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structure and function

Charles R. Noback ... [et al.].[electronic resource]

6th ed

Humana Press

c2005

xiii, 477 p. ill. 26 cm

Previous ed. cataloged under: Noback, Charles Robert, 1916-. , Includes bibliographical references and index , Gross anatomy of the brain -- Neurons and association cells -- Basic neurophysiology -- Blood circulation -- Meninges, ventricles, and cerebrospinal fluid -- Development and growth of the nervous system -- The spinal cord -- Reflexes and muscle tone -- Pain and temperature -- Discriminative general senses, crude touch, and proprioception -- Motorneurons and motor pathways -- Lesions of the spinal nerves and spinal cord -- Brainstem: medulla, pons, and midbrain -- Cranial nerves and chemical senses -- Neurotransmitters as the chemical messengers of certain circuits and pathways -- Auditory and vestibular systems -- Lesions of the brainstem -- Cerebellum -- The visual system -- Autonomic nervous system -- Hypothalamus -- The reticular formation and the limbic system -- Thalamus -- Basal ganglia and extrapyramidal system -- Cerebral cortex

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