The Brainstem: Anatomy, Assessment, and Clinical Syndromes

Abstract

Cover and Figure 1. The internal anatomy of the brainstem is presented in a simplified, color-coded format. Cover. The approximate locations and extents of nuclei that are important sources for a particular neurotransmitter are colorcoded onto a sagittal magnetic resonance image. Figure 1. The approximate locations and extent of major tracts and nuclei are colorcoded onto simplified axial illustrations of brainstem sections (left panel). The most common pattern of arterial territories is also presented (right panel). All illustrations are oriented in the radiographic perspective.