This classic textbook simplifies neuroscience to focus on the essentials and helps students learn important neuroanatomical facts and definitions. Descriptions and illustrations of the regional anatomy of the central nervous system are followed by accounts of the functional pathways. This approach provides an integrated view of the anatomy and physiology. The level of detail is suited to increasingly shorter neuroanatomy courses for medical and allied health students. The text is distinguished by the author's succinct writing style. --BOOK JACKET. Table of Contents: Pt. I. Introduction and Neurohistology 1. Development, Composition, and Evolution of the Nervous System 2. Cells of the Nervous System 3. Peripheral Nervous System 4. Imaging Techniques and Neuroanatomical Research Methods Pt. II. Regional Anatomy of the Central Nervous System 5. Spinal Cord 6. Brain Stem: External Anatomy 7. Brain Stem: Nuclei and Tracts 8. Cranial Nerves 9. Reticular Formation 10. Cerebellum 11. Diencephalon 12. Corpus Striatum 13. Topography of the Cerebral Hemispheres 14. Histology of the Cerebral Cortex 15. Functional Localization in the Cerebral Cortex 16. Cerebral White Matter and Lateral Ventricles 17. Olfactory System 18. Limbic System: The Hippocampus and the Amygdala Pt. III. Review of the Major Systems 19. General Sensory Systems 20. Visual System 21. Auditory System 22. Vestibular System 23. Motor Systems 24. Visceral Innervation Pt. IV. Blood Supply and the Meninges 25. Blood Supply of the Central Nervous System 26. Meninges and Cerebrospinal Fluid Glossary of Neuroanatomical and Related Terms.