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.