Principles of Neuroanatomy
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 8. October 1981
Book
Hardback
416 pages
978-0-19-502886-7 (ISBN)
Description
Aiming to make the study of neuroanatomy more interesting this introduction promotes the general principles of neural organization: transduction of stimulus energy, sequential feature analysis, progressive response synthesis, parallel processing, somatotopy, feedback modulation and feedforward control mechanisms, modular design, and many more fundamental concepts. To show these principles at work, many carefully chosen physiological and clinical observations have been included in the discussion of brain structures and pathways, and there is frequent reference to human behaviour and everyday experience. Separate chapters are devoted to each major neural subsystem, and have their own glossary. The many illustrations include simplified diagrams, schematics, animated sequences showing circuits in action, scanning electron micrographs, photographs of brain dissections, and classical illustrations of nerve cells and parts of the brain by famous neuroanatomists.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations and text-figures
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
623 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-502886-7 (9780195028867)
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