Neuroanatomy Outline

Chris Gale

Registrar Training Programme

10 Feb 2011

The Limbic system

● Limbic lobe & associated subcortical nuclei● Amydala● Septal Nucleii● Hypothalamic nucleii● Thalamic nucleii

● Increased latency on FLAIR (brighter) on MRI:

Coronal turbo FLAIR brain MR images (6,000/120/2,000) in a 34-year-old woman.

Hirai T et al. Radiology 2000;215:470-475

©2000 by Radiological Society of North America

Coronal turbo FLAIR brain MR images (6,000/120/2,000) in a 34-year-old woman.

Hirai T et al. Radiology 2000;215:470-475

©2000 by Radiological Society of North America

Useful Resources

● University of Utah anatomy tutorial

http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/HISTHTML/NEURANAT/NEURANCA.html#1

● Salomon's Neuroimaging and Neurovascular Atlas

http://www.radnet.ucla.edu/sections/DINR/

● Columbia anatomy atlas and tutorial

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/hs/medical/neuroanatomy/neuroanat/