Clinical Neuroanatomy Made Ridiculously Simple: Color Edition

I am a current medical student and ordered this book to assist me through some neuroanatomy/neuroophthalmology courses. This book does a great job of providing an easy to read and well laid out explanation of the different structures and functions in the nervous system. Of course, this book does not cover every detail, so it is a good idea to cross reference your textbooks, etc to further understand the subject matter. However, I think this book aids in building a strong foundation in a subject that can be rather complex and challenging.The only thing that I noticed that was a “problem/flaw” was that one of the pages had some printing that appeared smudged or streaked. Thankfully it is still readable and really does not take away from the experience.

love these books. Well thought out and easy to understand. Got this one for my teen for her AP Psych class. it was very helpful.

I love this book. I am a clinical phase physician assistant student rotating in vascular neurology. This was a great reference for quick facts and recall. It’s not a large book, so it obviously isn’t in extensive detail about everything but it has a good background.Neurology is a high level concept and is difficult to teach yourself from a book. I think Goldberg did a great job, especially in this edition.

I’m having a hard time explaining this, but I did not find this book to be very helpful. It was small, bland, and sometimes the division of information seemed to miss important areas and connections. I did find it useful for reinforcing cranial nerve concepts.

Excellent quality of paper and color, and the content of the book is amazing!

I used this book to help me out with a neuroanatomy postgrad course, with no prior background in the subject. A few of the concepts were simple enough to understand without background knowledge, but for the most part it worked best to read the course text, listen to the lectures, then read the relevant material here to get a nice simplified breakdown, then go to Ackland's (over and over). This was not a 'for dummies' type book but did help me to pass and fills the giant void of simplified neuro texts. I didn't use the extra cd but heard from other students that it was quite useful. I'd like to give it 4 stars, since it's by no means a perfect breakdown, but need to give 5 because it's really the only one of its kind.

None of us got through medical school without this. The whole series is very well done.

What!!?? Am I reading the same book as the other reviewers? I bought this book to have a more erudite treatment of Basal ganglia, after a lecture confused me. I am not an MD, I am a dentist undertaking a master's degree in Pain management and oral diagnosis. A significant part of the curriculum is given over to movement disorders. A basic understanding of neuroanatomy is essential, so after reading the reviews, I thought this would be a good place to begin. My understanding of the anatomy and function of Basal Ganglia is far superior to any information in the book (remember I'm a dentist folks). Here are some examples..there is no clear indication of of the components of the Basal Ganglia or their interactions. The Striatum is not mentioned, or that it is composed of the Putamen and Caudate Nucleus, The Lentiform nucleus is not mentioned in the body of the text, although on p. 81 pic 66 under the picture it does say that the Lentiform nucleus is composed of Globus Pallidus and the Putamen----but no discussion. OK--your'e saying, "I don't care about anatomy--I want a clinical guide. Well in the index there are no entries for Motor Disorders, Huntington's Disease, Tremors, either essential or intentional, no differentiation of Parkinsonism vs Parkinson's disease, Dystonia, Dyskinesia, Neurotransmitter (WHAT!! no Dopamine, GABA, Glutamine Serotonin, ACH). These entities MAY be mentioned briefly in the text, but if you want to look it up, good luck. For example, there is no entry for Huntington's disease, but on page 63 there is a tiny blurb listing it as one of the Basal Ganglia disorders---but no mention that the problem occurs in the Striatum, also, a bit nitpicky I suppose, but on page 62 where the VERY brief mention of Parkinsonism occurs it lists the source of the degeneration to be in the Basal Ganglia and Substantia Nigra. In every source I have found the Substantia Nigra is listed as PART of the Basal Ganglia---and this is exactly why I wanted a better explanation--didn't get it here, and certainly no discussion of the death of Dopaminergic neurons.The DVD? didn't get to it, and won'tIn summary: Save your money. It's sad when Wikipedia has more and better information for free.OK I said I wouldn't look at the DVD but I did....It is very good. I won't increase the Star value of the review, but at least it makes the expenditure worthwhile. The book? trashed it, but the DVD is on my computer.Update: Anytime the actual actual author responds to a critical review, I think the reviewer should also respond. In light of Dr. Goldberg's response, I considered my star rating and changed it from a 1 to a 3...ya know folks a 1 star just looks terrible! I retrieved the book from the trash and reread it, start to finish this time. My earlier comments stand, but as an overall picture in a short book this is really well done. No--it is not a reference book as Dr. Goldberg states, so try elsewhere if that's what you need. But if you are a medical resident, or dentist like me and need a down and dirty overview, without more info than you could possibly need, then this may be the place to go. I took note of Dr. Goldberg's comment that there was a new chapter (11) that discussed neurotransmitters...aha there it was, more on the stuff I thought was not there! To be fair to me! there actually isn't an entry on neurotransmitters in the index, nor does the entry on Parkinson's list this new entry. It IS in the last chapter, so I missed it. So to Dr. Goldberg: Please make your book more valuable with an index that is more comprehensive, including illustrations that show a structure, but doesn't really discuss it in the text. I am glad I saved the book.