Product Details Richly illustrated, clinically oriented, well-balanced coverage of both neurophysiology and neuroanatomy provides all the knowledge you need for Board exam preparation and practice! This 3rd Edition offers meticulous updates from cover to cover ... a new, more user-friendly page layout ... 300 USMLE-style review questions, with answers and rationales ... and access to the entire text online, plus many other features, at www.studentconsult.com. Audience Medical Students, Health Professionals studying Neuroscience and/or Neuroanatomy. Contents Section 1. Essential Concepts 1. Orientation to Structure and Imaging of the Central Nervous System 2. The Cell Biology of Neurons and Glia 3. The Electrochemical Basis of Neuronal Integration 4. The Chemical Basis for Neuronal Communication 5. Development of the Nervous System Section 2. Regional Neurobiology 6. The Ventricles, Choroid Plexus, and Cerebospinal Fluid 7. The Meninges 8. A Survey of the Cerebrovascular System 9. The Spinal Cord 10. An Overview of the Brainstem 11. The Medulla Oblongata 12. The Pons and Cerebellum 13. The Midbrain 14. A Synopsis of Cranial Nerves of the Brainstem 15. The Diencephalon 16. The Telencephalon