Essentials of the human brain /
John Nolte.
- Philadelphia : Mosby/Elsevier, 2010 1431.
- ix, 243 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Includes index
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.
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Brain. Neuroanatomy. Nervous System--anatomy & histology. Brain--physiology. Nervous System Physiology.