Part 1. Dissection of the Human Brain with Special Emphasis on
Blunt Dissection of Major Pathways
Introduction
Section 1: Cerebral Hemisphere from the Medial Side
Section 2: Cerebral Hemisphere from the Lateral Side
Section 3: The Temporal Lobe
Section 4: Cerebellum and Brainstem
Part 2. Dissection of the Human Forebrain: Surface Topography and
Coronal Sections, Ventricle System, and Horizontal Sections
Introduction
Section 1: Surface Topography
Section 2: Coronal Sections
Section 3: The Ventricle System and Horizontal Sections
Selected Segments for Lecture Presentation and Study
Neuroanatomy Overview and Basic Definitions
Brain and Environs: Cranium, Ventricles, and Meninges
Corticospinal Tract and Other Motor Pathways
Somatosensory Pathways
Cerebral Hemispheres and Vascular Supply
Visual System
Brainstem and Cerebellum Overview
Cerebellum
Basal Ganglia
Limbic System: Homeostasis, Olfaction, Memory, and Emotion
Higher-Order Cerebral Function
Author Biography
Acknowledgements
Lennart Heimer, MD (1930-2007) was renowned in two related spheres:
neuroanatomy education and research on the brain's limbic
structures.
He harbored an indefatigable commitment to medical education in the
neurosciences. Both editions of his textbook for medical students,
The Human Brain and Spinal Cord: Functional Neuroanatomy and
Dissection Guide, are regarded as among the most lucid available
accounts of this difficult subject. Dr. Heimer served for many
years on the editorial boards of The Journal of Comparative
Neurology and Neuroscience. His series of books on experimental
neuroanatomical methods,
Neuroanatomical Tract-tracing Methods, is a standard reference
among working neuroscientists. Dr. Heimer's acclaimed series of
teaching videotapes and DVDs demonstrating the prosected human
brain, which emerged out of now
locally legendary sessions with neurology and neurosurgery
residents at the University of Virginia, have been acquired by
generations of students, neuroscientists, and clinicians. He was
vigorously pursued throughout his career as a lecturer in
university, clinic, and workshop settings worldwide.
Dr. Heimer's research focus was the neuroanatomy of the brain's
limbic structures. Upon completing training in medicine at the
University of Gothenburg, he was recruited in 1965 to the
Department of Psychology and Brain Science of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. He had developed what was, at the time,
the most sensitive silver method to map the pathways of nerve
fibers in the brain and soon formulated revolutionary new concepts
about the basic organization and connectivity of brain
structures that regulate emotions and motivation. Concepts
conceived in his laboratory, first at MIT and later in the
Neurosurgery and Neuroscience departments at the University of
Virginia, have served
for more than 30 years to energize inquiry in the basic and
clinical neurosciences in subdisciplines ranging from drug abuse
research to neuropsychiatry. Dr. Heimer's early work is widely
recognized as providing the conceptual basis for the subsequent
elaboration of "segregated, parallel cortico-subcortical reentrant
pathways," which are presently utilized as surgical and
pharmacotherapeutic targets in the treatment of diverse
neurological and neuropsychiatric brain conditions, from
Parkinson's
disease to drug abuse, to obsessive-compulsive disorder.
"This is beautiful work and an important adjunct to learning
neuroanatomy for medical students, neurologists, neurosurgeons, and
psychiatrists. This DVD is highly recommended on the basis of its
beauty, simplicity, and usefulness."
--Andres Lozano, Journal of Neurosurgery
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