Research Catalog

Title

Neurobehavioral anatomy / Christopher M. Filley ; illustrations by Mel Drisko.

Author

Filley, Christopher M., 1951-

Publication

Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, [2001], ©2001.

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Description

xiv, 227 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

• Behavior > physiology
• Brain > Localization of functions
• Brain > anatomy & histology
• Brain Diseases > physiopathology
• Clinical neuropsychology
• Cognition Disorders
• Neuroanatomy
• Neurobehavioral disorders
• Neuropsychiatry

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Behavior and the Brain. The Mind-Brain Problem. General Aspects of Brain Anatomy. The Excesses of Phrenology. Behavioral Neurology -- 2. Mental Status Evaluation. History and Interview. Mental Status Examination. Standardized Mental Status Testing -- 3. Disorders of Arousal and Attention. Arousal Dysfunction. Attentional Dysfunction. References -- 4. Memory Disorders. Inattention. Amnesia. Remote Memory Loss -- 5. Language Disorders. Cerebral Dominance and Handedness. Aphasia. Alexia. Agraphia -- 6. Apraxia. Limb-kinetic Apraxia. Ideomotor Apraxia. Ideational Apraxia -- 7. Agnosia. Visual Agnosia. Auditory Agnosia. Tactile Agnosia -- 8. Right Hemisphere Syndromes. Neglect. Constructional Apraxia. Topographical Disorientation. Dressing Apraxia. Aprosody. Amusia. Emotional Disorders -- 9. Temporal Lobe Syndromes. The Limbic System. Temporolimbic Epilepsy. Schizophreniform Psychosis. Temporolimbic Epilepsy Personality -- 10. Frontal Lobe Syndromes.
• Orbitofrontal Syndrome. Dorsolateral Syndrome. Medial Frontal Syndrome. Functions of the Frontal Lobes -- 11. Traumatic Brain Injury. Focal Lesions. Diffuse Lesions -- 12. Dementia. Cortical Dementias. Subcortical Dementias. White Matter Dementias. Mixed Dementias.

ISBN

• 0870816195 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 0870816209 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

00012621

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries