Fully updated and revised according to student feedback, the sixth edition of Mayo Clinic Medical Neurosciences: Organized by Neurologic System and Level provides a systematic approach to anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the nervous system inspired by the neurologist's approach to solving clinical problems. This volume has 4 sections: 1) an overview of the neurosciences necessary for understanding anatomical localization and pathophysiologiccharacterization of neurologic disorders; 2) an approach to localizing lesions in the 7 longitudinal systems of the nervous system; 3) an approach to localizing lesions in the 4 horizontal levels of the nervous system; and 4) a collection of clinical problems. This book provides the neuroscience framework to support theneurologist in a clinical setting and is also a great resource for neurology and psychiatry board certifications. This is the perfect guide for all medical students and neurology, psychiatry, and physical medicine residents at early stages of training.

• Table of Contents


• Preface


• Preface to the First Edition


• SECTION ONE: SURVEY OF THE NEUROSCIENCES


• 1. Integrated Neuroscience for the Clinician


• 2. Neuroembryology and Development of the Nervous System


• 3. Anatomical Localization


• 4. Neurocytology and Pathologic Reactions of the Nervous System


• 5. Neurophysiology


• 6. Neurochemistry


• SECTION TWO: SYSTEMS


• 7. Sensory System


• 8. Motor System


• 9. Autonomic Nervous System


• 10. Emotion System


• 11. Consciousness System


• 12. Ventricular and Cerebrospinal Fluid System


• 13. Vascular System


• SECTION THREE: LEVELS


• 14. Peripheral Level


• 15. Spinal Level


• 16. Posterior Fossa Level: Brainstem and Cranial Nerve Nuclei


• 17. Posterior Fossa Level: Cerebellar, Auditory, and Vestibular Systems


• 18. Diencephalon: Thalamus, Hypothalamus, and Visual System


• 19. Supratentorial Level: Cerebral Hemispheres


• SECTION FOUR: CLINICAL CASES


• 20. Clinical Problems


• APPENDIX: Commonly Used Medications Organized by Neurologic Disease Category


• INDEX

Eduardo E. Benarroch, MD is Consultant, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic; Professor of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Jeremy K. Cutsforth-Gregory, MD is Senior Associate Consultant, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic; Assistant Professor of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Kelly D. Flemming, MD is Consultant, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic; Associate Professor of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science