This classic well‎-illustrated textbook simplifies neuroscience content to focus coverage on the essentials and helps students learn important neuroanatomical facts and definitions‎.‎ Among its many distinctions are its organization by region and then pathways into and out of the nervous system‎,‎ which permits students an integrated view of the anatomy and physiology‎;‎ level of treatment suited to increasingly shorter neuroanatomy course hours for medical and allied health students‎;‎ and the author‎'‎s succinct writing style‎.‎