Medical Neuroscience at a Glance provides a clear and comprehensible account of neuroscience in just 50 double page spreads. The authors have created simple yet elegant diagrams with concise accompanying text in the easy to follow format of the At a Glance series. The book integrates basic science with the clinical disorders that result from aberrations of normal structure
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Student Pre-reviews: "I think this book has a very useful role as a basic core neuroscience text, and had it been commercially available when I was preparing for my exams I would definitely have bought a copy!" "The writing style flows well and keeps the reader interested throughout. The organisation of text using subheadings provides the reader with "bite size" portions of narrative. This layout of text aids understanding and learning. This book offers many clinical examples, which are both interesting and increase understanding of the topic." "Overall, I found it a very useful book set out in a functional, easily accessible, yet interesting way."
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Höhe: 276 mm
Breite: 219 mm
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978-0-86542-872-0 (9780865428720)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
1. The organisation of the nervous system; 2. Neurons; 3. Neuroglia; 4. Ion Channels; 5. The resting membrane and the action potential; 6. The neuromuscular junction; 7. Receptors and receptor transduction; 8. Basic molecular neurobiology; 9. Techniques for studying CNS synapses; 10. Techniques for studying CNS function; 11. Embryology of the CNS; 12. Basic neuroanatomy; Part II: Information the brain needs to process: The sensory systems: 13. The organisation of sensory system; 14. The somatosenaory pathway; 15. Pain pathways; 16. The posterior parietal cortex; 17. The visual system - (i) Phototransduction; 18. The visual system - (ii) The retina; 19. The visual system - (iii) The visual pathways and the visual cortex; 20. The visual system - (iv) Extrastriate areas; 21. The auditory system (i) The cochlea and hair cell transduction; 22. The auditory system (ii) The auditory pathways and auditory cortex; 23. Olfaction; 24. Taste; 25. The vestibular system; 26. The thalamus; Part III: What the brain Does with that information: The Motor, Autonomic and Limbic Systems: 27. The organisation of motor systems; 28. Muscle and muscle contraction; 29. The muscle spindle; 30. The lower motor neuron and simple reflexes; 31. Spinal cord motor organisation; 32. Locomotion; 33. The cerebellum; 34. The motor cortex; 35. The secondary motor areas; 36. The prefrontal cortex; 37. The basal ganglia; 38. Eye movements; 39. The limbic system; 40. Long term potentiation and memory; 41. The hypothalamus and pituitary; 42. The autonomic nervous system; 43. The reticular formation and associated nuclei; Part IV: How the brain processes information: some general concepts: 44. The organisation of the cerebral cortex; 45. Modes of function of the cerebral cortex; 46. Nervous system plasticity (i) The peripheral nervous system; 47. Nervous system plasticity (ii) The central nervous system; 48. Neurotrophic factors; 49. CNS neurotransmitters and their pathways; 50. The neuropeptides; Further reading; Index
