MODULE 13

SUGGESTED READING

Because this is a complex topic, all authors try to simplify it. No two versions agree, and comparing them can add to the confusion. Since Blumenfeld's version agrees pretty well with the one in this manual, we suggest that you stick with it. Even so, as in the past, we include the relevant sections in several other books.

1) Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases by Hal Blumenfeld.

• The limbic system is covered in a comprehensive way on Pages 762-80 and 787-90. The treatment is excellent, but there is lots of information and it will be tough going.
• The hypothalamus is covered on Pages 740-743.

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

• The olfactory system is covered on Pages 367-373 of Chapter 23.
• The limbic system is taken up in Chapter 31, starting on Page 501. There is an additional, brief treatment of the hippocampus and amygdala on Page 259.
• The hypothalamus is covered in Chapter 30, starting on Page 487.

3) Clinically Oriented Anatomy, Fourth Edition by Keith L. Moore and Arthur F. Dalley.

• The section on the olfactory nerve is brief, but has some nice figures.

4) Principles of Neural Science by Eric R. Kandel, James H. Schwartz and Thomas M. Jessel. The topics of this module are covered in several different places:

• -The olfactory system - Chapter 32, Pages 625-636. Most of this section deals with the issue of how olfactory information is coded by the nervous sysem...a fascinating question but one we don't have time to take up. Figure 32-7 gives good diagrams of the neural connections within the olfactory bulb. Figure 32-9 and the section just below it on Page 633 summarizes central olfactory pathways.
• The limbic system - Chapter 50 covers this material. The concept of the Limbic System is described on Page 986, and the functions of the amygdala are taken up, starting on Page 988.
• The hippocampal formation - The role of the hippocampus in the formation of memories is described in Chapter 62. See Figure 62-5 for a good view of hippocampal anatomy.
• The hypothalamus - The hypothalamus is covered starting on Page 972 in chapter 49.

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