Intro | Amygdala | Brainstem | Cerebellum | Cerebrum | Corpus Callosum | Reticular Formation | Hippocampus | Hypothalamus | Medulla | Pituitary Gland | Pons | Spinal Cord | Thalamus
Part 1: Image-Mapped Tutorial
Part 2: Matching Self-Test
Part 3: Multiple-Choice Self-Test
| Major Structures and Areas |
The three major divisions of the Central Nervous System (CNS) are subdivided into numerous structures and areas that make unique contributions to the control and modulation of behavior, thought, and emotions. Figure 7 provides a cross-sectional view of the CNS and identifies key structures along with their principal functions.
| Suggestions for further study |
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Industrial chemicals, mimicking natural hormones, may be affecting
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http://thalamus.wustl.edu/course/corhor.html
(Brain Anatomy)
Washington State University, Coronal and horizontal sections
throughout the cerebrum.
http://www.sciencenews.org/sn_arch/11_2_96/bob1.htm
(Bridging the Brain Gap)
from Science News, 1996 - The brain and social trust.
http://www.epub.org.br/cm/home_i.htm
(Brain and Mind - Electronic Magazine)
Cardoso, State University of Campinas, Brazil
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/
(Brain and Behavior Essay / Resource IndexCent)
Serendip, Extensive !! Click-on list of resources concerning brain and
behavior.
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro98/webprojectindex.html
(Brain and Function Topics)
Serendip - Click-on Essays - Brain and Behavior Function.
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/Neuro/nlBSs/nlBSmms.html
(Brain Stem Neuroanatomy Lab)
Loyola University Medical Center, Sections throughout the brainstem.
http://www.anatomy.wisc.edu/sc97/text/SC/contents.htm
(Global Spinal Cord '97)
Hartig, University of Wisconsin Medical School
http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/bbs/Archive/bbs.neur4.simpson.html
(On climbing fiber signals and their consequence(s))
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(Estrogen's Influence on the Brain)
from Society for Neuroscience - Brain Briefings, 1997.
http://thalamus.wustl.edu/course/limbic.html
(Medial Temporal Lobe & Limbic System
Washington University School of Medicine - Neuroscience Tutorial
http://www.sfn.org/briefings/fear.html
(Fear and the Amygdala)
from Society for Neuroscience - Brain Briefings, 1998.
http://www.sfn.org/briefings/gender.brain.html
(Gender and the Brain)
from Society for Neuroscience - Brain Briefings, 1998.
http://thalamus.wustl.edu/course/hypoANS.html
(Hypothalamus and the Autonomic Nervous System)
Washington University School of Medicine - Neuroscience Tutorial
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(Weight Control and Obesity)
from Society for Neuroscience - Brain Briefings, 1997.
http://www.vh.org/Providers/Textbooks/BrainAnatomy/BrainAnatomy.html
(The Virtual Hospital - The Human Brain)
Williams, Gluhbegovic & Jew, University of Iowa
A superb detailed atlas of human brain dissections.
http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html
(The Whole Brain Atlas - Harvard University)
Johnson & Becker, Harvard University and Massachusetts Inst. of
Technology
http://www1.biostr.washington.edu/DigitalAnatomist.html
(The Digital Anatomist Project)
University of Washington, On-line Interactive Atlas including 3-D
computer graphics, MRI scans and tissue sections.