This program is designed for health care professionals, faculty and students, or anyone interested in visualizing and learning about the complex neuroanatomy of the brainstem.

The 3D features allow users to visualize the external morphology of the brainstem as well as the cranial nerve fibers and nuclei that create the complex internal anatomy of the brainstem. Learning the intricate inter-relationships between the anatomic structures is greatly enhanced by the ability to view all the internal morphologic components at once or to select and highlight individual components while controlling the opacity/transparency of other anatomic structures.

A labeling feature is available that identifies the external morphology and cranial nerves associated with the brainstem.

A bonus 3D feature is the ability to visualize the brainstem nuclei associated with the functions of pain and temperature, light touch and pressure, proprioception, vibration and discriminative touch as well as taste, hearing and balance. In addition to the visualization capabilities, users can access textual information that describes the anatomic components of the brainstem.

The program features a true 3D interactive experience: The user can rotate, pan, and zoom the camera around the brainstem anatomy in three dimensions.

There are 3 ways to get Interactive 3D Brainstem:

1.)   Interactive 3D Brainstem is available online for Mac and PC:

You can purchase the online version above by choosing a subscription option.

It runs in your web browser but feels like a real desktop app!

It works on Windows and Mac - Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and IE

(You will need to download the Unity web player, which is quick and easy)

2.)  Interactive 3D Brainstem is available for Mac users on the App Store:

System Requirements:

- Compatible with Mac OS X (Intel Only)
- System Requirements: 1GB RAM, 128MB or higher graphic card, 1.0 GHz or higher processor

3.)  Interactive 3D Brainstem is also available for iPad:

System Requirements:

- Compatible with  iPad, iPad 2
- Requires iOS 4.3 or later.