Essentials of the human brain
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Philadelphia
Mosby/Elsevier,
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction to the nervous system
- Development of the nervous system
- Gross anatomy and general organization of the central nervous system
- Meningeal coverings of the brain and spinal cord
- Ventricles and cerebrospinal fluid
- Blood supply of the brain
- Electrical signaling by neurons
- Synaptic transmission between neurons
- Sensory receptors and the peripheral nervous system
- Spinal cord
- Organization of the brainstem
- Cranial nerves and their nuclei
- The chemical senses of taste and smell
- Hearing and balance : the eighth cranial nerve
- Brainstem summary
- The thalamus and internal capsule : getting to and from the cerebral cortex
- The visual system
- Overview of motor systems
- Basal ganglia
- Cerebellum
- Control of eye movements
- Cerebral cortex
- Drives and emotions : the hypothalamus and limbic system
- Formation, modification, and repair of neuronal connections.