Essential neuroscience
By: Allan Siegel, Hreday N. Sapru ; case histories written by Heidi E. Siegel
Contributors: Sapru, Hreday N.
Edition: Rev. 1st ed.
Series: Point
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 576
ISBN-13: 9780781791212
Subjects: Nervous System; Anatomy & histology; Nervous System Diseases; Mental Disorders; Physiopathology; Nervous System Physiological Phenomena; Neurosciences; Outlines, syllabi
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Overview of the central nervous system; title: Development of the nervous system; title: Meninges and cerebrospinal fluid; title: Blood supply of the central nervous system; title: Histology of the nervous system; title: Electrophysiology of neurons; title: Synaptic transmission; title: Neurotransmitters; title: The spinal cord; title: Brainstem I: the medulla; title: Brainstem II: pons and cerebellum; title: Brainstem III: the midbrain; title: The forebrain; title: The cranial nerves; title: Somatosensory system; title: Visual system; title: Auditory and vestibular systems; title: Olfaction and taste; title: The upper motor neurons; title: The basal ganglia; title: The cerebellum; title: The autonomic nervous system; title: The reticular formation; title: The hypothalamus; title: The limbic system; title: The thalamus and cerebral cortex; title: Vascular syndromes; title: Behavioral and psychiatric disorders.