Spinal and Brainstem Pathways

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Anyone know a good website for these, e.g. spinothalamic, spinocerebellar, ecntral tegmental, etc. It's hard to keep up on a fast pace course especially if diagrams given aren't as definitive.

 

[donbui82]

buy a Haines atlas! Godsend for that class.

Don

 

[imtiaz]

what do you guys think about The Human Brain: An Introduction to It's Functional Anatomy by Nolte? that's the book we use for our neuro course and i flipped through it at the bookstore and it seemed pretty well done, or does anyone have a better suggestion?

 

[UNEOSTEO]

I would highly recommend getting a hold of this book (any edition would be fine...esp.for the atlas and tracts)...He only publishes it on CD now and gives it to students at UNECOM, but you can get the book in any library...

Medical Neuroanatomy: A Problem-Oriented Manual with Annotated Atlas

Author: Frank Willard, PhD
ISBN: 0-397-51171-X

 

[Bree]

Originally posted by @imtiaz
what do you guys think about The Human Brain: An Introduction to It's Functional Anatomy by Nolte? that's the book we use for our neuro course and i flipped through it at the bookstore and it seemed pretty well done, or does anyone have a better suggestion?

Seriously, DO NOT buy that book. We did 6 weeks of neuro before Christmas vacation and I spent the first 3 weeks of the course trying to read the Nolte book. The book confused me way more than it helped me and was one the main course compliants from our class. In the end, I went out and bought a basic neuroscience book, which was much better. Hope this helps! 🙂

 

[Chagas]

We use Nolte and it definitely is lacking in some areas.. Absolutely get a Haines atlas for the tracts/pathways.... I'm breezing through neuro using Haines, BRS Neuroanatomy by Fix, Harrison's (yes...that Harrison's.... around pg 120 or so, 15th ed.) and a little of Nolte because I already bought it. Go on Google and search by putting in the names of the tracts (spinothalamic, dorsal-column medial lemniscus etc.) or go onto their image page and search there. It is a little time consuming but what in med school isn't? If I come across some sites that are probably buried in my notes I'll post them here.

Trypanosoma Cruzi

 

[Dodge This]

Originally posted by @imtiaz
what do you guys think about The Human Brain: An Introduction to It's Functional Anatomy by Nolte? that's the book we use for our neuro course and i flipped through it at the bookstore and it seemed pretty well done, or does anyone have a better suggestion?

Lots of people are recommending the Haines atlas. I can't comment on it because I never used it. I didn't use the Nolte text, either. However, I did use the atlas by Nolte (spiral-bound, glossy pages), which I liked a lot.

 

[dlc]

For those of you that are taking or have taken neurobiology, how long was your course? At my school, they have devoted one entire month to the course, all of January. The book that we are using was written by the professors so it is a good idea for us to follow along but it is just so dense and confusing! I think I am going to check out these other books that you are talking about....I feel like I should be reading something like, "Neurobiology for Dummies"...we are going on the ninth day of class and we have breezed through 20 chapters already. Today another three are going to swing by pretty fast...hard to keep up! Especially with all of these tracts!

 

[dknykid1980]

dlc and the rest of you-

yah we've pretty much breezed through neuro as well. Before christmas we had about 3 or 4 weeks of neuro and we're still on it. Here's my suggestion. Buy HIGH YIELD NEUROANATOMY (you can buy this on say amazon or half.com for pretty cheap). I would recommend reading this prior to going to the lecture. I would say that this book is equivalent to a DUMMIES series book. it really broke it down to me and the pictures were really helpful. I completely recommend this if you want to get an overview of the spinocerebellar, spinothalamic, etc pathways. But i do agree with another poster about haines atlas, its a good source as well. But with reading high yield ahead of time and then going to class, you should be set.

later

 

[PACtoDOC]

The most incredible resource I have ever seen in Neuro is the Interactive Brain Atlas on CD Rom. It has hundreds of slices, CT's MRI's, 3D videos of the tracks, and even real cadaver specimens that you can orient with different views.

 

[dknykid1980]

maybe someone could put this interactive CDrom on kazaa????? 😀 😀 😀 😀


doubt that'll ever happen. but it sounds great, wish i had it

 

[Dodge This]

Originally posted by dlc
For those of you that are taking or have taken neurobiology, how long was your course? At my school, they have devoted one entire month to the course, all of January.

My neuroscience block was 9 weeks. Organ-system curriculum.

 

[Bull's eye]

I am a DO neurosurgeon resident and I still refer to the Interactive CD that PAC to DOC is referring to. The book in my locker at all times is the BRS neuroanatomy. This in my opinion is the best book for the different tracts and mapping lesions.

 

[SocialistMD]

Originally posted by @imtiaz
what do you guys think about The Human Brain: An Introduction to It's Functional Anatomy by Nolte? that's the book we use for our neuro course and i flipped through it at the bookstore and it seemed pretty well done, or does anyone have a better suggestion?

We used that one, too. However, our syllabus was three times longer than Nolte, so I only really used it to get a complete three-dimensional picture on the course of the pathways.

 

[PACtoDOC]

Contact me at [email protected] if you want to know how to get the inmteractive brain atlas for your Neuro course. It will save your ass.

 

[kidmel45]

is this neuro cd you're talking about from u of wash?? if it is, i think it's on the net....if not, then this looks like a good resource anyway. look under brain and neuro syllabus.

http://www9.biostr.washington.edu/da.html