Control of Movement
SECTION V FUNCTIONAL SYSTEMS CHAPTER 13Control of Movement CONTROL OF MOVEMENT Evolution of Movement Movement (motion) is a fundamental and essential property of animal life. In simple, unicellular animals, motion…
Higher Cortical Functions
CHAPTER 21Higher Cortical Functions The human cerebral cortex represents, in some ways, the pinnacle of evolution. In addition to containing networks of neurons related to the initiation of movement and…
The Reticular Formation
CHAPTER 18The Reticular Formation ANATOMY The reticular formation plays a central role in the regulation of the state of consciousness and arousal. It consists of a complex network of interconnected…
The Vestibular System
CHAPTER 17The Vestibular System The vestibular system participates in the maintenance of stance and body posture; coordination of body, head, and eye movements; and visual fixation. It includes the peripheral…
Fundamentals of the Nervous System
SECTION I BASIC PRINCIPLES CHAPTER 1Fundamentals of the Nervous System More than any other organ, the nervous system makes human beings special. The human central nervous system (CNS), smaller and…
Electrodiagnostic Tests
CHAPTER 23Electrodiagnostic Tests In addition to using a patient’s history, physical examination, and imaging results, the clinician can obtain information about the functional status of various parts of the nervous…
The Relationship Between Neuroanatomy and Neurology
SECTION II INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL THINKING CHAPTER 4The Relationship Between Neuroanatomy and Neurology Neurology, more than any other specialty, rests on clinicoanatomic correlation. Patients do not arrive at the neurologist’s…
Cerebrospinal Fluid Examination
CHAPTER 24Cerebrospinal Fluid Examination Analysis of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) can provide useful diagnostic information. As noted in Chapter 6, CSF is usually obtained from the lumbar subarachnoid space via…
of Bypass Surgery and Balloon Occlusion Test for the Endovascular Management of Fusiform Dissecting Aneurysms. Report of Two Cases
Fig. 1 An emergency CT on admission showed SAH mainly distributing in the interpeduncular and prepontine cistern His initial clinical condition was Hunt and Hess grade IV. Three-dimensional CT and…
Treatment for Intracranial Vertebrobasilar Artery Stenosis
Fig. 1 (a) Anteroposterior view of a right vertebral artery angiogram demonstrating high-grade stenosis (arrow) of a right vertebral artery. (b) Lateral view of a left vertebral artery angiogram before…
