NHB (Neurobiology and Human Behaviour)
Neuroanatomy Practical Notes
Usually initial question, function, clinical
Stroke, TIA, PD, haemorrhage, major neurological injuries
Visual field
Pre and post (retro) chasm
Eye is flipped left to right and up and down
Spinal cord
3 tracts
● Function, decussation, position/lamination (where in the tract upper
limb will be)
● Aide memoir: High order function crosses high
● DCML - crosses high
● STT - crosses low
● CST - crosses high
Timescale of defect
● Trauma
● Vascular
● Disc prolapse
● Infection
● Inflammation
● Tumour
● Neurodegeneration
Intracranial anatomy
Corpus callous is the only big thing that crosses midline, tells you colour of
myelin
Neuroanatomy Practical Notes
Usually initial question, function, clinical
Stroke, TIA, PD, haemorrhage, major neurological injuries
Visual field
Pre and post (retro) chasm
Eye is flipped left to right and up and down
Spinal cord
3 tracts
● Function, decussation, position/lamination (where in the tract upper
limb will be)
● Aide memoir: High order function crosses high
● DCML - crosses high
● STT - crosses low
● CST - crosses high
Timescale of defect
● Trauma
● Vascular
● Disc prolapse
● Infection
● Inflammation
● Tumour
● Neurodegeneration
Intracranial anatomy
Corpus callous is the only big thing that crosses midline, tells you colour of
myelin
