Neuroanatomy Through Clinical Cases

I'm a seasoned clinical neurologist and bought this book to refresh my knowledge of neuroanatomy. To all the med students and residents out there reading this, I can assure you that virtually all of the information in the book is used by practicing neurologists on a daily basis. This is stuff you really need to know; by the time you're in my situation most of it is second nature. The author does a great job of presenting,... Read Full Review

Every once in a while a special textbook comes along that makes a subject an utter delight to learn; "Neuroanatomy Through Clinical Cases" is most definitely such a text. The merits of this book are just too many to enumerate but I will provide some specific examples of its strengths.The book has great detail but the strength of its organization is what makes this aspect an asset rather than a liability. Most chapters have... Read Full Review

I can only echo the high praise already offered by the two previous reviewers on this web site. This is not only one of the finest if not the finest neuroanatomy teaching text that I have ever read, it is one of the finest summaries of general clinical neuroscience conceptual material I've ever read, with an obvious heavy emphasis on functional neuroanatomy. Although there are a few nits that I could pick about a few details,the... Read Full Review

How does one take a difficult and arduous subject and make its study approachable, interesting and fun? Hal Blumenfeld has succeeded in doing this in his book on the most complex human system of all, Neuroanatomy. Medical students in their preclinical years often consider the study of the intricacies of the nervous system a dry and painful exercise of memory. Instead, Hal Blumenfeld uses real-life clinical cases gathered during... Read Full Review

When teaching Neuroanatomy to medical students one is often confronted by a classroom of students with their eyes glazed over. This book is a remedy for this situation. Instead of learning Neuroanatomy via rote memorization, this exciting subject is brought to life through real world examples. In each section the anatomy and physiology are integrated with actual clinical cases that Dr. Blumenfeld has encountered during his... Read Full Review