Nolte's Essentials of the Human Brain E-Book

Nolte's Essentials of the Human Brain E-Book

Todd W. Vanderah

• Editorial: Elsevier
• Año: 2017
• ISBN:
  9780323568401
• Edición: 2
• Categoría: Medicine
• Categoría: Medical Education

Extensively revised throughout, Nolte's Essentials of the Human Brain, 2nd Edition, offers a reader-friendly overview of neuroscience and neuroanatomy ideal for studying and reviewing for exams. Updated content, integrated pathology and pharmacology for a more clinical focus, and full-color illustrations make a complex subject easier to understand. Test and verify your knowledge with review questions, unlabelled drawings, and more.

• Includes explanatory color illustrations and brain images that visually depict structure-function relationships and key neuroscience concepts.
• Provides multiple-choice and comprehensive review questions with explanations that cover core topics, so you can test and develop your knowledge.
• Includes student-friendly features, such as chapter outlines, key concept boxes, high-yield headings, study questions at the end of each chapter, a comprehensive quiz with clinical vignettes, and blank diagrams that can be used for labelling practice.

• Focuses on the clinical aspects of the nervous system with updated neuroscience content, integrated pathology and pharmacology content, and more clinically relevant questions.
• Student Consult™ eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, references, and animations, designed to produce a more rounded learning experience.

Índice

• Cover image
• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Preface
• 1 Introduction to the Nervous System
• 2 Development of the Nervous System
• 3 Gross Anatomy and General Organization of the Central Nervous System
• 4 Meningeal Coverings of the Brain and Spinal Cord
• 5 Ventricles and Cerebrospinal Fluid
• 6 Blood Supply of the Brain
• 7 Electrical Signaling by Neurons
• 8 Synaptic Transmission Between Neurons
• 9 Sensory Receptors and the Peripheral Nervous System
• 10 Spinal Cord
• 11 Organization of the Brainstem
• 12 Cranial Nerves and Their Nuclei
• 13 The Chemical Senses of Taste and Smell
• 14 Hearing and Balance
• 15 Brainstem Summary
• 16 The Thalamus and Internal Capsule
• 17 The Visual System
• 18 Overview of Motor Systems
• 19 Basal Ganglia
• 20 Cerebellum
• 21 Control of Eye Movements
• 22 Cerebral Cortex
• 23 Drives and Emotions
• 24 Formation, Modification, and Repair of Neuronal Connections
• Appendix 1 Comprehensive Quiz
• Appendix 2 Answers
• Appendix 3 Blank Drawings
• Index