|
Extensively revised throughout, Nolte's Essentials of the Human Brain, 2nd Edition, offers a reader-friendly overview of neuroscience and neuroanatomy ideal for studying and reviewing for exams. Updated content, integrated pathology and pharmacology for a more clinical focus, and full-color illustrations make a complex subject easier to understand. Test and verify your knowledge with review questions, unlabelled drawings, and more. Features:- Includes explanatory color illustrations and brain images that visually depict structure-function relationships and key neuroscience concepts.
- Provides multiple-choice and comprehensive review questions with explanations that cover core topics, so you can test and develop your knowledge.
- Includes student-friendly features, such as chapter outlines, key concept boxes, high-yield headings, study questions at the end of each chapter, a comprehensive quiz with clinical vignettes, and blank diagrams that can be used for labelling practice.
New to this Edition:- Focuses on the clinical aspects of the nervous system with updated neuroscience content, integrated pathology and pharmacology content, and more clinically relevant questions.
- Student Consult™ eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, references, and animations, designed to produce a more rounded learning experience.
Table of Contents- Chapter 1: Introduction to the Nervous System
- Chapter 2: Development of the Nervous System
- Chapter 3: Gross Anatomy and General Organization of the Central Nervous System
- Chapter 4: Meningeal Coverings of the Brain and Spinal Cord
- Chapter 5: Ventricles and Cerebrospinal Fluid
- Chapter 6: Blood Supply of the Brain
- Chapter 7: Electrical Signaling by Neurons
- Chapter 8: Synaptic Transmission between Neurons
- Chapter 9: Sensory Receptors and the Peripheral Nervous System
- Chapter 10: Spinal Cord
- Chapter 11: Organization of the Brainstem
- Chapter 12: Cranial Nerves and Their Nuclei
- Chapter 13: The Chemical Senses of Taste and Smell
- Chapter 14: Hearing and Balance: The Eighth Cranial Nerve
- Chapter 15: Brainstem Summary
- Chapter 16: The Thalamus and Internal Capsule: Getting to and from the Cerebral Cortex
- Chapter 17: The Visual System
- Chapter 18: Overview of Motor Systems
- Chapter 19: Basal Ganglia
- Chapter 20: Cerebellum
- Chapter 21: Control of Eye Movements
- Chapter 22: Cerebral Cortex
- Chapter 23: Drives and Emotions: The Hypothalamus and Limbic System
- Chapter 24: Formation, Modification, and Repair of Neuronal Connections
|
