The Nervous System
Systems of the Body Series
By- Adina Michael-Titus, Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience and Pharmacology, St Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK
- Patricia Revest, MBCHB, BA, PHD, Centre for Medical Eduation, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK
- Peter Shortland, Lecturer in Anatomy, Neuroscience Section, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London, UK
Audience
Medical and other health science students
Paperback, 336 Pages
Published: March 2010
Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
ISBN: 978-0-7020-3373-5
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.
