| Description |
viii,407 p: ill ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Overview of the nervous system: structures and functions -- The structure of nerve cells and their supporting tissues -- Electrical transmission in the nervous system -- Chemical transmission and the mechanism of drug action -- Sensation -- Vision and the eye -- Vision: central mechanisms -- Audition -- Somesthesis and vestibular sense -- Chemical, heat, and electrical senses -- Reflexes -- Brain control of movement -- Learning and memory -- Motivation -- Language and the brain -- Neurological disease -- Personality and emotion -- Mental illness and the history of surgical and drug treatment -- Consciousness and the techniques for study of the human brain -- Conclusion. |
| Subject |
Brain -- Physiology
|
|
Neurology -- History
|
|
Neurosciences -- History
|
| ISBN |
9780262534611 |
|
