MODULE 7
SUGGESTED READING
Digital:
1) Neuroscience Online: an electronic textbook for the neurosciences. This is a free educational resource provided by the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston. It is really superb and we urge you to make use of it. The online version works fine on computers, but since visualization of the figures requires a flash player, they are absent when the material is viewed using an Ipad.
Section 3, Chapter 4: Basal Ganglia
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Gross Anatomy of the Basal Ganglia
4.3 Basal Ganglia Afferents
4.4 Basal Ganglia Efferents
4.5 Basal Ganglia Intrinsic Connections
4.6 Functions of the Basal Ganglia
4.7 Disorders of the Basal Ganglia
2) The Nervous System in Action by Michael D. Mann. Click on MANN TEXT to access the internet version of this excellent textbook. The home page provides links to individual chapters and also offers PDF links, making it easy to print copies of the text. You can view the material directly on your computer screen, but print out a copy if possible. The reason to do so is that we will refer to specific pages in the text, and these are not shown in the computer screen version.
Section 16, Initiation and Control of Movement
Pg 16-13 The Basal Ganglia -a good, relatively brief description of the symptoms associated with Parkinsonism.
3) The Digital Anatomist. This is an excellent program developed by the Dept. Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle. It contains a huge library of views of the brain. We will refer to specific figures in many of our modules, including this one.
Print:
1) Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases by Hal Blumenfeld. The basal ganglia are covered in Chapter 16. There is an extensive discussion of movement disorders in the last part of the chapter; it is quite good and you will probably want to read it. However, in this module we are primarily concerned with the anatomy of the basal ganglia and the pathways that connect the various components of this complex system. We suggest you start by reading the following:
----- Anatomy of the basal ganglia - pages 690 - 698.
----- Connections of the basal ganglia - pages 698 - 700.
----- Ansa lenticularis, lenticular fasciculus, and Fields of Forel - pages 704 - 5.
2) Clinical Neuroanatomy and Neuroscience by M. J. Turlough Fitzgerald, Gregory Gruener and Estomih Mtui. The basal ganglia are covered in Chapter 33, starting on page 357. In addition:
----- The development of the basal ganglia, including several good figures, is found on pages 4 - 5 of Chapter 1..
- - - There are many useful figures in the latter part of Chapter 2, starting with Figure 2-9 on page 12.
----- The commonly used scheme for naming the baal ganglia is shown at the bottom of page 14.
3) Fundamental Neuroscience for Basic and Clinical Applications by Duane E. Haines. Third Edition. The basal ganglia are covered in Chapter 26, starting on page 414.
4) Principles of Neural Science by Eric R. Kandel, James H. Schwartz and Thomas M. Jessel.
----- Read chapter 43.
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