Neuroscience in Medicine [Hardcover]

P. Michael Conn (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 31, 2003 | ISBN-10: 1588290166 | ISBN-13: 978-1588290168 | Edition: 2

This thoroughly updated and revised edition of a classic textbook reflects the many advances that have occurred in our basic understanding of neurological processes and their clinical significance. Designed specifically for medical students and allied health professionals, the book alternates scientific and clinical chapters that explain the basic science underlying neurological processes and then relate that science to the understanding of neurological disorders and their treatment. These popular "clinical correlations" cover, in detail, disorders of the spinal cord, neuronal migration, the autonomic nervous system, ocular motility, and the basal ganglia, as well as demyelinating disorders, stroke, dementia, and abnormalities of cognition, Parkinson's disease, nerve trauma, peripheral neuropathy, aphasias, and myasthenia gravis. Authoritative and comprehensive, Neuroscience in Medicine, Second Edition provides a fully up-to-date and readily accessible guide to brain functions at the cellular and molecular level, as well as clearly demonstrating their diagnostic and therapeutic importance.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"In this 700-page book, 32 chapters are presented by well-known authorities in the neurosciences. From basic neuroscience to complex clinical scenarios, the book displays a large range of topics that emphasize the brain, its properties, and the genetic nature of its behavior. Newer radiological tools are explained and examples displayed in high-definition photographs. The pictures are of good quality and the references up-to-date. This is a good contribution to the field of neurosciences and it should be in all general medical libraries."-Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal

"...will be of interest to all neuroradiologists...provides practitioners with an update of the correlations between anatomy, physiology and the clinical features of relevant condition." - Neuroradiology

From the Back Cover

Continuing progress has been made in understanding the brain at the molecular, anatomic, and physiological levels in the years following the "Decade of the Brain," with the results providing insight into the underlying basis of many neurological disease processes. In Neuroscience in Medicine, Third Edition, a distinguished panel of basic and clinical investigators, noted for their teaching excellence, provide thoroughly updated and revised chapters to reflect these remarkable advances. Designed specifically for medical students and allied health professionals, this up-to-date edition alternates scientific and clinical chapters that explain the basic science underlying neurological processes and then relate that science to the understanding of neurological disorders and their treatment. These popular and now expanded "clinical correlations" cover, in detail, disorders of the spinal cord, neuronal migration, the autonomic nervous system, the limbic system, ocular motility, and the basal ganglia, as well as demyelinating disorders, stroke, dementia and abnormalities of cognition, congenital chromosomal and genetic abnormalities, Parkinson's disease, nerve trauma, peripheral neuropathy, aphasias, sleep disorders and myasthenia gravis. In addition to concise summaries of the most recent biochemical, physiological, anatomical, and behavioral advances, the chapters summarize current findings on neuronal gene expression and protein synthesis at the molecular level. Authoritative and comprehensive, Neuroscience in Medicine, Third Edition provides a fully up-to-date and readily accessible guide to brain functions at the cellular and molecular level, as well as clearly demonstrating their emerging diagnostic and therapeutic importance. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 736 pages
• Publisher: Humana Press; 2 edition (July 31, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1588290166
• ISBN-13: 978-1588290168
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 8.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,644,581 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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