Neuroanatomy Book?

[susan96]

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Anyone have an suggestions on a good Neuroanatomy book? (either text or review, preferably the latter) I've heard that it isn't taught as well at my school (or maybe it's just hard in general) but I'd like to have another source to learn from in case I struggle. Thanks!

 

[drtt2bear]

Anyone have an suggestions on a good Neuroanatomy book? (either text or review, preferably the latter) I've heard that it isn't taught as well at my school (or maybe it's just hard in general) but I'd like to have another source to learn from in case I struggle. Thanks!

You can try Neuroanatomy for Medical Students, 5th ed, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins. Or Th Human Brain: An Introduction to its Functional Anatomy, 5th ed. Hope these help

 

[KatieJune]

A good book is essential for Neuro (at least at my school)

I have several books I'm using, but the best are
Basic Clinical Neuroanatomy (young and Young) - explains the concepts very well in my opinion and isn't too wordy.
BRS Neuroanatomy (Fix) - this is more comprehensive than most BRS boooks and I think its good for a class.

 

[t33sg1rl]

I used Snell's Neuroanatomy for Medical Students, which I found very concise and readable. It has very few pictures-you WILL need a separate atlas-but it's strongly geared to med students. It also has lots of end-of-chapter questions.

As a review text, you can try Snell's Clinical Neuroanatomy: A Review With Questions and Explanations. This one is perfect for a good pre-exam or Board review. Again, few pictures, but the ones that are there are extremely helpful. I used both the Snell books (bigger one first, then the review text before the exam) and I aced it. I plan to use the Review again next year to study for Boards-it has everything you need and nothing you don't.

 

[Sharkfan]

Neuroanatomy thru Clinical Cases, by Blumenfeld, is awesome. Neuro (and they way it is taught at my school) confuses the h@ll out of me. I've been using this text to "reteach" myself, and believe I have a fighting chance now. Nice figures, full of clinical correlations and clear explanations. And it isn't limited to just anatomy- it outlines phys and other fun stuff too! (Good for integrated courses & system-based review review/self education).

 

[PurpleHaze]

In terms of great pictures, Netter's Atlas of Human Neuroscience (I think that's it's name) is solid. Some of us are using it for our graduate Neuroanatomy class and it's been really helpful.

 

[DOCTORSAIB]

I haven't used a single textbook yet in med school. Not even Robbins. So I'll let the above posters guide you when it comes to Neuro textbooks.

In terms of review books, I'd HIGHLY recommend High Yield Neuroanatomy by James Fix. BRS Neuro is by the same author but IMO, it's way too wordy for board review purposes. G'luck.

 

[Ypo.]

In terms of review books, I'd HIGHLY recommend High Yield Neuroanatomy by James Fix.

OP- in terms of learning neuro for the first time, this book is not helpful. I'm taking neuroanatomy right now and am using this book-but its more of a refresher than a 'learn it for the first time' book.

 

[likewoh]

does anyone have any experience with the "clinical neuroanatomy made ridiculously easy"?

 

[Megalofyia]

does anyone have any experience with the "clinical neuroanatomy made ridiculously easy"?

The only made ridiculously easy book that's good is the microbiology book.

I personally like neuroanatomy by Martin.

 

[lakersfan]

i got blumenfeld (Neuroanatomy through clinical cases)... a lot of people on sdn recommended it...we're in the middle of neuro right now at my school and i think that blumenfled is a great way to review things that are not well explained in the lecture notes.

 

[PostalWookie]

USMLE Road Map: Neuroscience by James S White is fantastic if you want to learn the material for the first time. This guy teaches Gross Anatomy and a huge chunk of neuroanatomy at UPenn and a few other schools, and he's very good at getting everything to make sense.

 

[atiffarooqi]

Im in the same position in terms of finding a book actually, does anyone know if Fix's full text neuroanatomy is good? i figured it would be to BRS and HY as Costanzo was to BRS physio. I thought that having a full text that has a complementary review book would be helpful, so does anyone know about that book?

I also found this book called Elsevier's Integrated Neuroscience, which seems to be a more concise version of The Human Brain, any thoughts?

Lastly, did anyone feel like Blumenfeld was to big to use as a text rather than a reference?

I hope these questions also help the original poster.

 

[thechad]

The only made ridiculously easy book that's good is the microbiology book.

Did you even look at it for neuro? I thought it was great. I used that and class notes only.

 

[albe]

I second the suggestion for the Road Map text by White. I used it alongside our Neuro syllabus. It complemented the class EXTREMELY well. Great organization.

High Yield is not as good for the purposes of use alongside a class (it's more listing of information as opposed to explanations), but I can see it being great for Step 1.

I've also seen very positive reviews for the Made Ridiculously Simple series, but I didn't use it personally.

 

[howelljolly]

Im in the same position in terms of finding a book actually, does anyone know if Fix's full text neuroanatomy is good? i figured it would be to BRS and HY as Costanzo was to BRS physio. I thought that having a full text that has a complementary review book would be helpful, so does anyone know about that book?

I also found this book called Elsevier's Integrated Neuroscience, which seems to be a more concise version of The Human Brain, any thoughts?

Lastly, did anyone feel like Blumenfeld was to big to use as a text rather than a reference?

I hope these questions also help the original poster.

The original poster is already a neurology resident

 

[atiffarooqi]

.....i totally knew that.....