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Neuroscience Dale Purves

Neuroscience By Dale Purves

Neuroscience by Dale Purves


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This text highlights the intellectual challenges, the excitement, and the uncertainties, of the last great frontier of biological science. The emphasis is on the structure of the nervous system, the correlation of structure and function, and the principles relevant to the practice of medicine.

Neuroscience Summary

Neuroscience by Dale Purves

Neuroscience is a comprehensive text that emphasizes the structure of the nervous system, the correlation of structure and function, and the structure/function relationships particularly pertinent to the practice of medicine. Although not primarily about pathology,the book includes the basis of a variety of neurological disorders. It could serve equally well as a text for medical students or for undergraduate neuroscience courses in which many of the students are premeds. Being both comprehensive and authoritative, it is also appropriate for graduate and professional use. ...an outstanding textbook and one that will be useful for instructors and students of many introductory courses. Neuron

Table of Contents

Part One Neural signalling: electrical signals of nerve cells; voltage-dependent membrane permeability; channels and pumps; synaptic transmisssion; neurotransmitters; neurotransmitter receptors and their effects. Part Two Sensation and sensory processing: the somatic sensory system; pain; vision - the eye; central visula pathways; the auditory system; the vestibular system; the chemical senses. Part Three Movement and its central control: spinal cord circuits and motor control; descending control of spinal cord circuitry; modulation of movement by the basal ganglia and cerebellum; mechanisms of motor modulation; eye movements and sensory-motor integration. Part Four The changing brain: early brain development; construction of neural circuits; modification of developing brain circuits by neural activity; plasticity in the adult nervous system. Part Five Complex brain functions: cognition; language and lateralization; sleep and wakefulness; emotions; sex, sexuality and the brain; memory.

Additional information

GOR002014333
9780878937479
0878937471
Neuroscience by Dale Purves
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Sinauer Associates Inc.,U.S.
19970101
562
N/A
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