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Essential neuroscience, Allan Siegel, PhD, Professor Emeritus Department of Neurology and Neurosciences Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, Hreday N. Sapru, PhD, Professor Department of Neurological Surgery Department of Neurology and Neurosciences, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey ; case histories written by Heidi E. Siegel, MD

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Essential neuroscience

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Allan Siegel, PhD, Professor Emeritus Department of Neurology and Neurosciences Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, Hreday N. Sapru, PhD, Professor Department of Neurological Surgery Department of Neurology and Neurosciences, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey ; case histories written by Heidi E. Siegel, MD

"There has been a dramatic explosion of information in the field of neuroscience over the last few decades. This explosion of information has presented a great challenge to those of us who teach neuroscience in terms of synthesizing a coherent approach in which the diverse topics encompassed by neuroscience can be taught in a lucid and effective manner. We met this challenge by designing Essential Neuroscience, a book that considers all of the basic neuroscience topics to allow the students to focus on the essential concepts and facts intrinsic to any given topic without overwhelming them with distracting or confusing extraneous information"--, Provided by publisher

Machine generated contents note: SECTION I Gross Anatomy of the Brain -- 1. Overview of the Central Nervous System -- 2. Development of the Nervous System -- 3. Meninges and Cerebrospinal Fluid -- SECTION II The Neuron -- 4. Histology of the Nervous System -- 5. Electrophysiology of Neurons -- 6. Synaptic Transmission -- 7. Neurotransmitters -- SECTION III Organization of the Central Nervous System -- 8. The Spinal Cord -- 9. Brainstem I: The Medulla -- 10. Brainstem II: Pons and Cerebellum -- 11. Brainstem III: The Midbrain -- 12. The Forebrain -- 13. The Cranial Nerves -- SECTION IV Sensory Systems -- 14. Somatosensory System -- 15. Visual System -- 16. Auditory and Vestibular Systems -- 17. Olfaction and Taste -- SECTION V Motor Systems -- 18. The Upper Motor Neurons -- 19. The Basal Ganglia -- 20. The Cerebellum -- SECTION VI Integrative Systems -- 21. The Autonomic Nervous System -- 22. The Reticular Formation -- 23. The Hypothalamus -- 24. The Limbic SystemContents note continued: 25. The Thalamus and Cerebral Cortex -- 26. Blood Supply of the Central Nervous System -- 27. Vascular Syndromes -- 28. Behavioral and Psychiatric Disorders