BookAllan Siegel, PhD,
... Show More Professor Emeritus Department of Neurology and Neurosciences Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, Hreday N. Sapru, PhD, Professor Department of Neurological Surgery Department of Neurology and Neurosciences, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey ; case histories written by Heidi E. Siegel, MD.
Summary: "There has been a dramatic explosion of information in the field of neuroscience over the last few decades. This explosion of information has presented a great challenge to those of us who teach neuroscience in terms of synthesizing a coherent approach in which the diverse topics encompassed by neuroscience can be taught in a lucid and effective manner. We met this challenge by designing Essential Neuroscience, a book that considers all of the basic neuroscience topics to allow the students to focus on the essential concepts and facts intrinsic to any given topic without overwhelming them with distracting or confusing extraneous information"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: SECTION I Gross Anatomy of the Brain
1. Overview of the Central Nervous System
2. Development of the Nervous System
3. Meninges and Cerebrospinal Fluid
SECTION II The Neuron
4. Histology of the Nervous System
5. Electrophysiology of Neurons
6. Synaptic Transmission
7. Neurotransmitters
SECTION III Organization of the Central Nervous System
8. The Spinal Cord
9. Brainstem I: The Medulla
10. Brainstem II: Pons and Cerebellum
11. Brainstem III: The Midbrain
12. The Forebrain
13. The Cranial Nerves
SECTION IV Sensory Systems
14. Somatosensory System
15. Visual System
16. Auditory and Vestibular Systems
17. Olfaction and Taste
SECTION V Motor Systems
18. The Upper Motor Neurons
19. The Basal Ganglia
20. The Cerebellum
SECTION VI Integrative Systems
21. The Autonomic Nervous System
22. The Reticular Formation
23. The Hypothalamus
24. The Limbic System. Contents note continued: 25. The Thalamus and Cerebral Cortex
26. Blood Supply of the Central Nervous System
27. Vascular Syndromes
28. Behavioral and Psychiatric Disorders.