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UNINA9910453170703321 |
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Glickstein Mitchell |
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Neuroscience : a historical introduction / / Mitchell Glickstein |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2014] |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (418 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Soggetti |
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Neurosciences - History |
Neurology - History |
Brain - Physiology |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- Overview of the nervous system: structures and functions -- The structure of nerve cells and their supporting tissues -- Electrical transmission in the nervous system -- Chemical transmission and the mechanism of drug action -- Sensation -- Vision and the eye -- Vision: central mechanisms -- Audition -- Somesthesis and vestibular sense -- Chemical, heat, and electrical senses -- Reflexes -- Brain control of movement -- Learning and memory -- Motivation -- Language and the brain -- Neurological disease -- Personality and emotion -- Mental illness and the history of surgical and drug treatment -- Consciousness and the techniques for study of the human brain -- Conclusion. |
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