Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases 2nd Edition

So comprehensive, intuitive, and simple yet complete, an incredible book for those learning neuroanathomy, amazing to learn from pretty much the start or if youre a clinician looking for quick references in your practice, it has so many amazing charts and imagen too

I love this book. In my humble opinion I’d say the second edition is possibly the gold standard for learning basic neuroanatomy right now. My Professor (who was a board certified neurologist with a PhD in cognitive neuroscience as well) handpicked this text and required my class to get it for a 400 level undergraduate class in neuroanatomy I took last year. It was honestly really hard for me but A lot of fun too I must say.My major is cell as molecular biology with a special emphasis on neuroscience. I’ve been ok with the chem, bio, and cog psy parts but I never established a solid foundation in the anatomy of the very organ I study. This book has helped me start building a real foundation and become more well rounded.All the material is very practical in the book. There is a lot of information but none of it ever gets out in left field like other larger books tend to have happened. All very useful stuff and the author is constantly making you think of ways to apply what you learn. It’s a handy reference to have once your class is over too! That’s when the real learning starts. In the end though what you get out of this book will be a direct reflection of what you put in.

I am a second year medical student in California. I have recently boarded the struggle bus that is neuroanatomy. I have never taken neuroanatomy prior to medical school, and to say its overwhelming is an understatement. Another note - I own the Haines Atlas(9th E), this text, FA, and Firecracker. Professional students have a limited budget and need to find the most high yield resources. This is the one.I never usually buy textbooks because they suck. This is the anti-textbook. It actually is designed to be read, in order, and it is engaging, relevant, and interesting. The pictures are bomb. It constantly checks your understanding, references other section of the text (THAT MAKE SENSE AND ARE RELEVANT), and everything is clinically relevant. Finally, a book written by a clinician for clinicians, not researchers or academics. Purchase it. Read it. See how it effortlessly owns all other texts and actually pushes you to GET neuroanatomy to HELP PATIENTS, not uselessly memorize that the trigeminal system has 4 nuclei, or that there are 5 descending motor tracts, or remember some research extraneous bullcrap that fills the volume of much of our medical textbooks.Dr. Blumenfeld, if you are listening, can you make a trip to California to school your colleagues about how to write clinically oriented organ systems based texts and teaching materials?

I have been a nurse for many years, and an NP for the past five. I recently took a neurosurgery position, and this book came highly recommended, and with good reason. It is incredibly detailed, and covers way more then jus the basics. It goes through imaging, and case scenarios to apply what is learned in the earlier chapters.One caveat. The book is INCREDIBLY heavy, so it is hard to carry back and forth to work every day on the subway. It does come with a code to have access to the book on-line, but you can't download that, and the code is only good for two years, but there is an ebook version you can purchase directly through the company, so you can download it to a tablet or lap top. I did contact the company, and unfortunately they would not give me access to that, but hopefully you can learn from my mistake and by it that way.Wonderful book!

I bought this book at the beginning of the term and didn't open it until I got desperate halfway through.Other than the drugs, cancer, and histology&pathology sections of the course, this book had everything. It is laid out better, it is integrated from clinical presentation, to exam, imaging, diagnosis and discussion.I read the book from cover to cover, and went from failing miserably to passing with better than class average. If you read the book as it is laid out, you will build on the concepts and it will introduce key points at relevant times. By the end, you will be able to think through the anatomy instead of trying to just remember a bunch of factoids.The imaging in the book is amazing and well explained, and the cases are real. The language is very descriptive, and the illustrations and figures are great. The cranial nerves and blood supply chapters are highlights.It shouldn't be your ONLY Neuro book, but you will use it every day even after reading it.If I ever see Dr. Blumenfeld, I'm going to hug his leg like a little child.

Blumenfeld in this book makes an easy path to comprehend the basics before stepping on more complex books like, Gray's Clinical Neuroanatomy. It served me as training wheels before going deep on specific themes.Something that I didn't like in the way this book was written is the fact that goes divagates a lot before concreting a concept, however it makes pretty easy to get started studying neuroanatomy.Some highlights from this book are that has great illustrations of different pathways and the way the author integrated the cases was seamless compared to other books whose cases were apart from the main text.Overall it's a great companion book since it only describes briefly the main paths and circuitries, beyond that you'll need other texts. In regards of the clinical integration it's just great.