Clinical Neuroanatomy: Brain Circuitry and Its Disorders

Clinical Neuroanatomy: Brain Circuitry and Its Disorders
ISBN-10
3662505584
ISBN-13
9783662505588
Series
Clinical Neuroanatomy
Category
Medical
Pages
834
Language
English
Published
2016-08-23
Publisher
Springer
Author
Hans J. ten Donkelaar

Description

Connections define the functions of neurons: information flows along connections, as well as growth factors and viruses, and even neuronal death may progress through connections. Knowledge of how the various parts of the brain are interconnected to form functional systems is a prerequisite for the proper understanding of data from all fields in the neurosciences. Clinical Neuroanatomy: Brain Circuitry and Its Disorders bridges the gap between neuroanatomy and clinical neurology. It emphasizes human and primate data in the context of disorders of brain circuitry which are so common in neurological practice. In addition, numerous clinical cases demonstrate how normal brain circuitry may be interrupted and to what effect. Following an introduction into the organization and vascularisation of the human brain and the techniques to study brain circuitry, the main neurofunctional systems are discussed, including the somatosensory, auditory, visual, motor, autonomic and limbic systems, the cerebral cortex and complex cerebral functions.

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