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This is a superbly illustrated core textbook for medical and health science students that provides an understanding of basic neuroanatomical structures by emphasising their clinical significance in neurologic disease. It provides the principles of neuroanatomy together with superb illustrations typically found in a stand-alone atlas. It includes unique clinical correlation chapters that describe the clinical relevance of key neuroanatomical structures. It features 4 new chapters such as: Reticular Formation, Wakefulness, and Sleep; Reticular Formation, Wakefulness, and Sleep: Clinical Correlates; Control of Posture and Movement; and Approach to a Patient with a Neurologic Disorder.

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Afifi (neurology, anatomy, University of Iowa) and Bergman (anatomy and cell biology, University of Iowa) provide clinical correlation chapters and simplified schematics to illustrate neural pathways, in this medical text emphasizing human neuroanatomy. For this second edition, new chapters have been added on reticular formation, control of posture and movement, and the patient with neurological disorder. An extensive atlas of spinal cord and brain sections, as well as magnetic resonance images in three planes, is included. Overall, the book includes some 400 images, including two-color line illustrations, radiographs in all modalities, and b&w clinical photos. Sci-Tech Book News 20050501

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Adel K. Afifi, M.D., M.S. Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology University of Iowa College of Medicine Iowa City, Iowa Ronald A. Bergman, Ph.D. Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Iowa College of Medicine Iowa City, Iowa

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