Bridge the gap between basic and clinical science with this authoritative guide to neuroscience
Created by an expert team of neuroscience educators, this comprehensive guide delivers the knowledge and insight you need to build your understanding of neuroscience—quickly and easily. Divided into two parts, the guide offers a thorough treatment of the basic science of the anatomy and function of the nervous system, as well an extended treatment of nervous system disorders and therapeutics.
Packed with 500 color illustrations, Essentials of Modern Neuroscience provides both clinical content and numerous cases in an engaging, simple-to-understand style. It includes the strong pedagogy that makes LANGE basic science titles so popular and provides chapter-opening Learning Objectives, bulleted chapter summaries, and application boxes.
Covers both basic science and clinical cases for full mastery of the topic
Organized to mirror the way medical schools teach neuroscience
Presents information in a way that fosters maximum retention
Unique chapters cover addiction, affective disorders, and neurologic diseases
Author(s): Erik Roberson, David G. Standaert, Franklin Amthor, W. Anne Burton Theibert
Edition: 1
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Year: 2020
Essentials of Modern Neuroscience
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Contents
Contributors
Chapter 1 Organization Cells of the Nervous System
Chapter 2 Development of the Nervous System
Chapter 3 Functional Anatomy of the Nervous System I
Chapter 4 Functional Anatomy of the Nervous System II
Chapter 5 Biological Membranes: Ion Transporters
Chapter 6 Resting Membrane Potential Action Potential
Chapter 7 Mechanisms of Synaptic Transmission
Chapter 8 Neurotransmitter Systems I: Acetylcholine & the Amino Acids
Chapter 9 Neurotransmitter Systems II: Monoamines, Purines, Neuropeptides, & Unconventional Neurotransmitters
Chapter 10 Synaptic Plasticity
Chapter 11 Visual System I
Chapter 12 Visual System II: Central Visual Pathways
Chapter 13 Auditory& Vestibular Systems
Chapter 14 Chemical Senses: Olfactory & Gustatory Systems
Chapter 15 Somatosensory System
Chapter 16 Pyramidal Motor System
Chapter 17 Extrapyramidal Motor Systems: Basal Ganglia
Chapter 18 Cerebellum
Chapter 19 Autonomic Nervous System: Sympathetic, Parasympathetic,
Chapter 20 Enteric
Chapter 21 Language
Chapter 22 Emotion
Chapter 23 Circadian Rhythms & Sleep
Chapter 24 Stroke & Neurovascular Disorders
Chapter 25 Neurooncology
Chapter 26 Headache Disorders & Neurologic Pain Syndromes
Chapter 27 Epilepsy
Chapter 28 Movement Disorders
Chapter 29 Age-Associated Cognitive Disorders & Dementia
Chapter 30 Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammatory Disorders
Chapter 31 Neuromuscular Disorders
Chapter 32 Neurologic Infections
Chapter 33 Neurotrauma
Chapter 34 Sleep Disorders
Chapter 35 Pediatric Neurology
Chapter 36 Neurotology & Ear Disorders
Chapter 37 Ocular Disorders
Chapter 38 Thought Disorders
Chapter 39 Mood Disorders
Chapter 40 Anxiety Disorders
Chapter 41 Somatic Symptom
Chapter 43 Substance Use Disorders
Chapter 44 Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
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