Medical neurobiology / by Peggy Mason. -- 2nd ed. -- New York : Oxford University Press, c2017 .—(59.59/M411/2nd ed.)

Contents

Preface to Second Edition

Preface to First Edition

Acknowledgments

SECTION 1  INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL NEUROBIOLOGY

1. Introduction to the Nervous System

2. Cells of the Nervous System: Neurons and Glia

SECTION 2  NEUROANATOMY

3. Developmental Overview of Central Neuroanatomy: The Tube Within the Brain

4. Spinal Cord: Conduit Between Body and Brain

5. Cranial Nerves and Cranial Nerve Nuclei

6. The Versatile Brainstem

7. Forebrain: Action, Perception, Emotion, and Thought

8. Following the Nutrients: Blood Supply, Blood-Brain Barrier, and Ventricles

SECTION 3  NEURAL COMMUNICATION

9. The Neuron at Rest

10. Electrical Communication Within a Neuron

11. Neurotransmitter Release

12. Synthesis, Packaging, and Termination of Neurotransmitters

13. Receiving the Synaptic Message

SECTION 4  PERCEPTION

14. Perceiving the World

15. Seeing the World

16. Audition: Communication Portal

17. Somatosensation: From Movement to Pain

18. The Vestibular Sense: Balance and Equilibrium

19. Gaze Control

SECTION 5  MOTOR CONTROL

20. Voluntary Motor Control

21. The Motor Unit and Orderly Recruitment

22. Reflexes and Gait

23. From Movement to Action: Postural Stability Orienting, and Praxis

24. Cerebellum

25. Basal Ganglia: Action Selection

SECTION 6 HOMEOSTASIS

26. Introduction to Homeostasis

27. Homeostatic Systems: Staying Alive

SECTION 7  YOU AND THE BRAIN

28. The Brain in a Physician's Life

Index