Essential Neuroscience is a concise, clinically relevant text that gives balanced weight to the key branches of science within neuroscience: anatomy, physiology, biology, and chemistry. The book presents all the basic neuroscience topics, focusing on the essential concepts and facts intrinsic to the practice of medicine.The authors begin by analyzing a single neuron, and then relate how neurons communicate with each other. Discussions progress to the anatomy of the spinal cord and brain, followed by detailed examination of the sensory, motor, and integrative systems. This building-block approach helps students master the material and prepare for board examinations.Each chapter includes Learning Objectives, summary tables and outlines, clinical scenarios, and review questions. The full-color art program includes over 400 illustrations. The explosion of new information in recent years has challenged instructors of neuroscience to synthesize a diverse range of topics and present them in a way that's comprehensible to students. This first edition of Essential Neuroscience presents a solution, delivering the right level of detail and scope of information for medical students and residents. Readers are presented with all of the basic neuroscience topics, but with a focus on the essential concepts and facts intrinsic to the practice of medicine. The result is a refreshing text that makes learning the subject matter simple yet meaningful. The authors begin with the analysis of a single neuron, and then relate how neurons communicate with each other. Discussions progress to the anatomy of the spinal cord and brain, followed by a detailed examination of the sensory, motor, and integrative systems. This building-block approach helps students master the subject material and prepare for national board examinations. Overview of the central nervous system Development of the nervous system Meninges and cerebrospinal fluid Blood supply to the brain Histology Electrophysiology Synaptic transmission Neurotransmitters The spinal cord Brainstem I: the medulla Brainstem II: pons and cerebellum Brainstem III: midbrain The forebrain Cranial nerves Somatosensory system Visual system Auditory and vestibular systems Olfaction and taste Upper motor neuron: pyramidal system The basal ganglia The cerebellum The autonomic nervous system The reticular formation The hypothalamus The limbic system The cerebral cortex Vascular syndromes of the brainstem Behavioral disorders. Offers medical and health professions students a text that gives equal weight to the branches of science represented within neuroscience including anatomy, physiology, biology, and chemistry
