Part 1 Essential concepts: orientation to the central nervous system; the cell biology of neurons and glia; the electochemical basis of neuronial integration; the chemical basis for neuronal communication; development of the nervous system. Part 2 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. Part 3 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 hom 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 cortex.
