Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Tips & Tricks for Learning Scientific Language
Language and Sound
Scientific Vocabulary
Strategies and Tactics
Naming Brain Elements
Useful Tools
Summary Chapter 1
Chapter 2: How the Human Brain Is Organized
The Visible Brain
Brain Subdivisions
Gray Matter and White Matter
Inside the Brain
Summary Chapter 2
Chapter 3: Quality Control of Brain's Extracellular Fluids
Fluid Surrounding Cells
Cerebrospinal Fluid
Cerebral Blood Supply
Summary Chapter 3
Chapter 4: Neurons-How They Make Electricity
Neuron Compartments
Brain's Electricity
Neurons at Rest
Voltage-sensitive Ion Channels
Axon Signaling
Axon Housekeeping
Summary Chapter 4
Chapter 5: Neuron Synapses-Excitatory and Inhibitory
Brain Synapses
Presynaptic Compartment
Postsynaptic Compartment
Excitatory and Inhibitory Neurons
Other Neurotransmitters
Summary Chapter 5
Chapter 6: Introduction to the Glia and Microglia-Meet the Stage Crew
Stem Cells
Adult Glia and Microglia
Four Part Synapses
Functional Partnerships
Metabolism in the Brain
Repair of Brain Damage
Inflammation and Infection
Summary Chapter 6
Chapter 7: Brain's Infrastructure for Memory and Language
Information Flow
Mapping the Brain's Neurons
Linking Anatomy to Purpose
Human Memory
Anatomic Structure of Memory
Learning Language
Summary Chapter 7
Chapter 8: When It All Goes Wrong -Alzheimer's Dementia
Alzheimer's Brain
Alzheimer's Therapies
Pre-symptomatic Alzheimer's
Amyloid-ßand Tau Physiology
Neuron Damage and Loss
Activation of Glia and Microglia
Alzheimer's-like Brain without Dementia
New Avenues for Progress
Summary Chapter 8
Further Reading
Glossary