Research Catalog

Title

Neuroscience in medicine / edited by P. Michael Conn.

Publication

Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, [2008], ©2008.

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Additional Authors

Conn, P. Michael.

Description

xiii, 816 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm +

Subject

• Neurobiology
• Neurophysiology
• Nervous system > Pathophysiology
• 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 W. Newton -- 3. Ion Channels, Transporters, and Electrical Signaling / Stanko S. Stojilkovic -- Clinical Correlation: Demyelinating Disorders / Gregory Cooper, Gerald Eichhorn and Robert Rodnitzky -- 4. Synaptic Transmission / Henrique von Gersdorff -- 5. Presynaptic and Postsynaptic Receptors / Robert D. Grubbs -- 6. Neuroembryology and Neurogenesis / G. Jean Harry and Christina T. Teng -- Clinical Correlation: Disorders of Neuronal Migration / Gregory Cooper, Gerald Eichhorn and Robert Rodnitzky -- 7. The Vasculature of the Human Brain / Suresh C. Patel, Rajan Jain and Simone Wagner -- Clinical Correlation: Stroke / Gregory Cooper, Gerald Eichhorn and Robert Rodnitzky -- 8. Choroid Plexus-Cerebrospinal Fluid Circulatory Dynamics: Impact on Brain Growth, Metabolism, and Repair / Conrad E. Johanson -- 9. Organization of the Spinal Cord / Marion Murray -- Clinical Correlation: Disorders of the Spinal Cord / Gregory Cooper, Gerald Eichhorn and Robert Rodnitzky -- 10. The Cerebellum / Charles R. Goodlett -- 11. The Brain Stem and Cranial Nerves / Harold H. Traurig -- Clinical Correlation: Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System / Gregory Cooper, Gerald Eichhorn and Robert Rodnitzky -- 12. The Brain Stem Reticular Formation / Harold H. Traurig -- 13. The Trigeminal System / Harold H. Traurig -- 14. The Hypothalamus / Marc E. Freeman, David R. Grattan and Thomas A. Houpt -- 15. The Cerebral Cortex / Michael W. Miller and Brent A. Vogt -- Clinical Correlation: Dementia and Abnormalities of Cognition / Gregory Cooper, Gerald Eichhorn and Robert Rodnitzky -- 16. The Limbic System / Thomas van Groen, Inga Kadish, Lawrence Ver Hoef and J. Michael Wyss -- Clinical Correlation: Disorders of the Limbic System / Lawrence Ver Hoef, Inga Kadish, Gregory Cooper and Thomas van Groen -- 17. The Basal Ganglia / Irene Martinez-Torres, Stephen Tisch and Patricia Limousin -- Clinical Correlation: Disorders of the Basal Ganglia / Gregory Cooper, Gerald Eichhorn and Robert Rodnitzky -- 18. The Thalamus / Yoland Smith -- 19. Spinal Mechanisms for Control of Muscle Length and Force / Charles J. Heckman and William Z. Rymer -- 20. Chemical Messenger Systems / Robert D. Grubbs -- Clinical Correlation: Parkinson's Disease / Gregory Cooper, Gerald Eichhorn and Robert L. Rodnitzky -- 21. Pain / Mary M. Heinricher -- Clinical Correlation: Physical Trauma to Nerves / Gregory Cooper, Gerald Eichhorn and Robert Rodnitzky -- Clinical Correlation: Peripheral Neuropathy / Gregory Cooper, Gerald Eichhorn and Robert L. Rodnitzky -- 22. Vision / I. Fielding Hejtmancik, Edmond J. FitzGibbon and Rafael C. Caruso -- Clinical Correlation: Disorders of Ocular Motility / Gregory Cooper, Gerald Eichhorn and Robert Rodnitzky -- 23. Audition / Tom C. T. Yin -- 24. The Vestibular System / A. Tucker Gleason -- 25. The Gustatory System / Steven J. St. John and John D. Boughter, Jr. -- 26. The Olfactory System / Michael T. Shipley, Matthew Ennis and Adam C. Puche -- 27. Sleep, Dreams, and States of Consciousness / Robert W. McCarley -- Clinical Correlation: Disorders of Sleep / Gregory Cooper and Gerald Eichhorn -- 28. Higher Brain Functions / Rachel Casas and Daniel Tranel -- Clinical Correlation: The Aphasias and Other Disorders of Language / Gregory Cooper, Gerald Eichhorn and Robert Rodnitzky -- 29. Neuroimmunology: An Overview / Michael D. Lumpkin -- 30. Nervous System-Immune System Interactions / Sonia L. Carlson Watson and Dwight M. Nance -- Clinical Correlation: Myasthenia Gravis / Gregory Cooper, Gerald Eichhorn and Robert Rodnitzky -- 31. Degeneration, Regeneration, and Plasticity in the Nervous System / Paul J. Reier and Michael A. Lane -- Clinical Correlation: Congenital Chromosomal and Genetic Abnormalities / Gregory Cooper and Gerald Eichhorn -- 32. The Biology of Drug Addiction / Scott J. Russo and Colleen A. McClung -- 33. The Neuropathology of Disease / Bruce W. Newton and Robert E. Mrak.

ISBN

• 9781603274548 (hard cover : alk. paper)
• 1603274545 (hard cover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2008934641

OCLC

• ocn191922689
• 191922689
• SCSB-5446027

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries