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WWW Links |
Chapter 14: The Central Nervous System |
http://www.neurosurgery.org/pubpages/patres/anatofbrain.html
This site provides general material (pictures and
text) about the brain for the patient.
http://www.HydroAssoc.org/fact-sht.htm
This is a fact sheet about hydrocephalus. One can
find information about causes and effects as well as treatment options.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/disease/Brain.html
There is an excellent PET scan of a person with
depression on the opening page here. Notice the very active amygdala.
http://www.alzheimers.org/
This Alzheimer Disease site is sponsored by the
US government. Among the subheadings is a database to search for literature
on a specific topic (for example: diet, genes).
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/patients/disorder/brtumors/braintumor.htm
This is a pamphlet which provides text discussing
the diagnosis and treatment of brain and spinal cord tumors.
http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/CNSHTML/CNSIDX.html
Contusions, hemorrhages, hematomas, and more: this
site from the University of Utah’s Medical Pathology lab has many views of brain
traumas and other conditions.
http://www.psc.edu/science/goddard.html
This is an excellent set of brain images! There
are MRI’ and animations showing sections and surface views of the brain. There
are two very useful images of cerebral arterial aneurysms too.