Includes bibliographical references and index.

Development, composition, and evolution of the nervous system -- Cells of the nervous system -- Peripheral nervous system -- Imaging techniques and neuroanatomical research methods -- Spinal cord -- Brain stem: external anatomy -- Brain stem: nuclei and tracts -- Cranial nerves -- Reticular formation -- Cerebellum -- Diencephalon -- Corpus striatum -- Topography of the cerebral hemispheres -- Histology of the cerebral cortex -- Functional localization in the cerebral cortex -- Cerebral white matter and lateral ventricles -- Olfactory system -- Limbic system: the hippocampus and the amygdala -- General sensory systems -- Visual system -- Auditory system -- Vestibular system -- Motor systems -- Visceral innervation -- Blood supply of the central nervous system -- Meninges and cerebrospinal fluid.