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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... produce analgesia by two different mechanisms . Stimulation of the ventral part of the PAG in rats produced analgesia that ap- peared to be mediated by opioids ( endorphins ) because the effect could be abolished by injections of ...
... produce analgesia by two different mechanisms . Stimulation of the ventral part of the PAG in rats produced analgesia that ap- peared to be mediated by opioids ( endorphins ) because the effect could be abolished by injections of ...
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... produce vasodilation . The heart receives sympathetic fibers partly through separate nerves from the cervical sympathetic ganglia ( Figs . 17.5 and 17.6 ) and partly through direct branches from the upper thoracic ganglia . Sympathetic ...
... produce vasodilation . The heart receives sympathetic fibers partly through separate nerves from the cervical sympathetic ganglia ( Figs . 17.5 and 17.6 ) and partly through direct branches from the upper thoracic ganglia . Sympathetic ...
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... produce GH and prolactin , whereas the basophils probably produce the rest . The chromo- Figure 18.5 The relationship between the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland . A. Connections from the hypo- thalamus to the posterior lobe . B ...
... produce GH and prolactin , whereas the basophils probably produce the rest . The chromo- Figure 18.5 The relationship between the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland . A. Connections from the hypo- thalamus to the posterior lobe . B ...
Contents
Functional Properties of Neurons | 25 |
The Different Parts of the Nervous System | 71 |
Development Aging and Plasticity of the Nervous System | 123 |
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