neuropsychiatry of consciousness
By: Francesco Monaco and Andrea E. Cavanna.
Contributors: Cavanna, Andrea E.
Publisher: Nova Biomedical Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9781600218606
Subjects: Consciousness -- Physiological aspects; Nervous system -- Diseases -- Pathophysiology; Neuropsychiatry; Consciousness Disorders -- physiopathology; Consciousness -- physiology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: In search of the neural correlates of consciousness; title: Wakefulness and sleep; title: Coma and drug-induced anesthesia; title: Transient alterations of consciousness: epilepsy; title: Progressive loss of consciousness: Alzheimer's disease; title: The fragmented self: dissociative disorders; title: Conclusions: mind, matter, and the conscious brain.