โ Scribed by Charles R. Noback PhD, Norman L. Strominger PhD, Robert J. Demarest, David A. Ruggiero MA, MPhil, PhD (auth.)
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Now in its sixth best-selling edition, The Human Nervous System: Structure and Function continues to combine clear prose with high-quality tailor-made medical illustrations to achieve for neuroscientists and medical students a succinct explanation of the fundamental principles behind the organization, structure, and function of the human nervous system. The distinguished authors take advantage of the many recent advances in neurobiology and molecular biology to include new coverage of such critical discoveries as stem cells, apoptosis, the role of the amygdala in stress, and the significance of dendritic spines. Among the core topics given expanded treatments are pain and pain pathways, the visual system, development and growth of the nervous system, the chemical senses of smell and taste, and the limbic system. There is also fresh material on neuronal stem cells, the auditory and vestibular systems, neurotransmitters as the chemical messengers of certain brain circuits, the cerebellum, and lesions of the spinal nerves, spinal cord, and brainstem. Award-winning medical illustrator Robert J. Demarest has created new and revised legacy illustrations in cooperation with his neuroscientist coauthors, adding 24 figures to the previous 149. His illustrations are designed to extract and visually highlight the essence of the neuroanatomical features embedded in the complexities of the nervous system, thereby allowing the reader to match the structures of the brain with conventional X-ray pictures, and CT, MRI, and PET scans.
Highly praised and widely appreciated in its earlier versions, this new 6th edition of The Human Nervous System: Structure and Function incorporates all the latest neuroanatomical discoveries and offers medical students and interested neuroscientists a readily understandable and awe-inspiring view of the organization of the human nervous system. Its explanatory power and visual insight make this book an indispensable source of quick understanding that readers will consult gratefully again and again.
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Gross Anatomy of the Brain....Pages 1-10
Neurons and Associated Cells....Pages 11-39
Basic Neurophysiology....Pages 41-75
Blood Circulation....Pages 77-87
Meninges, Ventricles and Cerebrospinal Fluid....Pages 89-99
Development and Growth of the Nervous System....Pages 101-128
The Spinal Cord....Pages 129-140
Reflexes and Muscle Tone....Pages 141-153
Pain and Temperature....Pages 155-175
Discriminative General Senses, Crude Touch, and Proprioception....Pages 177-192
Motoneurons and Motor Pathways....Pages 193-206
Lesions of the Spinal Nerves and Spinal Cord....Pages 207-218
Brainstem: Medulla, Pons, and Midbrain....Pages 219-242
Cranial Nerves and Chemical Senses....Pages 243-266
Neurotransmitters as the Chemical Messengers of Certain Circuits and Pathways....Pages 267-283
Auditory and Vestibular Systems....Pages 285-303
Lesions of the Brainstem....Pages 305-313
Cerebellum....Pages 315-328
The Visual System....Pages 329-348
Autonomic Nervous System....Pages 349-369
Hypothalamus....Pages 371-386
The Reticular Formation and the Limbic System....Pages 387-404
Thalamus....Pages 405-417
Basal Ganglia and Extrapyramidal System....Pages 419-437
Cerebral Cortex....Pages 439-462
Back Matter....Pages 463-477
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