Neuroscience in medicine [electronic resource] / edited by P. Michael Conn.
Enormous progress has been made in understanding the brain at the molecular, anatomic, and physiological levels in the years following the "Decade of the Brain," with the results providing insight into the underlying basis of many neurological disease processes. In Neuroscience in Medicine...
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Cytology and organization of cell types: light and electron microscopy
- Ch. 2. Anatomy of the spinal cord and brain
- Ch. 3. Ion channels and electrical signaling
- Ch. 4. Synaptic transmission
- Ch. 5. Pre- and postsynaptic receptors
- Ch. 6. Neuroembryology and neurogenesis
- Ch. 7. The vasculature of the human brain
- Ch. 8. The choroid plexus-CSF nexus: gateway to the brain
- Ch. 9. Organization of the spinal cord
- Ch. 10. The cerebellum
- Ch. 11. The brainstem: an overview
- Ch. 12. The brainstem reticular formation and the monoamine system
- Ch. 13. The trigeminal system
- Ch. 14. The oculomotor system
- Ch. 15. The hypothalamus
- Ch. 16. The cerebral cortex
- Ch. 17. The limbic system
- Ch. 18. The basal ganglia
- Ch. 19. The thalamus
- Ch. 20. Spinal mechanisms for control of muscle length and force
- Ch. 21. Chemical messenger systems
- Ch. 22. Pain
- Ch. 23. Vision
- Ch. 24. Audition
- Ch. 25. The vestibular system
- Ch. 26. The gustatory system
- Ch. 27. The olfactory system
- Ch. 28. Sleep, dreams, and states of consciousness
- Ch. 29. Higher brain functions
- Ch. 30. Neuroimmunology: an overview
- Ch. 31. Nervous system: immune system interactions
- Ch. 32. Degeneration, regeneration, and plasticity in the nervous system.