Research Catalog

Title

The central nervous system : structure and function / Per Brodal.

Author

Brodal, Per.

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

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Details

Description

xii, 675 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm

Summary

• Thoroughly revised and updated, the Second Edition goes further than the first in integrating material from all fields of neuroscience and in discussing brain-behavior relationships. There are two new chapters, one on development, aging, and plasticity of the nervous system, the other on the general features of sensory receptors.
• There is also new material throughout the text on such topics as cortical processing and its imaging, consciousness and sleep, cognitive functions of the cerebellum, the functional organization of the basal forebrain, pain, clinical disturbances of the somatosensory system, color vision, and cerebral lateralization. In addition, the text has been reorganized to improve its clarity in places, including the chapters on the hypothalamus, the peripheral autonomic nervous system, and the cerebral cortex.
• About 30 new illustrations have been included, and the book's format has been enlarged and redesigned.

Uniform Title

Sentralnervesystemet. English

Alternative Title

Sentralnervesystemet.

Subjects

• Neuroanatomy
• Central Nervous System > physiology
• Central Nervous System > anatomy & histology
• Central nervous system > Anatomy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

I. Main Features of Structure and Function. 1. Cellular Elements of Nervous Tissue. 2. Functional Properties of Neurons. 3. The Different Parts of the Nervous System. 4. Development, Aging, and Plasticity of the Nervous System. 5. How Are the Structure and Function of the Nervous System Studied? -- II. Sensory Systems. 6. Sensory Receptors in General. 7. The Somatosensory System. 8. The Visual System. 9. The Auditory System. 10. Olfaction and Taste -- III. Motor Systems. 11. The Peripheral Motor Neurons. 12. Central Motor Pathways. 13. The Basal Ganglia. 14. The Cerebellum -- IV. The Brain Stem and The Cranial Nerves. 15. Reticular Formation. 16. Cranial Nerves -- V. The Autonomic Nervous System. 17. Peripheral Autonomic Nervous System. 18. Central Autonomic System: Hypothalamus -- VI. The Cerebral Cortex and Limbic Structures. 19. Limbic Structures. 20. Cerebral Cortex.

ISBN

0195117417

LCCN

96040369

OCLC

• 36127200
• ocm36127200

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries