Nolte's Essentials of the Human Brain

Todd W. Vanderah is Regents Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacology, Co-Director of the MD/PhD Program at the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.

• Chapter 1:    Introduction to the Nervous SystemChapter 2:    Development of the Nervous SystemChapter 3:    Gross Anatomy and General Organization of the Central Nervous SystemChapter 4:    Meningeal Coverings of the Brain and Spinal CordChapter 5:    Ventricles and Cerebrospinal FluidChapter 6:    Blood Supply of the BrainChapter 7:    Electrical Signaling by NeuronsChapter 8:    Synaptic Transmission between NeuronsChapter 9:    Sensory Receptors and the Peripheral Nervous SystemChapter 10:   Spinal CordChapter 11:   Organization of the BrainstemChapter 12:   Cranial Nerves and Their NucleiChapter 13:   The Chemical Senses of Taste and SmellChapter 14:   Hearing and Balance: The Eighth Cranial NerveChapter 15:   Brainstem SummaryChapter 16:   The Thalamus and Internal Capsule: Getting to and from the Cerebral CortexChapter 17:   The Visual SystemChapter 18:   Overview of Motor SystemsChapter 19:   Basal GangliaChapter 20:   CerebellumChapter 21:   Control of Eye MovementsChapter 22:   Cerebral CortexChapter 23:   Drives and Emotions: The Hypothalamus and Limbic SystemChapter 24:   Formation, Modification, and Repair of Neuronal Connections