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Title Neuroscience / edited by Dale Purves [and others]
Edition Fourth edition
Published Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer, [2008]
©2008
©2008

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 W'PONDS  616.8 Lon/Neu 2008  AVAILABLE
Description xvii, 857 pages, 52 unnumbered pages : illustrations. (some colour) ; 29 cm
Contents Ch. 1. Studying the nervous system -- Ch. 2. Electrical signals of nerve cells -- Ch. 3. Voltage-dependent membrane permeability -- Ch. 4. Channels and transporters -- Ch. 5. Synaptic transmission -- Ch. 6. Neurotransmitters and their receptors -- Ch. 7. Molecular signaling within neurons -- Ch. 8. Synaptic plasticity -- Ch. 9. The somatic sensory system : touch and proprioception -- Ch. 10. Pain -- Ch. 11. Vision : the eye -- Ch. 12. Central visual pathways -- Ch. 13. The auditory system -- Ch. 14. The vestibular system -- Ch. 15. The chemical senses -- Ch. 16. Lower motor neuron circuits and motor control -- Ch. 17. Upper motor neuron control of the brainstem and spinal cord -- Ch. 18. Modulation of movement by the basal ganglia -- Ch. 19. Modulation of movement by the cerebellum -- Ch. 20. Eye movements and sensory motor integration -- Ch. 21. The visceral motor system -- Ch. 22. Early brain development -- Ch. 23. Construction of neural circuits
Ch. 24. Modification of brain circuits as a result of experience -- Ch. 25. Repair and regeneration in the nervous system -- Ch. 26. The association cortices -- Ch. 27. Speech and language -- Ch. 28. Sleep and wakefulness -- Ch. 29. Emotions -- Ch. 30. Sex, sexuality, and the brain -- Ch. 31. Memory -- App. Survey of human neuroanatomy -- ATLAS : the human central nervous system
Summary Created primarily for medical and premedical students, 'Neuroscience' emphasizes the structure of the nervous system, the correlation of structure and function, and the structure/function relationships particularly pertinent to the practice of medicine
Notes Previous edition: Sunderland, Mass.: Sinauer Associates, 2004
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Neurology.
Neuroanatomy.
Senses and sensation.
Neurophysiology.
Nervous system.
Neurosciences.
Nervous System Physiological Phenomena.
Neurochemistry.
Genre/Form Lehrbuch
Author Purves, Dale, editor
LC no. 2007024950
ISBN 9780878936977 hardcover (alk. paper)