Now in its Sixth Edition, this popular text gives medical and allied health students a complete and clinically oriented introduction to neuroanatomy. Each chapter begins with clearly stated objectives, includes clinical cases, and ends with clinical notes, clinical problems, and review questions. More than 450 illustrations enhance the text. This edition's illustrations have been reworked for greater visual appeal and more diagnostic images have been added. Selected illustrations from Haines' An Atlas of Structures, Sections, and Systems, Sixth Edition have been included. Coverage of neurophysiology has been expanded and updated. A bound-in CD-ROM contains 386 USMLE-style review questions with answers and explanations.
Richard S. Snell was an eminent anatomy lecturer and researcher. His classic textbooks “Clinical Gross Anatomy,” “Clinical Histology,” “Clinical Neuroanatomy,” and “Clinical Embryology” have been the standard reference for generations of medical students as well as seasoned clinicians,
Snell was a member of the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and the American Association of Anatomy, and in 2009 became an Honored Member of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists.
This is not an excessively detailed book. The nervous system is notably more complex than any other systems, and to study it in minutiae isn't worthwhile for the average medical student. Snell does an excellent job of providing clinically relevant information. He himself says he has tried to leave out what he considers medically unimportant. So it is important to consider who this book is written for.
The illustrations (especially the midbrain cross-sections) were informative and could easily be drawn. The information in the topics was again provided in the form of charts. 5/5 for formatting.
I highly appreciated the clinical boxes at the end of the chapters. Mostly you could read those and get the geist of what was said earlier. And the pathways.
My only nitpick is that it needs a good glossary, so that students can know what a Lemniscus is without wasting time looking it up elsewhere.
I will never comprehend how a book this awesome, got an attention so small. This book is an essential for any neuroscience researcher. An essential that I can't stress enough. YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK
A great book covering every aspect of neuroanatomy along with problem solving and mcqs at the end of chapter aid to clear the doubts before moving on to next chapter.highly recommended for neuro aspirants.