The central nervous system : structure and function /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brodal, Per
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Norwegian
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Edition:3rd ed.
Series:OUP E-Books.
Subjects:
Central nervous system.
Central Nervous System > physiology
Central Nervous System
Système nerveux central.
MEDICAL > Neuroscience.
PSYCHOLOGY > Neuropsychology.
Central nervous system
Centraal zenuwstelsel.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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