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The Nervous system / Peter Nathan.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full Text (via EBSCO)
Main Author:	Nathan, Peter Wilfred
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Whurr Publishers, ©1997.
Edition:	4th ed.
Subjects:	Nervous system.

Table of Contents:

1. Functions and structure of the nervous system
2. Examining the world
3. Light receptors: looking
4. Sound receptors: listening
5. Olfactory receptors: smelling
6. Gustatory receptors: tasting
7. Cutaneous receptors: touching and feeling
8. Receptors for the inside world
9. Nerves and nerve fibres
10. Communication within the central nervous system
11. Standing, walking, running, flying, swimming
12. Awake and exploring; relaxed and sleeping
13. Needs, desires and emotions
14. Pain
15. The centre of the brain: the hypothalamus
16. Broadcasting: hormones
17. General plan of the human brain
18. Exploring the brain
19. Perception of the world and of oneself
20. Speech and other symbols
21. Learning
22. Remembering
23. Personality and the brain.