Brief Overview of Mature CNS
Neuroanatomy
• 1) Tubular organization of central nervous
system
• 2) Columnar/longitudinal organization of spinal and
cranial nerve nuclei
• 3) Complex C-shaped organization of cerebral cortex
and nuclei and structures located beneath cortex
– Lateral ventricle
– Basal ganglia
– Hippocampal formation & Fornix