Preface -- Chapter One: The Three Long Tracts and Spinal Cord Lesions -- Chapter Two: Corticobulbar Tract and Cranial Nerve Motor Nuclei.-Chapter Three: Abducens Nerve Lesions -- Chapter Four: Vestibulocochlear Nerve Lesions Historical Snippet: The Caloric Reflex Test, the Nobel Prize, and a POW -- Chapter Five: Visual Field Lesions Historical Snippet: Lesion Analysis of the Visual System -- Chapter Six: Autonomics and Lesions -- Chapter Seven: Facial Nerve Lesions -- Chapter Eight: Cerebellar Lesions -- Chapter Nine: Basal Ganglia Lesions -- Chapter Ten: Thalamus and Hypothalamus -- Chapter Eleven: Limbic System, Learning, Memory, and How the Brain Works Historical Snippet: Endothelial Derived Relaxing Factor = Nitric Oxide -- Chapter Twelve: Chemical Neuroanatomy Historical Snippet: The Opioid Epidemic in a Nutshell -- Chapter Thirteen: Brainstem Lesions -- Historical Snippet: Proustian Moment -- Chapter Fourteen: Cerebral Cortex Lesions Historical Snippet: London Cabbies and the Hippocampus -- Chapter Fifteen: Neurophysiology Historical Snippet: The Discovery of Acetylcholine and a Dream -- Chapter Sixteen: Neuroanatomy Atlas -- Chapter Seventeen: Lesion and Blood Vessel Test -- Chapter Eighteen: Key Words.-.

This highly regarded second edition title provides medical students with the information to build skills that will aid them in studying for any level of their board exams. It also prepares students with the ability to look at a patient's neurological signs and symptoms, to logically think through the various tracts, and to determine where a lesion is located. Fully updated and greatly expanded in content (with a new, handy neuroanatomy atlas as well), this gold-standard textbook specifically fills a gap in the literature for medical students studying for their board exams and those about to go on a neuro-related rotation. Written by a renowned professor with over 25 years of teaching experience specific to board exam preparation, chapters are crafted with the goal of aiding students in understanding concepts by explaining the reasoning behind signs and symptoms, rather than pure memorization. In addition to the new neuroanatomy atlas in this edition,the book again offers 100 high-yield neuroanatomy key phrases along with a cross secition of images with lesion test questions. Medical Neuroanatomy for the Boards and the Clinic, 2nd Edition, is the comprehensive, go-to book for students seeking a practical yet nuanced reference for board exam preparation.