Front Cover -- The Brain: An introduction to Functional Neuroanatomy -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Table of contents -- Chapter 1: Nerve cells and synapses -- Membrane potentials and action potentials -- Neurons and their connections -- Glia -- Chapter 2: Central nervous system basics-the brain and spinal cord -- Why study animal brains? -- The main parts of the brain -- External features of the brain -- The language of brain anatomy -- The spinal cord -- Chapter 3: A map of the brain -- Mini-atlas of the rat brain -- Chapter 4: Peripheral nerves -- Motor and sensory nerves -- Somatic and visceral motor and sensory elements -- Spinal nerves -- Spinal nerves supplying the limbs -- Cranial nerves -- Chapter 5: Command and control-the motor systems -- Command and control of skeletal muscles -- Areas of the motor cortex -- The role of non-cortical motor centers -- Survival skills: the hypothalamus -- Brainstem and spinal cord modules for control of organized movement -- Descending control pathways other than the corticospinal tract -- The role of the cerebellum in motor control -- The roles of the striatum and pallidum in motor control -- The final common pathway for all motor systems-the motor neuron -- Command and control of the viscera-the autonomic nervous system -- Command and control of the neuroendocrine system -- Chapter 6: Gathering information-the sensory systems -- Receptors -- Keeping sensory maps intact -- Interpretation and understanding -- Sensory areas in the cerebral cortex -- Vision -- Hearing -- Vestibular system -- Taste -- Smell -- Sensory processing outside the cortex -- An example: rolling an ankle -- Chapter 7: The human cerebral cortex -- The cerebral cortex-anatomy and histology -- Guiding principles of cortical structure and function.

The functional layout of the human cerebral cortex -- The cerebral cortex and behavior -- Chapter 8: Higher level functions-consciousness, learning, memory, and emotions -- Consciousness -- Memory -- Sleep -- Emotions and the amygdala -- Chapter 9: When things go wrong-brain disease and injury -- Infections of the brain and spinal cord -- Multiple sclerosis -- Parkinson's disease -- Stroke (cerebrovascular accident) -- Alzheimer's disease and dementia -- Epilepsy -- Brain trauma and brain death -- Mental illness -- The tragic history of the treatment of severe mental illness -- Chapter 10: The development of the brain and spinal cord -- Genes and brain development -- Early development of the brain and spinal cord -- Regional development of the nervous system-segmentation and organizing centers -- Formation of synapses -- Environmental influences on gene expression -- Critical periods -- Later processes that refine the structure of the brain -- Chapter 11: Techniques for studying the brain -- Cutting thin sections of the brain -- Staining brain sections -- Cell culture -- Hodology: using tracers to map connections -- Molecular genetics -- Non-invasive imaging techniques -- Functional imaging -- Electrophysiology -- Appendix A: Voltages, potentials, and cell membranes -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Supplementary reading -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.