You'll never find an easier, more efficient, and more focused way to ace neuroscience course examinations and neuroscience-related questions on the USMLE than the USMLE Road Map: Neuroscience. Designed to provide maximum learning in minimum time, this book offers a concise, creative, and well-illustrated approach to mastering neuroscience. Book jacket.

James S. White, PhD teaches Gross Anatomy and Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania. He also teaches both subjects at Kaplan's live board review lectures.

Using the Road Map Series for Successful Review	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Development, Gross Anatomy, and Blood Supply of the Nervous System	p. 1
Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems (CNS, PNS)	p. 1
Development of Nervous System	p. 3
The Major Components of the CNS	p. 8
Arterial Blood Supply of the CNS	p. 11
Stroke and its Causes	p. 16
Arterial Blood Supply of the Spinal Cord	p. 19
Venous Drainage of the CNS and Intracranial Bleeds	p. 20
Circumventricular Organs	p. 21
Ventricular System	p. 22
Clinical Problems	p. 25
Matching Problems	p. 29
Answers	p. 31
Cytology of the Nervous System	p. 33
Neurons	p. 33
Axonal Transport	p. 37
Synaptic Terminals	p. 39
Chemical Neurotransmission	p. 41
Neurotransmitter Receptors	p. 45
Glial and Supporting Cells in the CNS and PNS	p. 48
The Blood-Brain Barrier	p. 53
Response of Axons to Destructive Lesions or Irritative Lesions	p. 53
Clinical Problems	p. 55
Matching Problems	p. 58
Answers	p. 59
Spinal Cord	p. 61
Organization and Roots	p. 61
Motor Neural Systems	p. 66
Reflexes	p. 69
Sensory Systems	p. 77
Dorsal Column/Medial Lemniscal System	p. 77
Anterolateral System	p. 80
Brown-Sequard Syndrome	p. 85
Clinical Problems	p. 89
Matching Problems	p. 94
Answers	p. 96
Brainstem	p. 99
Midbrain, Pons, and Medulla and their Cranial Nerves	p. 99
Components of Motor and Sensory Systems in the Brainstem	p. 105
Reticular Formation	p. 110
Motor Nuclei of Cranial Nerves	p. 110
Sensory Nuclei of Cranial Nerves	p. 117
Cochlear Nerve and the Central Auditory System	p. 120
Vestibular Nerve and the Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex	p. 123
Arterial Blood Supply to the Brainstem	p. 127
Brainstem Syndromes	p. 128
Clinical Problems	p. 131
Matching Problems	p. 135
Answers	p. 138
Cerebellum and Basal Ganglia	p. 141
Functional Comparison	p. 141
Organization of the Cerebellum	p. 142
Cerebellar Inputs	p. 144
Cerebellar Outputs	p. 145
Cerebellar Lesions	p. 145
Organization of the Basal Ganglia	p. 148
The Basal Ganglia Motor Pathways	p. 148
The Other Basal Ganglia Pathways	p. 152
Clinical Problems	p. 154
Matching Problems	p. 155
Answers	p. 156
Diencephalon and Limbic System	p. 158
Thalamus	p. 158
Hypothalamus	p. 162
Epithalamus	p. 167
Limbic System	p. 168
Olfactory System	p. 168
Hippocampus and Alzheimer's Dementia	p. 168
Amygdala and Kluver-Bucy Syndrome	p. 172
Clinical Problems	p. 173
Matching Problems	p. 174
Answers	p. 175
Visual System, Pupillary Reflexes, and Conjugate Eye Movements	p. 177
The Eyeball	p. 177
Retina	p. 180
Visual Processing and Deficits	p. 182
Ocular Reflexes	p. 185
Lateral Geniculate Nucleus	p. 187
Primary Visual or Calcarine Cortex	p. 188
Conjugate Eye Movements	p. 190
Clinical Problems	p. 194
Matching Problems	p. 197
Answers	p. 199
Cerebral Cortex and Higher Functions	p. 201
Organization	p. 201
Sensory Areas of Cerebral Cortex	p. 203
Hemispheric Dominance, Handedness, and Language	p. 203
Functional Features of the Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, and Occipital Lobes	p. 204
The Internal Capsule	p. 214
Electroencephalogram	p. 215
The Ascending Arousal System	p. 216
Sleep	p. 217
Seizures	p. 219
Arterial Blood Supply of the Cerebral Cortex	p. 220
Clinical Problems	p. 222
Matching Problems	p. 224
Answers	p. 225
Index	p. 227
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