Essential neuroscience /
Siegel, Allan,1939-
Sapru, Hreday N.
Siegel, Heidi E.
Philadelphia, Pa. ; London : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
c2006.
Includes index.
Overview of the central nervous system -- Development of the nervous system -- Meninges and cerebrospinal fluid -- Blood supply of the central nervous system -- Histology of the nervous system -- Electrophysiology of neurons -- Synaptic transmission -- Neurotransmitters -- The spinal cord -- Brainstem I: the medulla -- Brainstem II: pons and cerebellum -- Brainstem III: the midbrain -- The forebrain -- The cranial nerves -- Somatosensory system -- Visual system -- Auditory and vestibular systems -- Olfaction and taste -- The upper motor neurons -- The basal ganglia -- The cerebellum -- The autonomic nervous system -- The reticular formation -- The hypothalamus -- The limbic system -- The thalamus and cerebral cortex -- Vascular syndromes -- Behavioral and psychiatric disorders.
Neurosciences