Nervous System

Organisation of the nervous system. Elements of cellular and molecular neuroscience. Clinical examination. The spinal cord. Pain and analgesia. Cranial nerve and the brainstem. The visual system. Hearing and balance: the auditory and vestibular systems. Motor Systems I: descending pathways and cerebellum. Motor Systems II: thwe basal ganglia. Stroke and head injury. Infection in the central nervous system. Epilepsy. Dementia. Schizophrenia. Depression and anxiety. Addiction.

List of contents

Organisation of the nervous system. Elements of cellular and molecular neuroscience. Clinical examination. The spinal cord. Pain and analgesia. Cranial nerve and the brainstem. The visual system. Hearing and balance: the auditory and vestibular systems. Motor Systems I: descending pathways and cerebellum. Motor Systems II: thwe basal ganglia. Stroke and head injury. Infection in the central nervous system. Epilepsy. Dementia. Schizophrenia. Depression and anxiety. Addiction.

Product details

• Authors: Adina Michael-Titus, Adina T Michael-Titus, Adina T. Michael-Titus, Adina T. (Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience and Pharmacology Michael-Titus, Patricia Revest, Patricia (Centre for Medical Eduation Revest, Peter Shortland, Peter (Lecturer in Anatomy Shortland
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 26.02.2010, delayed
• EAN: 9780702033735
• ISBN: 978-0-7020-3373-5
• No. of pages: 335
• Series: Churchill Livingstone; Systems of the Body Series; Systems of the Body; Systems of the Body; Systems of the Body Series
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine