The Brain and the Nervous System (The Human Body)

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Author(s): Kara Rogers
Year: 2010

Language: English
Pages: 280

TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
INTRODUCTION......Page 11
THE BRAIN......Page 20
CEREBRUM......Page 21
BRAINSTEM......Page 31
CEREBELLUM......Page 38
THE SPINAL CORD......Page 40
CELLULAR LAMINAE......Page 43
ASCENDING SPINAL TRACTS......Page 44
DESCENDING SPINAL TRACTS......Page 45
THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM......Page 51
SPINAL NERVES......Page 52
CRANIAL NERVES......Page 63
THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM......Page 75
SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM......Page 77
PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM......Page 81
ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM......Page 83
IDENTIFYING NEURAL PATHWAYS......Page 86
RECEPTORS......Page 90
AUTONOMIC CONTROL OF ORGANS......Page 93
THE EYE......Page 94
THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM......Page 95
THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM......Page 96
THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM......Page 97
HIGHER CEREBRAL FUNCTIONS......Page 100
ANALYTICAL APPROACHES......Page 101
HEMISPHERIC ASYMMETRY, HANDEDNESS, AND CEREBRAL DOMINANCE......Page 103
LANGUAGE......Page 107
MEMORY......Page 109
EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE FRONTAL LOBES......Page 111
CHAPTER 4 THE NERVOUS SYSTEM IN MOTION......Page 113
REFLEX ACTIONS......Page 115
SENSORY RECEPTORS OF MOVEMENT......Page 118
BASIC ORGANIZATION OF MOVEMENT......Page 122
LOWER-LEVEL MECHANISMS OF MOVEMENT......Page 126
HIGHER-LEVEL MECHANISMS OF MOVEMENT......Page 128
THE VESTIBULAR SYSTEM......Page 136
SACCULE AND UTRICLE......Page 137
NERVE SUPPLY......Page 138
VESTIBULAR FUNCTIONS......Page 139
CONSCIOUS SENSATION......Page 140
CHAPTER 5 PERCEPTION, SENSATION, AND NEUROPLASTICITY......Page 143
PERCEPTION......Page 144
GENERAL ORGANIZATION OF PERCEPTION......Page 145
VISION......Page 146
HEARING......Page 149
THEORIES OF PAIN SENSATION......Page 150
EMOTION AND BEHAVIOUR......Page 152
NEUROPLASTICITY......Page 159
TYPES OF CORTICAL NEUROPLASTICITY......Page 160
BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE......Page 165
NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS......Page 168
CEREBRAL PALSY......Page 169
PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS......Page 172
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS......Page 173
AUTISM......Page 174
ASPERGER SYNDROME......Page 177
PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED......Page 179
CHILDHOOD DISINTEGRATIVE DISORDER......Page 180
RETT SYNDROME......Page 182
MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS......Page 183
SCHIZOPHRENIA......Page 184
DEPRESSION......Page 187
BIPOLAR DISORDER......Page 190
ANXIETY DISORDERS......Page 191
ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER......Page 197
DEMENTIA......Page 202
PICK DISEASE......Page 203
ALZHEIMER DISEASE......Page 204
ESSENTIAL TREMOR......Page 210
PARKINSONISM......Page 211
PARKINSON DISEASE......Page 214
DYSTONIA......Page 217
CHOREA......Page 218
SYDENHAM CHOREA......Page 219
HUNTINGTON DISEASE......Page 220
EPILEPSY......Page 221
PARTIAL SEIZURES......Page 222
GENERALIZED SEIZURES......Page 223
DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT......Page 225
MENINGITIS......Page 226
ENCEPHALITIS......Page 229
CAUSES AND SYMPTOMS......Page 231
DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT......Page 232
TRAUMA......Page 234
SLEEP DISORDERS......Page 235
BRAIN DEATH......Page 236
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS......Page 237
ATAXIA......Page 240
NEUROPATHIES......Page 241
MYASTHENIA GRAVIS......Page 253
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY......Page 255
CONGENITAL MYOPATHY......Page 257
OTHER INHERITED MUSCLE DISEASES......Page 258
DISEASES OF THE CRANIAL NERVES......Page 259
NEUROBLASTOMA......Page 262
DIAGNOSIS......Page 263
TREATMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF TARGETED THERAPIES......Page 264
CONCLUSION......Page 267
GLOSSARY......Page 269
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 272
INDEX......Page 276
BACK COVER......Page 281