Description
Designed to help you comprehend and retain the challenging material you need to know, Fundamental Neuroscience for Basic and Clinical Applications, Sixth Edition, covers the essential neuroscience information needed for coursework, exams, and beyond. Using a rigorous yet clinically-focused approach, it integrates neuroanatomy, pharmacology, and physiology, with separate sections devoted to essential concepts, regional neurobiology, and systems neurobiology.- Begins with the basic concepts that are needed to understand neuroscience at a fundamental level, followed by regional coverage designed to help prepare you for examinations, and ending with a full section on systems neurobiology as you enter the clinical phase of your education.- Contains new end-of-chapter review questions, as well as thoroughly updated information in every chapter, with an emphasis on new clinical thinking as related to the brain and systems neurobiology.- Features hundreds of correlated state-of-the-art imaging examples, anatomical diagrams, and histology photos.- Pays special attention to the correct use of clinical and anatomical terminology, and provides clinical text and clinical-anatomical correlations.Evolve Instructor site with an image collection and test bank is available to instructors through their Elsevier sales rep or via request at https://evolve.elsevier.com.
Table of Contents
SECTION I ESSENTIAL CONCEPTS1. Orientation to the Structure and Imaging of the Central Nervous System2. The Cell Biology of Neurons and Glia3. The Electrochemical Basis of Nerve Function4. Chemical Signaling in the Nervous System5. Development of the Nervous SystemSECTION II REGIONAL NEUROBIOLOGY6. The Ventricles, Choroid Plexus, and Cerebrospinal Fluid7. The Meninges8. A Survey of the Cerebrovascular System9. The Spinal Cord10. An Overview of the Brainstem11. The Medulla Oblongata12. The Pons and Cerebellum13. The Midbrain14. A Synopsis of Cranial Nerves of the Brainstem15. The Diencephalon16. The TelencephalonSECTION III SYSTEMS NEUROBIOLOGY17. The Somatosensory System I: Tactile Discrimination and Position Sense18. The Somatosensory System II: Nociception, Thermal Sense, and Touch19. Viscerosensory Pathways20. The Visual System21. The Auditory System22. The Vestibular System23. Olfaction and Taste24. Motor System I: Peripheral Sensory, Brainstem, and Spinal Influence on Anterior Horn Neurons25. Motor System II: Corticofugal Systems and the Control of Movement26. The Basal Nuclei27. The Cerebellum28. Visual Motor Systems29. Visceral Motor Pathways30. The Hypothalamus31. The Limbic System32. The Cerebral Cortex33. The Neurologic ExaminationAppendix A Answers to Review Questionse-Appendix B Alternate Figure Option for Anatomic and Clinical Orientation
