1. Outline 1. General Layout of the Nervous System: A System of Twos a. CNS vs. PNS b. brain vs. spinal cord c. somatic vs. autonomic d. efferent vs. afferent e. sympathetic vs. parasympathetic 2. The Meninges, Ventricles and the Blood-Brain Barrier 3. Cells of the Nervous System a. Neurons b. Glial Cells 1. Neuroanatomical Techniques

2. General Layout of the Nervous System

13. Golgi Stain of the Somatosensory Cortex of the Rat – arrow indicates axon

14. Nissl stain of human motor cortex

15. Nissl Stain of Monkey Brain

19. Myelin Stain – Monkey Brain

22. THE GROSS ANATOMY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM Outline 1. Orientation and Direction in the Vertebrate Nervous System 2. The Spinal Cord 3. The Five Major Divisions of the Brain a. Myelencephalon b. Metencephalon c. Mesencephalon d. Diencephalon e. Telencephalon