Research Catalog

Title

Neuroscience in medicine / edited by P. Michael Conn.

Publication

Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2003], ©2003.

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Additional Authors

Conn, P. Michael.

Description

xii, 723 pages : illustrations; 29 cm

Subjects

• Neurophysiology
• Nervous system > Pathophysiology
• Neurobiology
• Nervous System Physiological Phenomena

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Cytology and Organization of Cell Types: Light and Electron Microscopy / Rochelle S. Cohen and Donald W. Pfaff -- 2. Anatomy of the Spinal Cord and Brain / Bruce E. Maley -- 3. Ion Channels and Electrical Signaling / Stanko S. Stojilkovic -- Clinical Correlation: Demyelinating Disorders / Gregory Cooper and Robert L. Rodnitzky -- 4. Synaptic Transmission / Henrique von Gersdorff and Court Hull -- 5. Pre- and Postsynaptic Receptors / Robert D. Grubbs and David K. Sundberg -- 6. Neuroembryology and Neurogenesis / Ching Sung Teng and Christina T. Teng -- Clinical Correlation: Disorders of Neuronal Migration / Gregory Cooper and Robert L. Rodnitzky -- 7. The Vasculature of the Human Brain / Suresh C. Patel and Simone Wagner -- Clinical Correlation: Stroke / Gregory Cooper and Robert L. Rodnitzky -- 8. The Choroid Plexus - CSF Nexus: Gateway to the Brain / Conrad E. Johanson -- 9. Organization of the Spinal Cord / Marion Murray -- Clinical Correlation: Disorders of the Spinal Cord / Gregory Cooper and Robert L. Rodnitzky -- 10. The Cerebellum / James R. West and John B. Gelderd -- 11. The Brainstem: An Overview / Harold H. Traurig -- 12. The Brainstem Reticular Formation and the Monoamine System / Harold H. Traurig -- Clinical Correlation: Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System / Gregory Cooper and Robert L. Rodnitzky -- 13. The Trigeminal System / Harold H. Traurig -- 14. The Oculomotor System / Robert F. Spencer and John D. Porter -- Clinical Correlation: Disorders of Ocular Motility / Gregory Cooper and Robert L. Rodnitzky -- 15. The Hypothalamus / Marc E. Freeman and Thomas A. Houpt -- 16. The Cerebral Cortex / Michael W. Miller and Brent A. Vogt -- Clinical Correlation: Dementia and Abnormalities of Cognition / Gregory Cooper and Robert L. Rodnitzky -- 17. The Limbic System / J. Michael Wyss, Thomas van Groen and Kevin J. Canning -- 18. The Basal Ganglia / Marie-Francoise Chesselet -- Clinical Correlation: Disorders of the Basal Ganglia / Gregory Cooper and Robert L. Rodnitzky -- 19. The Thalamus / Yoland Smith and Mamadou Sidibe -- 20. Spinal Mechanisms for Control of Muscle Length and Force / C. J. Heckman and W. Zev Rymer -- 21. Chemical Messenger Systems / Robert D. Grubbs and David K. Sundberg -- Clinical Correlation: Parkinson's Disease / Gregory Cooper and Robert L. Rodnitzky -- 22. Pain / Mary M. Heinricher -- Clinical Correlation: Physical Trauma to Nerves / Gregory Cooper and Robert L. Rodnitzky -- Clinical Correlation: Peripheral Neuropathy / Gregory Cooper and Robert L. Rodnitzky -- 23. Vision / J. Fielding Hejtmancik and Rafael C. Caruso -- 24. Audition / Tom C. T. Yin -- 25. The Vestibular System / Robert F. Spencer and A. Tucker Gleason -- 26. The Gustatory System / David V. Smith, Steven J. St. John and John D. Boughter, Jr. -- 27. The Olfactory System / Michael T. Shipley, Matthew Ennis and Adam C. Puche -- 28. Sleep, Dreams, and States of Consciousness / Robert W. McCarley -- 29. Higher Brain Functions / Daniel Tranel -- Clinical Correlation: The Aphasias and Other Disorders of Language / Gregory Cooper and Robert L. Rodnitzky -- 30. Neuroimmunology: An Overview / Michael D. Lumpkin -- 31. Nervous System: Immune System Interactions / Sonia L. Carlson -- Clinical Correlation: Myasthenia Gravis / Gregory Cooper and Robert L. Rodnitzky -- 32. Degeneration, Regeneration, and Plasticity in the Nervous System / Paul J. Reier and Margaret J. Velardo.

ISBN

• 1588290166 (alk. paper)
• 1592593712 (e-ISBN)

LCCN

2003047769

OCLC

• ocm51194490
• SCSB-5172797

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries