Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases, Second Edition

Hal Blumenfeld

March 8, 2010
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About This Title

Chapter 12 is available on the Samples Page along with sample instructor content.

Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases brings a pioneering interactive approach to the teaching of neuroanatomy, using over 100 actual clinical cases and high-quality radiologic images to bring the subject to life. The Second Edition is fully updated with the latest advances in the field, and includes several exciting new cases. This approach allows students to appreciate the clinical relevance of structural details as they are being learned, and to integrate knowledge of disparate functional systems, since a single lesion may affect several different neural structures and pathways.

Most of the book comprises chapters that explain the major neuroanatomical systems. Each chapter first presents background material including an overview of relevant neuroanatomical structures and pathways, and a brief discussion of related clinical disorders. The second half of each chapter is devoted to clinical cases. The cases begin with a narrative of how the patient developed symptoms, and what deficits were found upon neurological examination. Boldface type highlights important symptoms and signs. A series of questions challenges the reader to deduce the neuroanatomical location of the patient’s lesion, and the diagnosis. Discussion and answers follow, and an epilogue reveals the actual outcome. One of the book’s most innovative features is the inclusion of CT and MRI scans that depict each patient’s lesion. These radiographs help the reader develop skills in interpreting the same kinds of diagnostic images employed in clinical practice.

The book is intended primarily for first- or second-year medical students enrolled in a basic neuroanatomy, neurobiology or neuroscience course. It is also a valuable resource for advanced medical students and residents, as well as students of other health professions, including neuropsychology, physical therapy, occupational therapy, nursing, dentistry, and speech therapy.

About the Author

Hal Blumenfeld is Professor in the Departments of Neurology, Neurobiology, and Neurosurgery at Yale University School of Medicine. He has taught neuroanatomy at Harvard, Yale, and Columbia Universities using the approach of Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases, which the students greeted with highly favorable feedback. He recently received the prestigious Francis Gilman Blake Award, as the most outstanding teacher of medical sciences at the Yale School of Medicine, and the Dreifuss-Penry Epilepsy Research Award from the American Academy of Neurology. He has also been awarded several major grants (from the National Institutes of Health, and private foundations) to pursue his research, which focuses on epilepsy as a model system for investigating consciousness. Current projects include neuroimaging, neurophysiology, and behavioral experiments in animal models of epilepsy, and direct application to human patients. His clinical training included an internship in Internal Medicine at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, a residency in Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, and a fellowship in Epilepsy at Yale University School of Medicine. He studied Bioelectrical Engineering at Harvard University, then earned a Ph.D. (in Physiology and Cellular Biophysics) as well as his M.D. at Columbia University. Dr. Blumenfeld’s previous publications include numerous articles in peer reviewed journals, as well as two volumes in the Let’s Go travel guidebook series.

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New for the Second Edition, Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases is available as an online interactive eBook, at a substantial discount off the list price of the printed textbook. For instructors, the eBook offers an unprecedented opportunity to easily customize the textbook with the addition of notes, Web links, images, documents, and more. Students can readily bookmark pages, highlight text, add their own notes, and customize the display of the text. In addition, interactive links provide easy cross referencing for figures, tables, and other content. Each segment of The NeuroExam Video referenced in the textbook is also integrated into the eBook.

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Media and Supplements

For the Student

Online Review and Study Guide, available in summer 2010
(www.neuroexam.com)
$29.95 (30% discount with a new book)
One-year subscription

New for the Second Edition, the Online Review and Study Guide includes the following resources:

Interactive Anatomical Study Guides for each chapter with questions and answers linked to full-color illustrations
New fully interactive cases not appearing in the book, with step-by-step questions and answers enabling the student to solve the cases and consolidate material in a clinical setting
Radiological studies for all new cases further reinforcing the anatomy, and video for selected cases
Links to The NeuroExam Video segments

For the Instructor

Instructor’s Resource Library

The Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases Instructor’s Resource Library has been expanded for the Second Edition with additional unique instructor cases as well as the new student cases from the Online Review and Study Guide. The Resource Library features:

Textbook Figures and Tables: All of the textbook’s figures, photos, and tables are provided as both high- and low-resolution JPEG files. In addition, ready-to-use PowerPoint^® presentations of all figures and tables are included.
Textbook Cases: All of the cases presented in the textbook, prepared as PowerPoint presentations for easy use in class.
Additional Instructor Cases: A set of additional cases not found in the book or in the Online Review and Study Guide.
Case Conference Materials: Interactive questions and answers for use of Additional Instructor Cases in small group teaching.
Additional Student Cases: All of the cases from the new Online Review and Study Guide.
NeuroExam Videos: All of the segments of The NeuroExam Video are provided for use in class.

Preface
Acknowledgments
How to Use This Book

Introduction to Clinical Case Presentations
Neuroanatomy Overview and Basic Definitions
The Neurologic Exam as a Lesson in Neuroanatomy
Introduction to Clinical Neuroradiology
Brain and Environs: Cranium, Ventricles, and Meninges
Corticospinal Tract and Other Motor Pathways
Somatosensory Pathways
Spinal Nerve Roots
Major Plexuses and Peripheral Nerves
Cerebral Hemispheres and Vascular Supply
Visual System
Brainstem I: Surface Anatomy and Cranial Nerves
Brainstem II: Eye Movements and Pupillary Control
Brainstem III: Nuclei, Pathways, and Vascular Supply
Cerebellum
Basal Ganglia
Pituitary and Hypothalamus
Limbic System: Homeostasis, Olfaction, Memory, and Emotion
Higher-Order Cerebral Function

Epilogue: A Simple Working Model of the Mind
Index to Cases
Subject Index

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