
The Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations: Nervous System, Volume 7, Part I - Brain
- 3rd Edition - December 8, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Michael J. Aminoff, Scott Pomeroy, Kerry H. Levin
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 8 0 8 4 - 8
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Offering a concise, highly visual approach to the basic science and clinical pathology of the nervous system, this updated volume in The Netter Collection of Medical Illustrat… Read more

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Request a sales quote- Provides a highly visual guide to this complex organ, from basic neurodevelopment, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and cognition to a full range of disorders, including epilepsy, disorders of consciousness and sleep, movement disorders, stroke, multiple sclerosis, neurologic infections, neuro-oncology, headaches, and brain trauma
- Offers expanded coverage of timely topics like acute flaccid paralysis; neurological complications of COVID-19, ependymomas, genetics of epilepsy, and more
- Provides a concise overview of complex information by seamlessly integrating anatomical and physiological concepts using practical clinical scenarios
- Shares the experience and knowledge of Drs. Michael J. Aminoff, Scott L. Pomeroy, and Kerry H. Levin, with content overseen by experts at Harvard, UCSF, and other leading neurology centers
- Compiles Dr. Frank H. Netter’s master medical artistry—an aesthetic tribute and source of inspiration for medical professionals for over half a century—along with new art in the Netter tradition for each of the major body systems, making this volume a powerful and memorable tool for building foundational knowledge and educating patients or staff
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- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- About the Series
- About the Editors
- In Memoriam
- Preface, Acknowledgments, and Dedication
- Foreword to the Second Edition
- Frank Netter, MD: A Personal Recollection
- Introduction to the First Edition—Part I
- Contributors
- Contributors to Second Edition
- Contents of Complete Volume 7—Nervous System: Two Part Set
- 1. Normal and abnormal development
- Plate 1.1 Initial specification of the nervous system: The embryo at 18 days
- Plate 1.2 Initial formation of the brain and spinal cord: The embryo at 20 to 24 days
- Plates 1.3–1.4 Morphogenesis of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system: The embryo from 28 through 36 days
- Plates 1.5–1.6 Defective neural tube formation
- Plates 1.7–1.8 Spinal dysraphism
- Plate 1.9 Fetal brain growth in the first trimester
- Plate 1.10 Craniosynostosis
- Plate 1.11 Extracranial hemorrhage and skull fractures in the newborn
- Plate 1.12 Intracranial hemorrhage in the newborn
- Plate 1.13 External development of the brain in the second and third trimesters
- Plate 1.14 Mature brain ventricles
- Plate 1.15 Hydrocephalus
- Plate 1.16 Surgical treatment of hydrocephalus
- Plate 1.17 Cerebral palsy
- Plate 1.18 Establishing cellular diversity in the embryonic brain and spinal cord
- Plate 1.19 Generation of neuronal diversity in the spinal cord and hindbrain
- Plate 1.20 Circuit formation in the spinal cord
- Plates 1.21–1.22 Making peripheral nerves and central tracts
- Plate 1.23 Brachial plexus and/or cervical nerve root injuries at birth
- Plate 1.24 Morphogenesis and regional differentiation of the forebrain
- Plate 1.25 Neurogenesis and cell migration in the developing neocortex
- Plate 1.26 Neuronal proliferation and migration disorders
- Plate 1.27 Developmental dyslexia
- Plate 1.28 Autism spectrum disorder
- Plates 1.29–1.30 Rett syndrome
- 2. Cerebral cortex and neurocognitive disorders
- Plates 2.1–2.3 Surfaces of the cerebrum
- Plate 2.4 Cerebral cortex: Function and association pathways
- Plate 2.5 Major cortical association bundles
- Plate 2.6 Corticocortical and subcorticocortical projection circuits
- Plate 2.7 Corpus callosum
- Plate 2.8 Rhinencephalon and limbic system
- Plate 2.9 Hippocampus
- Plate 2.10 Fornix
- Plate 2.11 Amygdala
- Plate 2.12 Forebrain regions associated with hypothalamus
- Plate 2.13 Thalamocortical radiations
- Plate 2.14 Neuronal structure and synapses
- Plate 2.15 Chemical synaptic transmission
- Plate 2.16 Summation of excitation and inhibition
- Plate 2.17 Types of neurons in cerebral cortex
- Plate 2.18 Astrocytes
- Plate 2.19 Testing for defects of higher cortical function
- Plate 2.20 Memory circuits
- Plate 2.21 Amnesia
- Plate 2.22 Dominant hemisphere language dysfunction
- Plate 2.23 Nondominant hemisphere higher cortical dysfunction
- Plate 2.24 Alzheimer disease: Pathology
- Plate 2.25 Alzheimer disease: Distribution of pathology
- Plate 2.26 Alzheimer disease: Clinical manifestations, progressive phases
- Plate 2.27 Frontotemporal dementia
- Plate 2.28 Dementia with lewy bodies
- Plate 2.29 Vascular dementia
- Plate 2.30 Treatable dementias
- Plate 2.31 Normal-pressure hydrocephalus
- 3. Epilepsy
- Plate 3.1 Electroencephalography
- Plates 3.2–3.4 Seizures and epilepsy
- Plate 3.5 Epilepsy syndromes
- Plate 3.6 Neonatal seizures
- Plate 3.7 Status epilepticus
- Plate 3.8 Causes of seizures
- Plates 3.9–3.11 Neurobiology of epilepsy
- Plates 3.12–3.13 Treatment of epilepsy
- 4. Psychiatry
- Plate 4.1 Limbic system
- Plate 4.2 Major depressive disorder
- Plate 4.3 Postpartum depression
- Plates 4.4–4.5 Bipolar disorder
- Plate 4.6 Generalized anxiety disorder
- Plate 4.7 Social anxiety disorder
- Plate 4.8 Panic disorder
- Plate 4.9 Posttraumatic stress disorder
- Plate 4.10 Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Plate 4.11 Somatization
- Plate 4.12 Conversion disorder
- Plate 4.13 Schizophrenia
- Plate 4.14 Alcohol use disorder
- Plate 4.15 Treatment for alcohol use disorder
- Plate 4.16 Alcohol withdrawal
- Plates 4.17–4.18 Opioid use disorders
- Plate 4.19 Opioid withdrawal
- Plate 4.20 Borderline personality disorder
- Plate 4.21 Antisocial personality disorder
- Plate 4.22 Intimate partner violence
- Plate 4.23 Abuse in later life
- Plates 4.24–4.25 Delirium and acute personality changes
- Plate 4.26 Insomnia
- Plate 4.27 Pediatrics: Depressive disorders
- Plate 4.28 Pediatrics: Anxiety disorders
- Plate 4.29 Pediatrics: Disruptive behavior disorders
- Plate 4.30 Pediatrics: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders
- Plate 4.31 Pediatrics: Eating and feeding disorders
- Plates 4.32–4.33 Child abuse
- 5. Hypothalamus, pituitary, sleep, and thalamus
- Plate 5.1 Anatomic relationships of the hypothalamus
- Plate 5.2 Development and developmental disorders of the hypothalamus
- Plate 5.3 Blood supply of the hypothalamus and pituitary gland
- Plates 5.4–5.5 Overview of hypothalamic cell groups
- Plate 5.6 Hypothalamic control of the pituitary gland
- Plate 5.7 Hypothalamic control of the autonomic nervous system
- Plate 5.8 Olfactory inputs to the hypothalamus
- Plate 5.9 Visual inputs to the hypothalamus
- Plate 5.10 Somatosensory inputs to the hypothalamus
- Plate 5.11 Taste and other visceral sensory inputs to the hypothalamus
- Plate 5.12 Limbic and cortical inputs to the hypothalamus
- Plate 5.13 Overview of hypothalamic function and dysfunction
- Plate 5.14 Regulation of water balance
- Plate 5.15 Temperature regulation
- Plates 5.16–5.17 Fever and the hypothalamic sickness response to systemic inflammation
- Plate 5.18 Regulation of food intake, body weight, and metabolism
- Plate 5.19 Stress response
- Plate 5.20 Hypothalamic regulation of cardiovascular function
- Plate 5.21 Hypothalamic regulation of sleep
- Plate 5.22 Narcolepsy: A hypothalamic sleep disorder
- Plate 5.23 Sleep-disordered breathing
- Plate 5.24 Parasomnias
- Plate 5.25 Divisions of the pituitary gland and its relationships to the hypothalamus
- Plate 5.26 Posterior pituitary gland
- Plate 5.27 Anatomic relationships of the pituitary gland
- Plate 5.28 Effects of pituitary mass lesions on the visual apparatus
- Plate 5.29 Anterior pituitary hormone deficiencies
- Plate 5.30 Severe anterior and posterior pituitary hormone deficiencies (panhypopituitarism)
- Plate 5.31 Postpartum pituitary infarction (sheehan syndrome)
- Plate 5.32 Pituitary apoplexy
- Plates 5.33–5.34 Thalamic anatomy and pathology
- 6. Disorders of consciousness (coma)
- Plate 6.1 Coma
- Plate 6.2 Disorders of consciousness
- Plates 6.3–6.4 Emergency management and assessment and neurologic examination
- Plate 6.5 Differential diagnosis of coma
- Plate 6.6 Hypoxic-ischemic brain damage
- Plate 6.7 Vegetative state, minimally conscious state, and unresponsive wakefulness syndrome
- Plate 6.8 Brain death or death by neurologic criteria
- Plate 6.9 Ventilatory patterns and the apnea test
- 7. Basal ganglia and movement disorders
- Plates 7.1–7.3 Anatomy of the basal ganglia and related structures
- Plates 7.4–7.10 Akinetic-rigid syndrome, parkinsonism, or parkinsonian syndrome
- Plates 7.11–7.16 Hyperkinetic movement disorders
- Plate 7.17 Wilson disease
- Plate 7.18 Psychogenic movement disorders
- Plate 7.19 Cerebral palsy
- 8. Cerebellum and ataxia
- Plate 8.1 Cerebellum and the fourth ventricle
- Plate 8.2 Cerebellum gross anatomy
- Plate 8.3 Cerebellar peduncles
- Plates 8.4–8.5 Cerebellar cortex and nuclei
- Plates 8.6–8.7 Cerebellar cortical and corticonuclear circuitry
- Plates 8.8–8.9 Cerebellum subdivisions and afferent pathways
- Plate 8.10 Cerebellar efferent pathways
- Plate 8.11 Cerebellovestibular pathways
- Plate 8.12 Cerebellum modular organization
- Plate 8.13 Cerebrocerebellar connections
- Plate 8.14 Cerebellar motor examination
- Plate 8.15 Cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome
- Plate 8.16 Cerebellar disorders: Differential diagnosis
- Plates 8.17–8.18 Gait disorders: Differential diagnosis
- Plates 8.19–8.20 Friedreich ataxia
- 9. Cerebrovascular circulation and stroke
- Plates 9.1–9.6 Arterial supply to the brain and meninges
- Plates 9.7–9.8 Types of stroke
- Plates 9.9–9.10 Clinical evaluation and treatment of stroke
- Plate 9.11 Uncommon etiologic mechanisms of stroke
- Plates 9.12–9.19 Anterior circulation ischemia
- Plates 9.20–9.25 Vertebral basilar system disorders
- Plates 9.26–9.27 Brain emboli
- Plates 9.28–9.29 Lacunar stroke
- Plate 9.30 Hypertensive encephalopathy
- Plate 9.31 Hypoxia
- Plates 9.32–9.34 Coagulopathies
- Plates 9.35–9.37 Venous sinus thrombosis
- Plates 9.38–9.40 Intracerebral hemorrhage
- Plates 9.41–9.45 Intracranial aneurysms and subarachnoid hemorrhage
- Plate 9.46 Pediatric cerebrovascular disease
- Plate 9.47 Introduction and initial stroke rehabilitation
- Plate 9.48 Aphasia rehabilitation
- Plate 9.49 Other rehabilitative issues: Gait training, upper limb dysfunction, locked-in syndrome
- Plate 9.50 Other rehabilitative issues: Dysphagia
- 10. Multiple sclerosis and other central nervous system autoimmune disorders
- Plate 10.1 Multiple sclerosis: Overview
- Plate 10.2 Multiple sclerosis: Clinical manifestations
- Plates 10.3–10.5 Multiple sclerosis: Diagnosis
- Plates 10.6–10.7 Multiple sclerosis: Pathophysiology
- Plates 10.8–10.11 Multiple sclerosis: Relapses
- Plate 10.12 Enigma of progressive multiple sclerosis
- Plate 10.13 Multiple sclerosis: Pathology
- Plate 10.14 Multiple sclerosis: Treatment
- Plates 10.15–10.16 Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, mogad, and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
- Plate 10.17 Introduction to autoimmune neurologic syndromes
- Plate 10.18 Stiff person syndrome spectrum disorder
- Plates 10.19–10.20 Autoimmune and paraneoplastic neurologic syndromes
- Plates 10.21–10.22 Autoimmune neurologic syndromes: Central and peripheral nervous system manifestations
- 11. Infections of the nervous system
- Plates 11.1–11.2 Bacterial meningitis
- Plate 11.3 Brain abscess
- Plate 11.4 Parameningeal infections
- Plates 11.5–11.6 Infections in the immunocompromised host
- Plate 11.7 Neurocysticercosis
- Plate 11.8 Spirochetal infections: Neurosyphilis
- Plate 11.9 Spirochetal infections: Lyme disease
- Plate 11.10 Tuberculosis of brain and spine
- Plate 11.11 Tetanus
- Plate 11.12 Aseptic meningitis and select arthropod-borne virus infections
- Plates 11.13–11.14 Human immunodeficiency virus
- Plate 11.15 Poliomyelitis
- Plate 11.16 Acute flaccid paralysis
- Plate 11.17 Herpes zoster
- Plate 11.18 Herpes simplex virus encephalitis and rabies
- Plate 11.19 Parasitic infections: Cerebral malaria and african trypanosomiasis
- Plate 11.20 Parasitic infections: Trichinosis (trichinellosis)
- Plate 11.21 Parasitic infections: Cryptococcal meningitis
- Plate 11.22 Creutzfeldt-jakob disease
- Plate 11.23 Neurosarcoidosis
- Plate 11.24 Neurologic complications of COVID-19
- 12. Neuro-oncology
- Plate 12.1 Clinical presentations of brain tumors
- Plate 12.2 2021 WHO changes to classification of central nervous system tumors
- Plate 12.3 Gliomas
- Plate 12.4 Glioblastomas
- Plates 12.5–12.6 Pediatric brain tumors
- Plate 12.7 Ependymomas
- Plate 12.8 Metastatic tumors to brain
- Plates 12.9–12.10 Meningiomas
- Plates 12.11–12.13 Pituitary tumors and craniopharyngiomas
- Plate 12.14 Tumors of pineal region
- Plates 12.15–12.16 Vestibular schwannomas
- Plate 12.17 Intraventricular tumors
- Plate 12.18 Chordomas
- Plate 12.19 Differential diagnosis of central nervous system tumors
- Plates 12.20–12.21 Spinal tumors
- Plate 12.22 Treatment modalities
- 13. Headache
- Plate 13.1 Overview of headaches
- Plate 13.2 Migraine pathophysiology
- Plate 13.3 Migraine presentation
- Plate 13.4 Migraine aura
- Plate 13.5 Migraine management
- Plates 13.6–13.7 Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias
- Plate 13.8 Tension-type headache and other benign episodic and chronic headaches
- Plate 13.9 Pediatric headache
- Plate 13.10 Cranial neuralgias: Trigeminal neuralgia
- Plate 13.11 Other cranial neuralgias
- Plate 13.12 Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
- Plate 13.13 Intracranial hypotension/low CSF pressure headache
- Plate 13.14 Giant cell arteritis
- Plate 13.15 Contiguous structure headaches
- Plates 13.16–13.19 Thunderclap headache and other headache presenting in the emergency department
- 14. Head trauma
- Plates 14.1–14.2 Skull: Anterior and lateral aspects
- Plate 14.3 Skull: Midsagittal section
- Plate 14.4 Calvaria
- Plate 14.5 External aspect of skull base
- Plates 14.6–14.7 Bones, markings, and orifices of skull base
- Plate 14.8 Skull injuries
- Plate 14.9 Concussion
- Plate 14.10 Acute epidural hematoma
- Plate 14.11 Acute subdural hematoma
- Plate 14.12 CT scans and magnetic resonance images of intracranial hematomas
- Plate 14.13 Vascular injury
- Plate 14.14 Glasgow coma scale score
- Plate 14.15 Initial assessment and management of head injury
- Plates 14.16–14.17 Neurocritical care and management after traumatic brain injury
- Selected references
- Index
- Edition: 3
- Published: December 8, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323880848
- eBook ISBN: 9780323882132
- eBook ISBN: 9780323882125
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