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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459503603321

Autore

Brodal Per

Titolo

The central nervous system : structure and function / / Per Brodal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-19-025149-2

1-282-53485-8

9786612534850

0-19-970104-0

Edizione

[Fourth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (606 pages)

Disciplina

612.8/2

Soggetti

Central nervous system

Nervous system

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Contents; Introduction; PART I: MAIN FEATURES OF STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION; PART II: DEVELOPMENT, AGING, AND PLASTICITY; PART III: SENSORY SYSTEMS; PART IV: MOTOR SYSTEMS; PART V: THE BRAIN STEM AND THE CRANIAL NERVES; PART VI: THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PART VII: LIMBIC STRUCTURES; PART VIII: THE CEREBRAL CORTEX; Literature; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Central Nervous System: Structure and Function, Fourth Edition continues the tradition of one of the most respected textbooks in clinical neuroscience by providing medical students the knowledge and understanding of neuroscience as a basis for clinical thinking. While remaining concise and easy to read, the text encourages reflection and critical thinking of established facts and scientific conjecture and will be of interest to medical, graduate, and undergraduate students alike. Prof Per Brodal provides clear descriptions of brain structures and relates them to their functional properties