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Medical neurobiology / Peggy Mason.
Author
Mason, Peggy (Neurobiologist)
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New York : Oxford University Press, [2011], ©2011.
Description
xiii, 665 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
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QP355.2 .M37 2011 Q
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Neurobiology
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Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction to the nervous system
Cells of the nervous system: neurons and glia
Developmental overview of neuroanatomy: the tube within the brain
Neural communication
Neuron at rest
Electrical communication within a neuron
Neurotransmitter release
Synthesis, packaging, and termination of neurotransmitters
Receiving the synaptic message
Neuroanatomy
Spinal cord: conduit between body and brain
Cranial nerves: brain sentries
Brainstem organization
Inside the brainstem: cranial nerve nuclei and long-distance connections
Forebrain: action, perception, emotion, thought
Following the nutrients: blood supply, blood-brain barrier, and ventricles
Perception
Perceiving the world
Seeing the world
Audition: communciation portal
Somatosensation: focus on pain
Vestibular sense: balance and equilibrium
Motor control
Motor unit and orderly recruitment
Reflexes and gait
From movement to action: postural stability, orienting, and praxis
Cerebellum
Basal ganglia: action selection
Gaze control
Homeostasis
Homeostatic systems: staying alive
You and the brain
Brain in a physician's life.
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ISBN
9780195339970 (alk. paper)
0195339975 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2010034433
OCLC
656850379
RCP
C - S
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