Title Essential neuroscience / Allan Siegel, Hreday N. Sapru ; case histories written by Heidi E. Siegel

Edition Second edition Published Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2011] Baltimore, Md. : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2011] ©2011 ©2011

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Description 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 28 cm Contents Sect. I: Gross anatomy of the brain. 1: Overview of the central nervous system -- 2: Development of the nervous system -- 3: Meninges and cerebrospinal fluid -- 4: Blood supply of the central nervous system -- Sect. II: The neuron. 5: Histology of the nervous system -- 6: Electrophysiology of neurons -- 7: Synaptic transmission -- 8: Neurotransmitters -- Sect. III: Organization of the central nervous system. 9: The spinal cord -- 10: Brainstem I: the medulla -- 11: Brainstem II: pons and cerebellum -- 12: Brainstem III: the midbrain -- 13: The forebrain -- 14: The cranial nerves -- Sect. IV: Sensory systems. 15: Somatosensory system -- 16: Visual system -- 17: Auditory and vestibular systems -- 18: Olfaction and taste -- Sect. V: Motor systems. 19: The upper motor neurons -- 20: The basal ganglia -- 21: The cerebellum -- Sect. VI: Integrative systems. 22: The autonomic nervous system -- 23: The reticular formation -- 24: The hypothalamus -- 25: The limbic system -- 26: The thalamus and cerebral cortex -- 27: Vascular syndromes -- 28: Behavioral and psychiatric disorders Summary This textbook on neuroscience covers the structural organization of the brain and spinal cord, the elements of the nervous system and their function in neuronal communication, physiological processes, the effects of damage, sensory systems, motor systems, and complex functions Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Brain -- Anatomy. Nervous system. Nervous system -- Anatomy & histology Neurosciences -- Outlines, syllabi, etc. Nervous System Physiological Phenomena. Mental Disorders -- physiopathology. Nervous System Diseases. Nervous System -- anatomy & histology. Genre/Form Outlines and syllabi. Author Sapru, Hreday N., author Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. LC no. 2009051230 ISBN 0781783836 (alk. paper) 9780781783835 (alk. paper)

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