Note: Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- References -- 1 Introduction -- Major subdivisions -- Common terms -- The ventricular system -- Clinical vignette -- References -- 2 Gross anatomy of the brain -- Brainstem -- Medulla -- Pons -- Midbrain -- Clinical vignette -- Cerebellum -- Cerebrum -- Vasculature -- Electroencephalogram -- Meninges -- References -- 3 Histology -- Anatomy and behavioral considerations -- The neuron -- Axon -- Dendrites -- Neuron cell membrane -- Synapse -- Receptors and receptor mechanisms -- Neurotransmitter removal -- Neurotransmitters -- Amino acid neurotransmitters -- Monoaminergic neurotransmitters -- Acetylcholine -- Biogenic amines (catecholamines) -- Dopamine -- Norepinephrine and epinephrine -- Serotonin -- Neuroactive peptide neurotransmitters -- Neuroglia -- Myelin -- Astrocytes -- Microglia -- Select bibliography -- References -- 4 Occipital and parietal lobes -- Occipital lobe -- Anatomy and behavioral considerations -- Primary visual cortex (BA 17) -- Secondary and tertiary visual cortex (BA 18 and 19) -- Parietal lobe -- Anatomy and behavioral considerations -- Primary somesthetic cortex -- Superior parietal lobule -- Inferior parietal lobule -- Other symptoms -- Select bibliography -- References -- 5 Temporal lobe - neocortical structures -- Anatomy and behavioral considerations -- Clinical vignette -- Clinical vignette -- Superior and middle temporal gyrus -- Auditory cortex -- Temporal association areas -- Clinical vignette -- Clinical vignette -- Inferior temporal and fusiform gyrus -- Clinical vignette -- Further behavioral considerations -- The insula -- Select bibliography -- References -- 6 Frontal lobe -- Anatomical subdivisions -- Motor cortex -- Primary motor cortex -- Premotor cortex -- Clinical vignette -- Supplementary motor area -- Clinical vignette. , Clinical vignette -- Frontal eye fields -- Broca's speech area -- Prefrontal cortex -- Orbital prefrontal cortex -- Clinical vignette -- Clinical vignette -- The ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPC) -- Clinical vignette -- Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex -- Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex -- Neurotransmitters in the prefrontal cortex -- Select bibliography -- References -- 7 Basal ganglia -- Anatomy and behavioral considerations -- Dorsal striatopallidum and associated nuclei -- Dorsal striatum (neostriatum) -- Huntington's disease -- Obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Tourette's syndrome -- Other -- Dorsal pallidum (paleostriatum) -- Subthalamic nucleus (subthalamus) -- Substantia nigra -- Connections of the dorsal striatopallidal system (skeletomotor circuit) -- Parallel circuits -- Skeletomotor circuit -- Direct pathway -- Indirect pathway -- Oculomotor circuit -- Association circuit -- Hyperkinetic movement disorders -- Hypokinetic movement disorders -- Ventral striatopallidum and associated nuclei -- Nucleus accumbens -- Basal nucleus (of Meynert) -- Ventral tegmental area -- Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus -- Connections of the ventral striatopallidal system (limbic circuit) -- Further behavioral notes -- Select bibliography -- References -- 8 Diencephalon: hypothalamus and epithalamus -- Hypothalamus -- Anatomical and behavioral considerations -- Preoptic hypothalamic area -- The periventricular hypothalamic zone -- The medial hypothalamic zone -- Supraoptic region -- Tuberal region -- Clinical vignette -- Lateral hypothalamic zone and medial forebrain bundle -- Connections of the hypothalamus -- Incoming -- Clinical vignette -- Outgoing -- Further behavioral considerations -- Clinical vignette -- Epithalamus -- Pineal (epiphysis) -- Habenula -- Lateral habenular nucleus -- Medial habenular nucleus -- Select bibliography -- References. , 9 Diencephalon: thalamus -- Anatomy and behavioral considerations -- Thalamic nuclei -- Anterior thalamic nuclei -- Midline and medial nuclei -- Ventral thalamic nuclei -- Clinical vignette -- Lateral thalamic nuclei -- Medial and lateral geniculate bodies -- Reticular nucleus -- Intralaminar nuclei -- Limbic thalamus -- Further behavioral considerations -- Select bibliography -- References -- 10 Brainstem -- Anatomy and behavioral considerations -- Reticular formation -- Parabrachial nucleus -- Clinical vignette -- Raphe nuclei -- Clinical vignette -- Periaqueductal gray -- Locus ceruleus and lateral tegmental nucleus -- Select bibliography -- References -- 11 Limbic system: temporal lobe -- Hippocampal formation -- Clinical vignette -- Clinical vignette -- Clinical vignette -- Amygdala -- Lateral nuclei -- Medial nuclei -- Central nucleus -- Functional and behavioral considerations -- Clinical vignette -- Uncus -- Schizophrenia -- Panic disorder -- Select bibliography -- References -- 12 Limbic system: cingulate cortex -- Anatomy and behavioral considerations -- Anterior cingulate cortex -- Visceromotor control -- Skeletomotor control -- Nociception (pain) -- Social interactions -- Memory -- Clinical vignette -- Case 1 -- Case 2 -- Case 3 -- Posterior cingulate cortex -- Connections of the cingulate cortex -- Behavioral disorders and neurosurgery -- Akinetic mutism -- Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS) -- Obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Schizophrenia -- Depression -- Cingulate cortex seizures -- Select bibliography -- References -- 13 Limbic system: overview -- Anatomy -- Olfactory structures -- The hippocampal formation and related structures -- The parahippocampal gyrus -- The hippocampal formation -- Case 1 -- Case 2 -- Amygdaloid nuclear complex -- Behavioral considerations -- Hippocampal formation and related structures. , Septal nuclei and nucleus accumbens -- Amygdala and related structures -- Further behavioral considerations -- Kluver-Bucy syndrome -- Temporal lobe epilepsy -- Other considerations -- Select bibliography -- References -- 14 Interhemispheric connections and laterality -- Interhemispheric communication -- Corpus callosum -- Anterior commissure -- Hippocampal commissure -- Supraoptic commissure -- Habenular commissure -- Posterior commissure -- Hemispheric specialization -- Left hemisphere -- Right hemisphere -- Lobular specializations -- Occipitoparietal lobe -- Temporal lobe -- Frontal lobe -- Subcortical regions -- Select bibliography -- References -- Index.

Note: Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface to the second edition -- References -- Preface to the third edition -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Major subdivisions -- Common terms -- Ventricular system -- References -- Chapter 2 Gross anatomy of the brain -- Introduction -- Brainstem -- Medulla -- Pons -- Midbrain -- Cerebellum -- Cerebrum -- Vasculature -- Electroencephalogram -- Meninges -- Sexual dimorphism and aging -- References -- Chapter 3 Histology -- Introduction -- The neuron -- Neuron cell membrane -- Dendrites -- Axon -- Synapse -- Receptors and receptor mechanisms -- Neurotransmitter removal -- Neurotransmitters -- Acetylcholine -- Glutamate -- gamma-Aminobutyric acid -- Glycine -- Norepinephrine -- Dopamine -- Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine) -- Histamine -- Adenosine -- Neuroactive peptide neurotransmitters -- Excitotoxicity -- Neuroglia -- Oligodendroglial cell -- Astrocyte -- Microglia -- Other proteins -- Cadherins -- Cytokines -- Select bibliography -- References -- Chapter 4 Occipital and parietal lobes -- Occipital lobe -- Functional anatomy -- Prary visual cortex (BA 17 -- V1 -- striate cortex) -- Secondary and tertiary visual cortex (BA 18 and BA 19) -- Parallel visual pathways -- Behavioral considerations -- Schizophrenia -- Hallucinations -- Visual agnosia -- Blindsight -- Anxiety disorder -- Charles Bonnet syndrome -- Other behavioral considerations -- Parietal lobe -- Functional anatomy -- Primary somatosensory cortex (SI) -- Secondary somatosensory cortex (SII) and the parietal operculum -- Superior parietal lobule -- Precuneus -- Consciousness -- Body movements in space -- Episodic memory retrieval -- Self-awareness -- Intraparietal sulcus -- Lateral intraparietal area (parietal saccade region) -- Medial intraparietal area (parietal reach region). , Anterior intraparietal area (parietal reach and grasp region) -- Ventral intraparietal area (navigation in space) -- Posterior intraparietal area (three-dimensional analysis) -- Inferior parietal lobule -- Behavioral considerations -- Schizophrenia -- Attention -- Spatial neglect -- Optic ataxia -- Apraxia -- Gerstmann syndrome -- Balint syndrome -- Other considerations -- Select bibliography -- References -- Chapter 5 Temporal lobe: Neocortical structures -- Functional anatomy -- Auditory areas -- Heschl's gyrus (primary auditory area -- BA 41) -- Auditory association area (BA 42) -- Planum temporale -- Superior temporal gyrus and superior temporal sulcus -- Temporal association areas -- Fusiform gyrus and fusiform face area -- Temporal pole and theory-of-mind -- Temporoparietal junction and the social brain -- Insula -- Anterior insula -- Posterior insula -- Behavioral considerations -- Schizophrenia -- Depression -- Reduplicative paramnesia -- Seizures -- Receptive aphasia -- Autoscopic phenomena -- Autism -- Dyslexia -- Prosopagnosia -- Stuttering -- Other behavioral considerations -- Select bibliography -- References -- Chapter 6 Frontal lobe -- Introduction -- Subdivisions of the frontal lobe -- Motor cortex -- Primary motor cortex -- Premotor cortex -- Mirror neurons -- Supplementary motor area and supplementary motor complex -- Frontal eye field -- Saccade eye movements -- Saccade eye movements -- Broca's speech area -- Prefrontal cortex -- Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex -- Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex -- Orbitofrontal cortex -- Medial prefrontal cortex, default brain network, and the social brain -- Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex -- Ventromedial prefrontal cortex -- Prefrontal networks -- Behavioral considerations -- Other behavioral considerations -- Schizophrenia -- Depression -- Bipolar disorder -- Obsessive-compulsive disorder. , Posttraumatic stress disorder -- Borderline personality disorder -- Autism spectrum disorders -- Frontotemporal dementia -- Seizures -- Miscellaneous conditions -- Select bibliography -- References -- Chapter 7 Basal ganglia -- Introduction -- Dorsal striatopallidum and associated nuclei -- Neostriatum (dorsal striatum) -- Dorsal pallidum (paleostriatum) -- Subthalamic nucleus (subthalamus) -- Substantia nigra -- Connections of the dorsal striatopallidal system (skeletomotor circuit) -- Parallel circuits -- Skeletomotor circuit -- Direct pathway -- Indirect pathway -- Oculomotor circuit -- Association circuit -- Ventral striatopallidum and -- Ventral striatum (limbic striatum) -- Nucleus accumbens -- Ventral pallidum -- Basal nucleus (of Meynert) -- Ventral tegmental area -- Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus -- Connections of the ventral striatopallidal system (limbic circuit) -- Deep brain stimulation -- Behavioral considerations -- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) -- Tourette syndrome -- Hyperkinetic movement disorders -- Hypokinetic movement disorders -- Huntington disease -- Other behavioral considerations -- Select bibliography -- References -- Chapter 8 Diencephalon: Hypothalamus and epithalamus -- Hypothalamus -- Anatomy and behavioral considerations -- Preoptic hypothalamic area -- Periventricular hypothalamic zone -- Medial hypothalamic zone -- Supraoptic region -- Tuberal region -- Lateral hypothalamic zone and medial forebrain bundle -- Connections of the hypothalamus -- Inputs -- Outputs -- Other behavioral considerations -- Epithalamus -- Pineal (epiphysis) -- Habenula -- Lateral habenular nucleus -- Medial habenular nucleus -- Select bibliography -- References -- Chapter 9 Diencephalon: Thalamus -- Introduction -- Anatomy and behavioral considerations -- Thalamic nuclei -- Anterior thalamic nuclei -- Midline and medial nuclei. , Ventral thalamic nuclei -- Lateral thalamic nuclei -- Medial and lateral geniculate bodies -- Reticular nucleus -- Intralaminar nuclei -- Limbic thalamus -- Other behavioral considerations -- Select bibliography -- References -- Chapter 10 Brainstem -- Introduction -- Anatomy and behavioral considerations -- Reticular formation -- Parabrachial nucleus -- Raphe nuclei -- Periaqueductal gray -- Locus ceruleus and lateral tegmental nucleus -- Inferior olive -- Select bibliography -- References -- Chapter 11 Limbic system: Temporal lobe -- Anatomy -- Hippocampal formation -- Amygdala -- Lateral (basolateral) nuclei -- Medial nuclei -- Central nucleus -- Uncus -- Functional and behavioral considerations -- Neurogenesis -- Schizophrenia -- Depression/bipolar disorder -- Posttraumatic stress disorder -- Borderline personality disorder -- Autism -- Panic disorder -- Select bibliography -- References -- Chapter 12 Limbic system: Cingulate cortex -- Introduction -- Anatomy and behavioral considerations -- Anterior cingulate cortex -- Pregenual anterior cingulate cortex -- Subgenual anterior cingulate cortex -- Midcingulate cortex -- Posterior cingulate cortex -- Retrosplenial cortex (RSC) -- Cingulum -- Nociception (pain) -- Social interactions -- Connections of the cingulate cortex -- Behavioral disorders and neurosurgery -- Schizophrenia -- Depression and bipolar disorder -- Obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Posttraumatic stress disorder -- Akinetic mutism -- Tourette syndrome -- Cingulate cortex seizures -- Select bibliography -- References -- Chapter 13 Limbic system: Overview -- Introduction -- Anatomy -- Olfactory structures -- Hippocampal formation and related structures -- Parahippocampal gyrus -- Hippocampal formation -- Septal nuclei and nucleus accumbens -- Amygdala -- Behavioral considerations -- Hippocampal formation and related structures. , Septal nuclei and nucleus accumbens -- Amygdala and related structures -- Other behavioral considerations -- Kluver-Bucy syndrome -- Temporal lobe epilepsy -- Other behavioral considerations -- Select bibliography -- References -- Chapter 14 Interhemispheric connections and laterality -- Introduction -- Interhemispheric communication -- Corpus callosum -- Anterior commissure -- Hippocampal commissure -- Supraoptic commissure -- Habenular commissure -- Posterior commissure -- Hemispheric specialization -- Left hemisphere -- Right hemisphere -- Lobular specializations -- Occipitoparietal lobe -- Temporal lobe -- Frontal lobe -- Subcortical regions -- Select bibliography -- References -- Index.