract with Vessel Territories 102 Sagittal Section Through Inferior Cerebellar Peduncle (Restiform Body) with Vessel Territories 104 Sagittal Section Through Superior Cerebellar Peduncle (Brachium Conjunctivum) with MRI 106 Sagittal Section Through Red Nucleus with Vessel Territories 108 Sagittal Section Through Cerebral Aqueduct (Aqueduct of Sylvius) with MRI 110 Axial Sections 112 Axial Section Through Superior Caudate Nucleus with MRI 112 Axial Section Through Inferior Corpus Callosum with Vessel Territories 114 Axial Section Through Superior Putamen with MRI 116 Axial Section Through Putamen with Vessel Territories 118 Axial Section Through Frontoparietal Opercula with MRI 120 Axial Section Through Midlevel Diencephalon with Vessel Territories 122 Axial Section Through Anterior Commissure with MRI 124 Axial Section Through Habenular Commissure with Vessel Territories 126 Axial Section Through Superior Colliculi with MRI 128 Axial Section Through Anterior Perforated Substance with Vessel Territories 130 Axial Section Through Inferior Colliculi with MRI 132 Part IV Histological Sections Cerebellum 136 Horizontal Section Through Fastigial Nucleus with Vessel Territories 136 Horizontal Section Through Dentate Nucleus with MRI 137 Brain Stem 138 Transverse Section Through Superior Colliculus with Vessel Territories 138 Transverse Section Through Oculomotor Nucleus with MRI 139 Transverse Section Through Inferior Colliculus with Vessel Territories 140 Transverse Section Through Superior Pons and Isthmus with MRI 141 Transverse Section Through Middle Pons with Vessel Territories 142 Transverse Section Through Facial Genu with MRI 143 Transverse Section Through Vestibulocochlear Nerve Root with Vessel Territories 144 Transverse Section Through Glossopharyngeal Nerve Root with MRI 145 Transverse Section Through Fourth Ventricle with Vessel Territories 146 Transverse Section Through Hypoglossal Nucleus with MRI 147 Transverse Section Through Inferior Olive with Vessel Territories 148 Transverse Section Through Decussation of Pyramids with MRI 149 Spinal Cord 150 Transverse Section Through Upper Cervical Level with Vessel Territories 150 Transverse Section Through Cervical Enlargement with MRI 151 Transverse Section Through Thoracic Level with Vessel Territories 152 Transverse Section Through Lumbar Enlargement with Vessel Territories 153 Transverse Section Through Sacral Level 154 Basal Ganglia and Thalamus 155 Coronal Section Through Nucleus Accumbens 155 Coronal Section Through Optic Chiasm 156 Coronal Section Through Anterior Commisure 157 Coronal Section Through Anterior Thalamic Tubercle 158 Coronal Section Through Mamillothalamic Tract 159 Coronal Section Through H Fields of Forel 160 Coronal Section Through Dorsal Lateral Geniculate Nucleus 161 Coronal Section Through Pulvinar 162 Hypothalamus 163 Coronal Section Through Optic Chiasm; Coronal Section Through Pituitary Stalk 163 Coronal Section Through Interthalamic Adhesion; Coronal Section Through Mamillary Bodies 164 Basal Forebrain 165 Coronal Section Through Olfactory Trigone and Nucleus Basalis 165 Hippocampus 166 Coronal Section Through Body of Hippocampus 166 Part V Pathways Brain Stem 170 General Organization of Spinal Cord Gray Matter 170 General Organization of Cranial Nerve Gray Matter 172 Sensory Cranial Nerves and Nuclei 174 Motor Cranial Nerves and Nuclei 175 Organization of Cranial Nerve Nuclei into Columns—Posterior Aspect 176 Organization of Cranial Nerve Nuclei into Columns—Anterior Aspect 177 Thalamus 178 Organization of the Thalamus 178 Hypothalamus 180 Organization of the Hypothalamus 180 Sensory Systems 182 Touch and Position Sense Pathways: Posterior (Dorsal) Column/Medial Lemniscus and Trigeminal Main Sensory Nucleus 182 Touch Pathways: Anterior and Lateral Spinothalamic Tracts and Trigeminal Spinal Nucleus 184 Pain Pathways 186 Touch Pathways: Head and Face 188 Taste Pathways 190 Visual Pathways 192 Olfactory Pathways 194 Auditory Pathways 196 Sensory/Motor Systems 198 Vestibular Pathways 198 Motor Systems 200 Corticospinal (Pyramidal) and Corticobulbar Pathways 200 Rubrospinal and Tectospinal Pathways 202 Reticulospinal Pathways 204 Cerebellum 206 Cerebellar Pathways: Somatic Afferents 206 Cerebellar Pathways: Afferents (Non-Somatic) 208 Cerebellar Pathways: Efferents 210 Basal Ganglia 212 Basal Ganglia Pathways 212 Hippocampus 214 Hippocampal Pathways: Afferents 214 Hippocampal Pathways: Efferents 216 Amygdala 218 Amygdalar Pathways: Afferents 218 Amygdalar Pathways: Efferents 220 Hypothalamus 222 Hypothalamic Pathways: Afferents 222 Hypothalamic Pathways: Efferents 224 Arousal and Sleep Pathways 226 Hunger and Feeding Pathways 228 Circumventricular Organs 230 Autonomic Systems 232 Autonomic Pathways: Afferents 232 Autonomic Pathways: Sympathetic Efferents 234 Autonomic Pathways: Parasympathetic Efferents 236 Modulatory Systems 238 Cholinergic and Dopaminergic Pathways 238 Noradrenergic and Serotonergic Pathways 240 Index 243

About the Author :
Dorian J. Pritchard is former lecturer in Human Genetics, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK and former Visiting Lecturer in Medical Genetics, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Bruce Korf is Wayne H. and Sara Crews Finley Chair in Medical Genetics, Professor and Chair, Department of Genetics, and Director of the Heflin Center for Genomic Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.

Review :
"Of the many neuroanatomical texts available, I found this beautifully illustrated Brain Atlas particularly helpful in developing confidence in neuroanatomy, aided by such comprehensive and well-presented information"....."This book is ideal for trainees in any neuroscience specialty. Medical students will also find this one of the better neuroanatomical texts on the market"...."Apart from being an essential resource for any practitioner requiring detailed knowledge in neuroanatomy, this book would prove extremely beneficial to those analysing whole brains and brain sections at both the macroscopic and microscopic levels" Abel Devedass, Addenbrooke's Hospital on behalf of the Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology Journal, Oct 2017