Keywords biogenic amines, chemical synapse, receptors, synaptic vesicle, neurotransmitter termination, ionotropic, metabotropic, glutamate, GABA, gap junction Chapter Outline There Are Five Steps in Conventional Chemical Synaptic Transmission, 44 Neurotransmitters…
Keywords resting membrane potential, Na + /K + exchange pump, electrical and chemical gradient, voltage-gated Na + channels, voltage-gated K + channels, action potential, conduction velocity, refractory period Chapter…
Keywords cerebellum, diencephalon, brainstem, sulci and gyri, cerebral hemisphere, spinal cord, ventricles Chapter Outline The Long Axis of the CNS Bends at the Cephalic Flexure, 13 Hemisecting a Brain…
Keywords vertebral basilar system, internal carotid, circle of Willis, stroke, autoregulation, blood brain barrier, circumventricular organs, superior sagittal sinus, internal jugular veins Chapter Outline The Internal Carotid Arteries and…
Keywords ventricles, cerebral spinal fluid, choroid plexus, computerized tomography , magnetic resonance imaging, hydrocephalus Chapter Outline The Brain Contains Four Ventricles, 27 A Lateral Ventricle Curves Through Each Cerebral…
Keywords meningeal layers, arachnoid villi, cisterns, blood brain barriers, CNS herniations, epidural space, CNS bleeds Chapter Outline There Are Three Meningeal Layers: The Dura Mater, Arachnoid, and Pia Mater,…
Keywords neural development, neural crest cells, congenital malformations Chapter Outline The Neural Tube and Neural Crest Give Rise to the Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems, 8 The Sulcus Limitans…
Keywords central nervous system, peripheral nervous system, neurons, glial cells, gray and white matter, demyelinating diseases Chapter Outline The Nervous System Has Central and Peripheral Parts, 1 The Principal…
Abstract Conflicting historical definitions of piriformis syndrome present a challenge to its proper identification and effective clinical approach. The objective of this chapter is to perform a comprehensive review of…
Abstract Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is a relatively uncommon condition that involves compression of portions of the brachial plexus (neurogenic or nTOS), arteries (aTOS), or veins (vTOS). The signs and…
