MODULE 4

SUGGESTED READING

1) Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases by Hal Blumenfeld.

• There is a brief section on the anterolateral system on page 35; see also Figure 2.19 on the following page. The main treatment of this system is in Chapter 7 on pages 268 - 270; see, also, Figures 7.2, 7.3 and 7.4.
• The trigeminal nerve, as well as associated central structures and pathways, is discussed on pages 474-8. The position of the nerve, as it exits from the brain through the middle cerebellar peduncle, is shown in Figure 2.22A & C on pages 38-9.

2) The Nervous System in Action byMichael D. Mann. Click on MANN TEXT to access the internet version of this excellent textbook. The home page provides links to individual chapters and also offers PDF links, making it easy to print copies of the text. You can view the material directly on your computer screen, but print out a copy if possible. The reason to do so is that we will refer to specific pages in the text, and these are not shown in the computer screen version. In Chapter 5 see the following:

• Page 5-8 - temperature sensation
• Page 5-11 - pain sensation
• Page 5-15 - the neurophysiology of pain

In Chapter 6 see the following:

• Page 6-13 - central mechanisms of pain sensation
• Page 6-14 - the gate theory of pain
• Page 6-17 - endogenous pain suppression system
• Page 6-19 - referred pain
• Page 6-21 - pain treatment
• Page 6-24 - acupuncture

3) Fundamental Neuroscience for Basic and Clinical Applications by Duane E. Haines. Third Edition.

• The anterolateral pathway is covered in the first part (Pgs.281-290) of Chapter 18.
• As for the trigeminal nerve, the modalities of discriminative touch, vibration and position are covered in Chapter 17, starting on page 272. The trigeminal role in conveying the sensations of pain and temperature into the brain is presented on pages 290-296 of Chapter 18.

4) Principles of Neural Science by Eric R. Kandel, James H. Schwartz and Thomas M. Jessel.

• There is a brief section on the anterolateral system on page 448-9; see, also, Figure 22.14. All of chapter 24 is devoted to a consideration of pain, but see pages 480-482 for the pathways involved.
• See pages 877- 883 for some material on the trigeminal nerve

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