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Twenty specialists contribute to the third edition of this textbook for undergraduates, medical students, graduate students in the neurosciences, and others studying the operation of the human nervous system. The latest edition features new appendices on the brainstem and cranial nerves, and on vascular supply, the meninges, and ventricles; new and revised text boxes throughout, highlighting topics of special interest relevant to the chapter topics; and revised and expanded full-color illustrations. A supplementary CD-ROM provides an interactive reference guide to the structure of the human nervous system.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


Book Description
Neuroscience is a comprehensive textbook created primarily for medical and premedical students. In a single concise and approachable volume, the text guides students through the challenges and excitement of this rapidly changing field. The length and accessibility of the writing are a successful combination that works equally well for medical students or for undergraduate neuroscience courses in which many of the students are premeds. Being both comprehensive and authoritative, the book is also appropriate for graduate and professional use. Key features of the Third Edition include: * Text boxes, new and revised, that highlight topics of special interest relevant to the chapter topics; these include discussions of the major neurological diseases, research methods, and the relevant animal models * Additional neuroanatomical content, including two appendices: (1) The Brainstem and Cranial Nerves, and (2) Vascular Supply, the Meninges, and Ventricles * Sylvius for Neuroscience: Visual Glossary of Human Neuroanatomy (CD included with every copy) is an interactive reference guide to the human nervous system. This new version of the popular teaching aid features textbook-specific organization and an enhanced interface. * Revised and expanded full-color art


Book Info
Textbook, for undergraduates, highlighting the intellectual challenges, excitement, and uncertainties of what many see as the last great frontier of biological science. Color formatting. Includes a CD-ROM containing six modules allowing interaction with a whole-brain specimen, examine the brain's 3-D internal organization, and more. Prev. ed.: c1997. DNLM: Nervous System Physiology.

ANNOTATION

"...created primarily for medical students, this comprehensi ve text emphasizes the structure of the nervous system, the correlation of structure & function,, and structure/function relationships pertinent to the study of medicine."

FROM THE PUBLISHER

A classy introductory text to how the nervous system works highlighting the challenges, controversies, and uncertainties in neuroscience. The 15 contributors (neurobiology, Duke U. Medical Center) extend both their talents in neuroscience and teaching in a systematic outline of the nervous system's organization, neural signaling, sensation and sensory processing, movement and its central control, brain development, and complex brain function including discussions of cognition, sleep, and sexuality. Includes quality color illustrations and photographs.

SYNOPSIS

Twenty specialists contribute to the third edition of this textbook for undergraduates, medical students, graduate students in the neurosciences, and others studying the operation of the human nervous system. The latest edition features new appendices on the brainstem and cranial nerves, and on vascular supply, the meninges, and ventricles; new and revised text boxes throughout, highlighting topics of special interest relevant to the chapter topics; and revised and expanded full-color illustrations. A supplementary CD-ROM provides an interactive reference guide to the structure of the human nervous system. Annotation © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

FROM THE CRITICS

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A classy introductory text to how the nervous system works highlighting the challenges, controversies, and uncertainties in neuroscience. The 15 contributors (neurobiology, Duke U. Medical Center) extend both their talents in neuroscience and teaching in a systematic outline of the nervous system's organization, neural signaling, sensation and sensory processing, movement and its central control, brain development, and complex brain function including discussions of cognition, sleep, and sexuality. Includes quality color illustrations and photographs. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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