The Human Brain
The Human Brain
£36.00
GBPThis book seeks to present, through a combination of morphological data and physiological and neurological studies, a comprehensive survey of our knowledge of the human brain. The major emphasis is upon structural organisation, based upon the evolution of this most complex of organs. However, functional aspects, including experimental research and clinical findings, have also been incorporated, broadening the interest for students of neurobiology and clinical medicine.
Reviews & endorsements
'All in all, a useful and timely conspectus.' Psychological Medicine
'A hundred years of research into the embryology, morphology and microscopy of the vertebrate (and especially human) brain is summarised by a writer who has made distinguished contributions over nearly 50 of them … Lavishly illustrated with mainly line drawings; a finely produced monograph.' British Medical Journal
Product details
July 2005Paperback
9780521017817
216 pages
243 × 189 × 13 mm
0.39kg
218 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction to brain research
- 2. Evolution of the nervous system
- 3. Fine structure of the nervous system
- 4. The nature and transmission of the nervous impulse
- 5. Glia, cerebal blood vessels and neurons
- 6. Cerebral blood and cerebrospinal fluid systems
- 7. The cerebral hemispheres
- 8. The spinal cord
- 9. The brainstem and cerebellum
- 10. The hypothalamus and the autonomic nervous system
- 11. Olfaction and taste
- 12. The auditory system
- 13. Vision and visual pathways
- 14. Touch, pain and proprioception
- References
- Index.
