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Nolte's Essentials of the Human Brain

  • 2 Edición - 16 de diciembre de 2017
  • Última edición
  • Autor: Todd W. Vanderah
  • Idioma: Inglés

Extensively revised throughout, Nolte's Essentials of the Human Brain, 2nd Edition, offers a reader-friendly overview of neuroscience and neuroanatomy ideal for studying and revie… Leer más

Descripción

Extensively revised throughout, Nolte's Essentials of the Human Brain, 2nd Edition, offers a reader-friendly overview of neuroscience and neuroanatomy ideal for studying and reviewing for exams. Updated content, integrated pathology and pharmacology for a more clinical focus, and full-color illustrations make a complex subject easier to understand. Test and verify your knowledge with review questions, unlabelled drawings, and more.

Puntos claves

  • Includes explanatory color illustrations and brain images that visually depict structure-function relationships and key neuroscience concepts
  • Provides multiple-choice and comprehensive review questions with explanations that cover core topics, so you can test and develop your knowledge
  • Includes student-friendly features, such as chapter outlines, key concept boxes, high-yield headings, study questions at the end of each chapter, a comprehensive quiz with clinical vignettes, and blank diagrams that can be used for labelling practice

Índice

1. Introduction to the Nervous System

2. Development of the Nervous System

3. Gross Anatomy and General Organization of the Central Nervous System

4. Meningeal Coverings of the Brain and Spinal Cord

5. Ventricles and Cerebrospinal Fluid

6. Blood Supply of the Brain

7. Electrical Signaling by Neurons

8. Synaptic Transmission between Neurons

9. Sensory Receptors and the Peripheral Nervous System

10. Spinal Cord

11. Organization of the Brainstem

12. Cranial Nerves and Their Nuclei

13. The Chemical Senses of Taste and Smell

14. Hearing and Balance: The Eighth Cranial Nerve

15. Brainstem Summary

16. The Thalamus and Internal Capsule: Getting to and from the Cerebral Cortex

17. The Visual System

18. Overview of Motor Systems

19. Basal Ganglia

20. Cerebellum

21. Control of Eye Movements

22. Cerebral Cortex

23. Drives and Emotions: The Hypothalamus and Limbic System

24. Formation, Modification, and Repair of Neuronal Connections

Detalles del producto

  • Edición: 2
  • Última edición
  • Publicado: 21 de febrero de 2018
  • Idioma: Inglés

Sobre el autor

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Todd W. Vanderah

Todd W. Vanderah is Regents Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacology, Co-Director of the MD/PhD Program at the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
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Regents Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacology, Co-Director of the MD/PhD Program, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA