TY  - BOOK
AU  - Glickstein,Mitchell
TI  - Neuroscience: a historical introduction 
SN  - 9780262319492
AV  - RC338 .G55 2014eb
U1  - 612.8/233 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Cambridge, Massachusetts
PB  - The MIT Press
KW  - Neurosciences
KW  - History
KW  - Neurology
KW  - Brain
KW  - Physiology
KW  - Central nervous system
KW  - Life sciences
KW  - Nervous system
KW  - Physical sciences
KW  - Anatomy
KW  - Cerebellum
KW  - Diseases
KW  - Central Nervous System
KW  - Biological Science Disciplines
KW  - Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena
KW  - Nervous System
KW  - Phenomena and Processes
KW  - Natural Science Disciplines
KW  - Disciplines and Occupations
KW  - history
KW  - Animal Structures
KW  - Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
KW  - physiology
KW  - Cerebellar Diseases
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Neurologie
KW  - Cerveau
KW  - Physiologie
KW  - Système nerveux central
KW  - Sciences de la vie
KW  - Système nerveux
KW  - Sciences physiques
KW  - Anatomie
KW  - Cervelet
KW  - Maladies
KW  - biological sciences
KW  - aat
KW  - physical sciences
KW  - anatomy
KW  - brains
KW  - MEDICAL
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SCIENCE
KW  - Life Sciences
KW  - Human Anatomy & Physiology
KW  - Neuroscience
KW  - fast
KW  - Neurowissenschaften
KW  - gnd
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Overview of the nervous system: structures and functions -- The structure of nerve cells and their supporting tissues -- Electrical transmission in the nervous system -- Chemical transmission and the mechanism of drug action -- Sensation -- Vision and the eye -- Vision: central mechanisms -- Audition -- Somesthesis and vestibular sense -- Chemical, heat, and electrical senses -- Reflexes -- Brain control of movement -- Learning and memory -- Motivation -- Language and the brain -- Neurological disease -- Personality and emotion -- Mental illness and the history of surgical and drug treatment -- Consciousness and the techniques for study of the human brain -- Are we there yet?
N2  - "This introduction to neuroscience is unique in its emphasis on how we know what we know about the structure and function of the nervous system. What are the observations and experiments that have taught us about the brain and spinal cord? The book traces our current neuroscientific knowledge to many and varied sources, including ancient observations on the role of the spinal cord in posture and movement, nineteenth-century neuroanatomists' descriptions of the nature of nerve cells, physicians' attempts throughout history to correlate the site of a brain injury with its symptoms, and experiments on the brains of invertebrates. After an overview of the brain and its connections to the sensory and motor systems, Neuroscience discusses, among other topics, the structure of nerve cells; electrical transmission in the nervous system; chemical transmission and the mechanism of drug action; sensation; vision; hearing; movement; learning and memory; language and the brain; neurological disease; personality and emotion; the treatment of mental illness; and consciousness. It explains the sometimes baffling Latin names for brain subdivisions; discusses the role of technology in the field, from microscopes to EEGs; and describes the many varieties of scientific discovery. The book's novel perspective offers a particularly effective way for students to learn about neuroscience. It also makes it clear that past contributions offer a valuable guide for thinking about the puzzles that remain"--Publisher description
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