SECTION 1 ESSENTIAL CONCEPTS: Orientation to the Central Nervous System. The Cell Biology of Neurons and Glia. The Electrochemical Basis of Neuronal Integration. The Chemical Basis for Neuronal Communication. Development of the Nervous System. SECTION 11 REGIONAL NEUROANATOMY: the Ventricles, Choroid Plexus, And Cerebrospinal Fluid. The Meninges. A Survey of the Cerebrovascular System. The Spinal Cord. An Overview of the Brainstem. The Medulla Oblongata. The Pons and Cerebellum. The Midbrain. The Diencephalon. The Telecephalon. SECTION III SYSTEMS NEUROBIOLOGY: the Somatosensory System I: Discriminative Touch and Position Sens. The Somatosensory System II: Non-Discriminative Touch, Temperature and Nociception. Viscerosensory Pathways. The Visual System. The Auditory System. The Vestibular System. Olfaction and Taste. Motor System I: Peripheral Sensory, Brainstem, And Spinal Influence on Ventral Horn Neurons. Motor System II: Corticofugal Systems and the Control of Movement. The Basal Ganglia. The Cerebellum. Visual Motor Systems. Visceral Motor Pathways. The Hypothalamus. The Limbic System. The Cerebral System.
