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The Brain
An Introduction to Functional Neuroanatomy

Introduces key techniques and teaches the study and analysis of model systems' neuroanatomy, relating findings back to the human brain

Charles Watson (Author), Matthew Kirkcaldie (Author), George Paxinos (Author)

9780123738899

Hardback, published 20 September 2010

216 pages
27.6 x 21.5 x 2 cm, 0.97 kg

The authors of the most cited neuroscience publication, The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, have written this introductory textbook for neuroscience students. The text is clear and concise, and offers an excellent introduction to the essential concepts of neuroscience.

  • Based on contemporary neuroscience research rather than old-style medical school neuroanatomy

  • Thorough treatment of motor and sensory systems

  • A detailed chapter on human cerebral cortex

  • The neuroscience of consciousness, memory, emotion, brain injury, and mental illness

  • A comprehensive chapter on brain development

  • A summary of the techniques of brain research

  • A detailed glossary of neuroscience terms

  • Illustrated with over 130 color photographs and diagrams

This book will inspire and inform students of neuroscience. It is designed for beginning students in the health sciences, including psychology, nursing, biology, and medicine.

Subject Areas: Neurosciences [PSAN], Neurology & clinical neurophysiology [MJN], Physiology [MFG], Anatomy [MFC]
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