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Excellent for USMLE Board Review!
This now-classic text (approaching 500,000 copies sold) presents the most relevant points while traversing the daunting waters of clinical neuroanatomy with mnemonics, humor, illustrations and case presentations. Topics include General Anatomical Organization, Blood Supply, Meninges and Spinal Fluid, Spinal Cord, Brain Stem, The Visual System, Autonomic System and Hypothalamus, Cerebellum, Basal Ganglia and Thalamus, Cerebral Cortex, Neurotransmitters, Mini-atlas and Clinical Review in only 99 pages! Brief, clear and conceptually intuitive.
Excellent USMLE Board Review. Digital Download of Neurologic Localization program (Win/Mac), which includes:
- 3D animated rotations of the brain.
- Neuroanatomy laboratory tutorial with photographs of brain specimens.
- Clicking on any area of the nervous system reveals the name of the structure and the effects of an injury to that area, with explanations.
- Selecting a symptom graphically shows all areas of the nervous system that, when injured, could result in the symptom.
- Tutorial on how to localize neurologic injuries.
- Interactive quiz of classic neurologic cases.
About the Authors
Stephen Goldberg, M.D.
Stephen Goldberg, MD, a graduate of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, trained in Neurology, Ophthalmology, and Family Medicine. He is a neurologic researcher, teacher, computer programmer, writer, editor, and president of the Medmaster publishing company. Dr. Goldberg has published numerous papers on neuronal development and regeneration through research done at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, New York Medical College and the University of Miami. He is the author of the best-selling book, Clinical Neuroanatomy Made Ridiculously Simple, as well as the interactive computer program Neurologic Localization. As a coordinator of neuroanatomy education at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine for 25 years, his reputation is that of an educator who can simplify complex topics. He received the George Paff Most Outstanding Professor Teaching Award 11 times at the U of M and was invited to be the keynote speaker at the medical school graduation commencement at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis in 2004. He has also authored textbooks of Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Biostatistics, Neurology, Ophthalmology and Computer Programming, as well as many interactive computer programs on a variety of medical topics. His diverse background has bolstered his life-long interest in the Mind/ Body problem, for which he has published five previous books. Consciousness Made Ridiculously Simple is a distillation and advancement of his past books, in which he aims to resolve the mystery of the nature and origin of consciousness.