1. INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................4
2. GENERAL HISTOLOGY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM......................................................8
3. SPINAL CORD............................................................................................................12
4. BRAIN STEM..............................................................................................................20
5. CEREBELLUM............................................................................................................31
6. DIENCEPHALON........................................................................................................37
7. TELENCEPHALON (CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES)..........................................................43
8. THE SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM...............................................................................59
9. THE VISUAL SYSTEM.................................................................................................71
10.AUDITORY AND VESTIBULAR SYSTEMS ....................................................................76
11.SMELL (OLFACTION) & TASTE (GUSTATION)............................................................81
12.MOTOR SYSTEM .......................................................................................................84
13.ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE BRAIN & SLEEP..........................................................91
14.HIGHER FUNCTIONS & THE LIMBIC SYSTEM ............................................................93
15.THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM.......................................................................96
16.CRANIAL NERVES....................................................................................................102
17.IMPORTANT CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM ...................113 References........................................................................................................................133
