Fiber Pathways of the Brain

• PART I: RELEVANCE OF THE CEREBRAL WHITE MATTER FIBER PATHWAYS; 1. Introduction; 2. White Matter Pathways in Early Neuroscience; PART II: APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF THE FIBER TRACTS; 3. Materials Analyzed; 4. Architecture and Nomenclature of Rhesus Monkey Cerebral Hemisphere; PART III: WHITE MATTER FIBER BUNDLES BY CORTICAL REGION OF ORIGIN; 5. Principles of Organization; 6. Parietal Lobe; 7. Superior Temporal Region; 8. Inferior Temporal Region; 9. Occipital Lobe; 10. Cingulate Cortex; 11. Motor Cortex; 12. Prefrontal Cortex; PART IV: CONNECTIONAL TOPOGRAPHY AND PUTATIVE FUNCTIONAL ROLES OF INDIVIDUAL FIBER BUNDLES; SECTION A: LONG ASSOCIATION FIBER PATHWAYS; 13. Superior Longitudinal Fasciculus and Arcuate Fasciculus; 14. Extreme Capsule; 15. Middle Longitudinal Fasciculus; 16. Uncinate Fasciculus; 17. Cingulum Bundle; 18. Inferior Longitudinal Fasciculus; 19. Fronto-occipital Fasciculus; SECTION B: STRIATAL FIBERS; 20. Muratoff Bundle (Subcallosal Fasciculus) and the External Capsule; SECTION C: COMMISSURAL FIBERS; 21. Anterior Commissure; 22. Corpus Callosum; 23. Hippocampal Commissures; SECTION D: PROJECTION FIBERS (THE SUBCORTICAL FIBER BUNDLE); 24. Internal Capsule; 25. Sagittal Stratum; 26. Thalamic Peduncles; PART V: COMPOSITE SUMMARY OF CEREBREAL WHITE MATTER FIBER SYSTEMS IN THE RHESUS MONKEY; 27. Composite Summary of Cerebral White Matter Fiber Pathways in the Rhesus Monkey; PART VI: FUNCTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS; 28. Clinical Significance; 29. Conclusions

This monograph serves as an excellent reference for investigators, educators, and clinicians interested in cortical connectivity and diseases affecting cerebral white matter. It is profusely illustrated with detailed, but clear, photographs, photomicrographs, illustrations, diagrams, and MRI and CT scan images. References and chapter notes are abundant.