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• Title:Medical neurobiology / Peggy Mason.
  
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• Author/Creator:Mason, Peggy (Neurobiologist)
  
• Published/Created:New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WL102 .M37 2011
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    
  • Links:Donor bookplate
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Neurobiology.
  
• Medical Subjects: Nervous System Physiological Phenomena.
  Nervous System Diseases.
  
• Description:665 pages : ill ; 29 cm.
  
• Summary:This single-author text introduces the student to the fundamentals of the nervous system as it relates to the practice of medicine and human health. The workings of the nervous system are communicated in easy to understand language. The text emphasizes the contribution of the nervous system to diverse and common medical disorders, some of which are primarily neurological in nature (stroke, Parkinson's disease, hearing loss) and many of which are the domain of non-neurological specialities such as ophthalmology, ear-nose-throat, cardiology, medicine and the like (myopia, hearing loss, hypertension, sleep apnea, and asthma). The writing style is simple, clear and literary. Chapters can be read in a single sitting. Important concepts are presented both clearly and thoroughly, rendering this textbook appropriate for both the student who is learning about the nervous system for the first time and the student with previous knowledge of neurobiology. Subjects without clinical relevance such as invertebrate neurobiology, cat or leech locomotion, or sound localization are not covered. On the other hand, subjects with significant clinical relevance such as walking, making facial expressions, cranial nerve functions, breathing, hearing and seeing are covered in depth. In essence, rather than teach either basic neurobiology or neurology, this book aims to communicate the relevance of the nervous system to the practice of every medical specialty from cardiology to dermatology, neonatology, pediatrics, geriatrics, pulmonology, ophthalmology, and so on.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780195339970 (alk. paper)
  0195339975 (alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Introduction to the nervous system
  Cells of the nervous system: neurons and glia
  Developmental overview of neuroanatomy: the tube within the brain
  Neural communication
  Neuron at rest
  Electrical communication within a neuron
  Neurotransmitter release
  Synthesis, packaging, and termination of neurotransmitters
  Receiving the synaptic message
  Neuroanatomy
  Spinal cord: conduit between body and brain
  Cranial nerves: brain sentries
  Brainstem organization
  Inside the brainstem: cranial nerve nuclei and long-distance connections
  Forebrain: action, perception, emotion, thought
  Following the nutrients: blood supply, blood-brain barrier, and ventricles
  Perception
  Perceiving the world
  Seeing the world
  Audition: communciation portal
  Somatosensation: focus on pain
  Vestibular sense: balance and equilibrium
  Motor control
  Motor unit and orderly recruitment
  Reflexes and gait
  From movement to action: postural stability, orienting, and praxis
  Cerebellum
  Basal ganglia: action selection
  Gaze control
  Homeostasis
  Homeostatic systems: staying alive
  You and the brain
  Brain in a physician's life.