Peggy Mason

Medical Neurobiology

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Medical Neurobiology explains the fundamentals of the nervous system as it relates to human health. The text uses everyday examples to clarify neural function. The contribution of the nervous system to diverse and common medical disorders such as Parkinson's disease, hearing loss.myopia, hypertension, and asthma are explored.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 688
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 222mm x 41mm
• Gewicht: 2270g
• ISBN-13: 9780195339970
• ISBN-10: 0195339975
• Artikelnr.: 32731182

Autorenporträt

Peggy Mason was educated at Harvard (BA '83, PhD '87) and did postdoctoral work at the University of California-San Francisco. She has been on the faculty of the University of Chicago since 1992 where she has had the privilege of introducing first year medical students to neurobiology, She is now Professor of Neurobiology.

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface to the Second Edition
* Preface to the First Edition
* Acknowledgements
* Section 1: Introduction to Medical Neurobiology
* Chapter 1: Introduction to the Nervous System
* Chapter 2: Cells of the Nervous System: Neurons and Glia
* Section 2: Neuroanatomy
* Chapter 3: Developmental Overview of Central Neuroanatomy: The Tube
within the Brain
* Chapter 4: Spinal Cord: Conduit between Body and Brain
* Chapter 5: Cranial Nerves and Cranial Nerve Nuclei
* Chapter 6: The Versatile Brainstem
* Chapter 7: Forebrain: Action, Perception, Emotion, Thought
* Chapter 8: Following the Nutrients: Bloody Supply, Blood - Brain
Barrier, and Ventricles
* Section 3: Neural Communication
* Chapter 9: The Neuron at Rest
* Chapter 10: Electrical Communication within a Neuron
* Chapter 11: Neurotransmitter Release
* Chapter 12: Synthesis, Packaging, and Termination of
Neurotransmitters
* Chapter 13: Receiving the Synaptic Message
* Section 4: Perception
* Chapter 14: Perceiving the World
* Chapter 15: Seeing the World
* Chapter 16: Audition: Communication Portal
* Chapter 17: Somatosensation: From Movement to Pain
* Chapter 18: The Vestibular Sense: Balance and Equilibrium
* Chapter 19: Gaze Control
* Section 5: Motor Control
* Chapter 20: Voluntary Motor Control
* Chapter 21: The Motor Unit and Orderly Recruitment
* Chapter 22: Reflexes and Gait
* Chapter 23: From Movement to Action: Postural Stability, Orienting,
and Praxis
* Chapter 24: Cerebellum
* Chapter 25: Basal Ganglia: Action Selection
* Section 6: Homeostasis
* Chapter 26: Introduction to Homeostasis
* Chapter 27: Homeostatic Systems: Staying Alive
* Section 7: You and the Brain
* Chapter 28: The Brain in a Physician's Life
* Index