Nolte's The Human Brain in Photographs and Diagrams

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.

• 1. External Anatomy of the Brain1.1. Introduction1.2. Brain and Spinal Cord1.3. Multiple Views of a Single Brain1.4. Lateral and Superior Surfaces1.5. Inferior Surface1.6. Medial and Inferior Surfaces1.7. Insula1.8. Cerebellum1.9. Brainstem2. Transverse Sections of the Spinal Cord2.1. Introduction2.2. Guided Tour2.3. Enlargements of Selected Levels2.3.1. S42.3.2. L22.3.3. T102.3.4. C82.3.5. C33. Transverse Sections of the Brainstem3.1. Introduction3.2. Schematic Cross Sections3.3. Blood Supply3.4. Cranial Nerve Nuclei3.5. Guided Tour3.6. Enlargements of Selected Levels3.6.1. Spinomedullary junction3.6.2. Caudal medulla3.6.3. Rostral medulla3.6.4. Pontomedullary junction3.6.5. Caudal pons3.6.6. Midpons3.6.7. Rostral pons3.6.8. Caudal midbrain3.6.9. Rostral midbrain3.6.10. Far rostral midbrain4. Building a Brain: Three-Dimensional Reconstructions4.1. Introduction4.2. Step-by-Step Reconstruction5. Coronal Sections5.1. Introduction5.2. Guided Tour5.3. Enlargements of Selected Levels5.3.1. Striatum, anterior limb of the internal capsule5.3.2. Anterior commissure5.3.3. Anterior thalamus, ansa lenticularis5.3.4. Amygdala, mammillary bodies5.3.5. Anterior hippocampus, subthalamic nucleus5.3.6. Posterior thalamus, red nucleus5.3.7. Posterior thalamus, geniculate nuclei5.3.8. Posterior thalamus, pulvinar5.3.9. Atrium of the lateral ventricle6. Axial Sections6.1. Introduction6.2. Guided Tour6.3. Enlargements of Selected Levels6.3.1. Uncus, optic chiasm6.3.2. Hypothalamus, superior cerebellar peduncle6.3.3. Striatum, deep cerebellar nuclei6.3.4. Anterior commissure, subthalamic nucleus6.3.5. Interventricular foramen, posterior commissure6.3.6. Midthalamus6.3.7. Roof of the third ventricle6.3.8. Transverse fissure, internal cerebral veins7. Sagittal Sections7.1. Introduction7.2. Guided Tour7.3. Enlargements of Selected Levels7.3.1. Putamen, hippocampus7.3.2. Hippocampus, amygdala7.3.3. Globus pallidus, internal capsule, thalamus7.3.4. Caudate nucleus, dentate nucleus7.3.5. Mammillothalamic tract, superior cerebellar peduncle7.3.6. Medial thalamus, column of the fornix7.3.7. Mammillary body, body of the fornix7.3.8. Near the midline8. Functional Systems8.1. Detailed Contents8.2. Long Tracts of the Spinal Cord and Brainstem8.3. Sensory Systems of the Brainstem and Forebrain8.4. Cranial Nerve Motor Nuclei8.5. Visceral Afferents and Efferents8.6. Basal Ganglia8.7. Cerebellum8.8. Thalamus and Cerebral Cortex8.9. Hypothalamus and Limbic System8.10. Chemically Coded Neuronal Systems9. Clinical Imaging9.1. Introduction9.2. Computed Tomography9.2.1. Without contrast9.2.2. With contrast9.2.3. Pathology9.3. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)9.3.1. Introduction9.3.2. Coronal T1-weighted MRIs9.3.3. Axial T1-weighted MRIs9.3.4. Sagittal and parasaggital T1-weighted MRIs9.3.5. Pathology9.4. Angiography9.4.1. Introduction9.4.2. Internal carotid angiograms9.4.3. Vertebral-basilar angiograms9.4.4. Pathology10. Neuropathology ImagingGlossary