The Central Nervous System: Structure and FunctionThis clinically oriented textbook on nervous system structure and function offers medical students a sound basis for clinical thinking. It provides clear, concise descriptions of brain structures and their functional properties, incorporating data from molecular biology, clinical neurology and psychobioloby. Thoroughly revised and updated, the Second Edition goes further than the first in integrating material from all fields of neuroscience and in discussing brain-behavior relationships. There are two new chapters: one on development, aging and plasticity of the nervous system, the other on the general features of sensory receptors. New material covers cortical processing and its imaging, consciousness and sleep, cognitive functions of the cerebellum, the functional organization of the basal forebrain, pain, clinical disturbances of the somatosensory system, color vision, and cerebral lateralization. In addition, the text has been reorganized to improve its clarity within the chapters on the hypothalamus, the peripheral autonomic nervous system, and the cerebral cortex. About 30 new illustrations have been included, and the book's format has been redesigned. |
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... cortical neuron depends on the activity of the numer- ous other neurons with which it is synaptically connected . This is true of fibers reaching the cortex from other regions ( subcortical nuclei and other parts of the cortex ) and ...
... cortical neuron depends on the activity of the numer- ous other neurons with which it is synaptically connected . This is true of fibers reaching the cortex from other regions ( subcortical nuclei and other parts of the cortex ) and ...
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... neurons enlarge immediately . Stimulation of a small peripheral spot activates a much larger area in the ... neuron but also stimuli in other locations . Cortical Microstructure ... the cortex and 592 THE CEREBRAL CORTEX AND LIMBIC STRUCTURES.
... neurons enlarge immediately . Stimulation of a small peripheral spot activates a much larger area in the ... neuron but also stimuli in other locations . Cortical Microstructure ... the cortex and 592 THE CEREBRAL CORTEX AND LIMBIC STRUCTURES.
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... neuron from , for exam- ple , the premotor cortex and the thalamus ... neuron from the thalamus ( AMPA ) and from other cortical neurons ( NMDA ) can induce LTP ... THE CEREBRAL CORTEX AND LIMBIC STRUCTURES Connections of the Cerebral Cortex,
... neuron from , for exam- ple , the premotor cortex and the thalamus ... neuron from the thalamus ( AMPA ) and from other cortical neurons ( NMDA ) can induce LTP ... THE CEREBRAL CORTEX AND LIMBIC STRUCTURES Connections of the Cerebral Cortex,
Contents
Main Features of Structure and Function | 1 |
Functional Properties of Neurons | 25 |
The Different Parts of the Nervous System | 71 |
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