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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... whereas motoneurons supplying muscles of the extrem- ities are located more laterally . This explains why the ventral horn is broader ( extends more laterally ) in the segments of the cord that send fibers to the extremities ( that is ...
... whereas motoneurons supplying muscles of the extrem- ities are located more laterally . This explains why the ventral horn is broader ( extends more laterally ) in the segments of the cord that send fibers to the extremities ( that is ...
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... whereas the interindividual differences are great . Thus , some persons have a high percentage of type 1 in most of their muscles , whereas others have a strong preponderance of type 2 fibers . Studies of fiber composition in successful ...
... whereas the interindividual differences are great . Thus , some persons have a high percentage of type 1 in most of their muscles , whereas others have a strong preponderance of type 2 fibers . Studies of fiber composition in successful ...
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... whereas the cor- ner of the mouth hangs down on the opposite side of the lesion . Individual Variations of the Human Pyramidal Tract There are considerable individual variations in both the distribution of the pyramidal tract fibers in ...
... whereas the cor- ner of the mouth hangs down on the opposite side of the lesion . Individual Variations of the Human Pyramidal Tract There are considerable individual variations in both the distribution of the pyramidal tract fibers in ...
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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