Research Links

General Terminology

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neuroroot.html
Neurological terms and their roots with a link to a list of neurological prefixes and their meanings.

http://learning.mgccc.cc.ms.us/science/ap/anaterm.html
Basic anatomical terminology.

http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/kinser/BrainInfo.html
Important directional terms related to the brain.

http://www.columbia.edu/~ps360/neuro/navigation/navigation.html
Orientations and sections through the brain in relation to the skull.

Divisions of the Nervous System

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/nsdivide.html
Divisions of the nervous system.

http://medic.med.uth.tmc.edu/Lecture/Main/nervous.htm
Web page for medical students summarizing the nervous system in detail.

http://www.sci.port.ac.uk/rad/anatomy/03/001.htm
Nervous system divisions in relation to the human body.

http://people.ne.mediaone.net/jkimball/BiologyPages/C/CNS.html
Description of the central nervous system with a link to the peripheral nervous system.

http://www.science.wayne.edu/~wpoff/cor/bod/periflns.html
Peripheral nervous system and its divisions.

http://www.grunenthal.com/html/knowledgebase/pain/6.htm#top
PNS divisions and their relation to body systems.

http://www.mfi.ku.dk/people/paulev/chapter3/images/fp3-13.jpg
Dermatomes related to the spinal segments and the spinal dorsal roots for the somatosensory nerves.

http://www.biomed2.man.ac.uk/mahon/waugh/ans.htm
Division of the autonomic nervous system.

A Look at the Brain

http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/LONWEB/pictures/humanbrainpics.html
Images of the human brain from different perspectives.

http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html
The Whole Brain Atlas from Harvard.

http://www.vh.org/Providers/Textbooks/BrainAnatomy/TOC.html
Images of human brain dissections from the University of Iowa's Virtual Hospital.

http://www.biology.eku.edu/RITCHISO/342notes11.html
Comparative anatomy of different vertebrates, from nervous systems to senses.

http://wings.buffalo.edu/fnsm/bio-sci/courses/bio119/mc16stvol.html
An outline of the special senses with an excellent diagram of the olfactory system.

http://www.cf.ac.uk/biosi/staff/jacob/sensmnu.html
Special senses.

http://www.iaaf.uwa.edu.au/207/Development%20of%20the%20CNS1/Braindevelop.htm
A summary of brain development in the divisions of the brain.

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/phylo.html
A chart on the brain divisions.

http://lshome.utsa.edu/Courses/introneurolab/Assign02Anat/html/pathways.htm
An encyclopedic neuroanatomy page covering the brain to spinal cord.

Meninges, Ventricles and Cerebrospinal Fluid

http://faculty.une.edu/com/fwillard/Meninges/
Several views of the human brain with the meninges.

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/cover.html
The meninges.

http://www.csus.edu/org/nrg/carter/NeurosylActive/sheepbrain/SheepDur.htm
Images of the sheep brain with the meninges intact.

http://www.spearsmacleod.com/links/m/meningit/
Web page dedicated to meningitis with several links on the topic.

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~cmdis470/protection/protection.html
A description of the meninges and CSF as protection for the brain and spinal cord.

http://www.epub.org.br/cm/n02/fundamentos/ventriculos_i.htm
Good site on the ventricles and cerebrospinal fluid.

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/vent.html
Ventricles and CSF.

http://www.angelfire.com/wa/wafshaf50/CSF.html
Cerebrospinal fluid.

http://www.mfi.ku.dk/people/paulev/chapter3/images/fp3-7.jpg
A diagram of the production and absorption of cerebrospinal fluid.

http://www.patientcenters.com/hydrocephalus/
The hydrocephalus center.

The Cerebral Cortex

http://www.waiting.com/brainanatomy.html#anchor2884157
A basic look at the organization of the brain from a website dedicated to brain injury.

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/3937/cerebrum.htm
An overview of the cerebral cortex with definitions of terms.

http://faculty.stcc.mass.edu/tamarkin/AP/AP1pages/nervssys/cerebrum.htm
Good summary of the lobes and their function.

http://www.msu.edu/user/johnso48/552/limbic/allocxlab.html
Different types of cortex related to layers.

http://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/Projects/hbp/cortical_thickness.html
A modern look at measuring the thickness of the cerebral cortex.

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/functional.html
Simplified breakdown of functional divisions of the cerebral cortex.

http://www.fmhs.uaeu.ac.ae/anatomy/garey/ljg6.htm
A brief, biographical sketch of Korbinian Brodmann.

http://www.umich.edu/~cogneuro/jpg/Brodmann.html
A display of Brodmann's areas.

http://www.braincampus.com/nanatomy/pathways/paths5.html
Major intrahemispheric pathways.

http://www.driesen.com/hemispheres_commissures.htm
Commissural pathways.

Localization of Function

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~cmdis470/cerebralcortex/cerebralcortex.html
Localization of the cerebral cortex. Includes motor and somatosensory cortices.

http://www.anatomy.uq.edu.au/histology/contents/brain/local/text.html
Functional localization of function on the cerebral cortex. Includes motor and sensory homunculus.

http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~ling306/cglidden/frontal.html
Frontal lobe and motor functioning.

http://thalamus.wustl.edu/course/basmot.html
The basic motor pathway.

http://thalamus.wustl.edu/course/bassens.html
Basic somatosensory pathway.

http://www.cquest.utoronto.ca/psych/psy280f/ch4/chapter4.html
A complete and informative site on the central visual pathways.

http://www.lowvision.org/cortical_blindness.htm
Cortical blindness.

http://www-ece.rice.edu/~dhj/neuro.html
Auditory pathways.

http://www.tchain.com/otoneurology/disorders/hearing/cent_hearing.html
Central hearing loss.

http://www.cf.ac.uk/biosi/staff/jacob/teaching/sensory/olfact1.html
An in-depth look at olfaction.

http://www.cf.ac.uk/biosi/staff/jacob/teaching/sensory/taste.html#Relay
Taste.

http://www.neurophys.wisc.edu/neuro524/cognitive_function.htm
The association areas and higher cognitive functioning.

Subcortical Regions

http://udel.edu/~aliciam/welcome.html
The basics of the basal ganglia.

http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/medicine/anatomy/bgmenjb.htm
A tutorial on the basal ganglia.

http://www.mfi.ku.dk/people/paulev/chapter4/images/fp4-9.jpg
A diagram of the basal ganglia and associated neurotransmitters.

http://www.mfi.ku.dk/people/paulev/chapter4/images/fp4-5.jpg
Diagram of the limbic system.

http://thalamus.wustl.edu/course/limbic.html
The limbic system.

http://arbl.cvmbs.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/endocrine/hypopit/anatomy.html
The hypothalamus and the pituitary gland.

http://www.ets.uidaho.edu/med532/midbrain.htm
Description of midbrain structures with accompanying diagram.

http://www.sturgeon.ab.ca/rw/nervious_system/Hind.html
Hindbrain.

http://140.220.1.7/DEPTS/NEUR/WEB/demo/cerebellumdemo.html
Good site on the cerebellum with Quicktime animations.

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/spinal.html
A basic guide to the spinal cord.