Neuroscience Introduction

PsyD Program

Dr. Juan B. Fernández Pérez

Text: Essential Neuroscience
Allan Siegel and Sapru, 2011

References: Haines, Nolte y Netter

 Central and
Peripheral
Nervous System
 Relative Size of Brains

El peso del
cuerpo del
rinoceronte
es 30 X el del
humano pero
el peso del
encéfalo es la
½ del
humano
 Peso promedio
del encéfalo del
hombre y la
mujer a medida
que envejecen

Proporción del
peso del
encéfalo/cuerpo
del hombre y la
mujer a medida
que envejecen
 General
Relationships of
Central, Peripheral
and Visceral
Nervous System
• A. Visceromotor regions of
CNS and PNS are shown in
red.

• B. Shows the relationship of

efferent (motor) and afferent
(sensory) fibers to spinal
nerves and roots.
Representative Neuron and Synapse
a Simple Reflex and a Pathway
Basic Divisions of
the Central
Nervous System
Overview of
the
Subdivisions
of the CNS
Relation of
Systems to
regions
Neuroanatomy Terms
Directional Terms
Anatomic Directions
 Central Axis
and Anatomic
Directions
Lateral View of the Cerebral Cortex
 Surface
Anatomy of
the Forebrain
Cerebral
Hemisphere:
Lateral View
Medial View of the Cerebral Cortex
Midsagittal
surface of
the Brain
Inferior View of Brain
Corpus Callosum: Corpus Callosum:
Lateral Extent of
Major Components Horizontal View

Occipital forceps
Ventricular System
Hippocampal
Formation
and Fornix
Thalamic Anatomy
Horizontal Section of
Cerebral Hemispheres
Coronal (Frontal) Section of
Cerebral Hemispheres
Caudate Nucleus Components
and their Relationship
Cerbellum
and
Brainstem
Dorsal
View
Brainstem Ventral View
Spinal Cord:
Gross
Anatomy in
Situ
End
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