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The central nervous system : structure and function /

This textbook provides knowledge and understanding of neuroscience as a basis for clinical thinking. The strong emphasis on linking basic sciences with their clinical application has implications for the choices of which topics to treat in depth and which to treat more summarily - making this differ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brodal, Per
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Norwegian
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Edición:3rd ed.
Colección:OUP E-Books.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Main features of structure and function
  • Cellular elements of nervous tissue
  • Functional properties of neurons
  • Parts of the nervous system
  • Development, aging, and plasticity of the nervous system
  • Sensory systems
  • Sensory receptors in general
  • The somatosensory system
  • The visual system
  • The auditory system
  • The sense of equilibrium
  • Olfaction and taste
  • Motor systems
  • The peripheral motor neurons and reflexes
  • The central motor pathways
  • The basal ganglia
  • The cerebellum
  • Control of eye movements
  • The brain stem and the cranial nerves
  • Reticular formation
  • The cranial nerves
  • The autonomic nervous system
  • The peripheral autonomic nervous system
  • The central autonomic system : hypothalamus
  • Limbic structures and the cerebral cortex
  • The limbic structures : emotions and memory
  • The cerebral cortex.