Connections define the functions of neurons: information flows along
connections, as well as growth factors and viruses, and even neuronal
death may progress through connections. Knowledge of how the various
parts of the brain are interconnected to form functional systems is a
prerequisite for the proper understanding of data from all fields in the
neurosciences.
Clinical Neuroanatomy: Brain Circuitry and Its Disorders bridges the
gap between neuroanatomy and clinical neurology. It emphasizes human and
primate data in the context of disorders of brain circuitry which are so
common in neurological practice. In addition, numerous clinical cases
demonstrate how normal brain circuitry may be interrupted and to what
effect. Following an introduction into the organization and
vascularisation of the human brain and the techniques to study brain
circuitry, the main neurofunctional systems are discussed, including the
somatosensory, auditory, visual, motor, autonomic and limbic systems,
the cerebral cortex and complex cerebral functions.