BRS Neuroanatomy

Book Preface

BRS Neuroanatomy, sixth edition, is a concise review of human neuroanatomy intended for health professions students including medical and dental students preparing for their respective Boards and other examinations. It presents the essentials of human neuroanatomy in a concise, tightly outlined, well-illustrated format. There are more than 600 board-type questions with complete answers and explanations, some included at the end of each chapter and some in a comprehensive examination at the end of the book.

NEW TO THIS EDITION

I New color brain atlas images
I Updated and additional clinical vignette—based practice questions
I Updated terminology to conform with Terminologia Anatomica
To make the most of this book, carefully study the illustrations, computed tomography scans, magnetic resonance images, angiograms as well as the figure legends; much of the board question information lies within the images and legends.

Special thanks to and in respectful memory ofDr. James Fix, for creating the first four editions ofBRS
Neuroanatomy—the foundation upon which all future editions are based. I thank my students and
colleagues for their valuable input as the sixth edition was developed. I also thank the Wolters Kluwer
staff and their associates for their contributions to this edition—Crystal Taylor, Acquisitions Editor;
Andrea Vosburgh, Development Editor; Blair Jackson, Editorial Coordinator; and the student and faculty reviewers, who were invited by the publisher to provide valuable feedback and suggestions.
Special thanks on this sixth edition to Ally Luedtke, Dan Schlegel, and Agustin Perez-Chavez for
their work on the brain atlas. And to Dr. David Thomas for his input on the Neurotransmitter chapter.