Research Catalog

Title

Neurobehavioral anatomy / Christopher M. Filley ; foreword by Michael P. Alexander ; illustrations by Mel Drisko.

Author

Filley, Christopher M., 1951-

Publication

Niwot, Colo : University Press of Colorado, [1995], ©1995.

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Description

xv, 227 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

• In Neurobehavioral Anatomy, Christopher M. Filley provides a timely introduction to the organization of human behavior within the structure of the human brain. Writing from the viewpoint of behavioral neurology, the author draws upon a wealth of neurobehavioral knowledge to outline how cognitive and emotional functions are represented in the brain to produce the many behaviors regarded as uniquely human.
• The effects of focal and diffuse brain lesions are reviewed, and from this analysis emerges a conception of the normal operations of the brain in health.
• This relatively compact volume, intended more as introductory than comprehensive, will prove useful to those who care for individuals afflicted with brain disorders disrupting normal behavior, to researchers, and to anyone intrigued with the neuroanatomic basis of singularly human capacities. Clinically practical and theoretically stimulating, this book demonstrates that the understanding of the mind must consider the anatomy of the brain.

Subjects

• Brain Diseases > psychology
• Neuropsychiatry
• Brain Injuries > psychology
• Clinical neuropsychology
• Neurobehavioral disorders
• Neuroanatomy
• Brain > anatomy & histology
• Behavior > physiology
• Cognition Disorders

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Behavior and the Brain -- 2. Mental Status Evaluation -- 3. Disorders of Arousal and Attention -- 4. Memory Disorders -- 5. Language Disorders -- 6. Apraxia -- 7. Agnosia -- 8. Right Hemisphere Syndromes -- 9. Temporal Lobe Syndromes -- 10. Frontal Lobe Syndromes -- 11. Traumatic Brain Injury -- 12. Dementia -- Glossary of Neurobehavioral Terms.

ISBN

0870814044 (alk. paper)

LCCN

95000811

OCLC

• 31903338
• ocm31903338

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries