Topics covered
01Spinal cord: external features, grey and white matter organisation; laminae of Rexed
02Ascending tracts: dorsal column-medial lemniscal, spinothalamic (anterior and lateral), spinocerebellar
03Descending tracts: corticospinal (pyramidal), rubrospinal, vestibulospinal, reticulospinal
04Brainstem: medulla oblongata, pons, midbrain - internal structure, cranial nerve nuclei
05Cerebellum: lobes, nuclei, connections, functions; cerebellar syndromes
06Diencephalon: thalamus (nuclei and connections), hypothalamus (functions, nuclei)
07Cerebral cortex: functional areas (motor, sensory, speech areas); cortical lesions
08Basal ganglia: components, circuitry; Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease
09Limbic system: hippocampus, amygdala, cingulate gyrus - memory and emotion
10Blood supply of the brain: circle of Willis, watershed areas; stroke territories
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