Neuroscience at a Glance, 2nd Edition

by Roger Barker; Stephen Barasi (University of Cardiff); Michael J. Neal (United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's & St Thomas's Hospital)

• ISBN13: 9781405111249
• ISBN10: 1405111240
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Neuroscience at a Glance is designed to provide medical students and other allied health students who require a concise guide to neuroscience, with a quick review of a traditionally complex field. The authors successfully integrate anatomy, biochemistry, physiology and pharmacology to provide a review of the structure and function of the nervous system. Although not a clinical neurology text, the second edition includes four new chapters on Examination of the Nervous System, Investigation of the Nervous System, Clinical Disorders of the Sensory Pathways and Clinical Disorders of the Motor Pathways. The introduction of these new chapters provides excellent clinical relevence for readers while the book continues to provide accessible up-to-date explanations of neuroscience. All in all, the second edition of Neuroscience at a Glance provides students with an invaluable review of this complex subject. "Neuroscience at a Glance gives you just the right amount of information presented in a student-friendly format...There is also a free online companion to the book at www.medicalneuroscience.com containing glossaries and relevant further reading signposts which I found useful.In my opinion, it gives the student everything needed to learn about and understand the working of the brain and spinal cord without bogging you down by over-complicating things." "Neuroscience. would have been much easier to understand if I had had this book" Barts and the London Chronicle

Author Biography

Roger A. Barker BA, MBBS, MRCP, PhD: Univeristy of Cambridge Stephen Barasi: Cardiff University Michael J. Neal: St Thomas's Hospital, London

Table of Contents

Introduction	7	(1)
List of abbreviations	8	(2)
Part 1 The anatomical and functional organization of the nervous system
1 The organization of the nervous system	10	(2)
2 The development of the nervous system	12	(2)
3 The cells of the nervous system I: Neurones	14	(2)
4 The cells of the nervous system II: Neuroglial cells	16	(2)
5 Ion channels	18	(2)
6 The resting membrane and action potential	20	(2)
7 The neuromuscular junction and synapses	22	(2)
8 Nerve conduction and synaptic integration	24	(2)
9 Neurotransmitters, receptors and their pathways	26	(2)
10 Skeletal muscle structure	28	(2)
11 Skeletal muscle contraction	30	(2)
12 The organization of the spinal cord	32	(2)
13 Anatomy of the brainstem	34	(2)
14 Cranial nerves	36	(2)
15 The organization of the cerebral cortex	38	(2)
16 Meninges and cerebrospinal fluid	40	(2)
17 Blood supply of the central nervous system	42	(2)
Part 2 Sensory systems
18 Sensory systems: an overview	44	(2)
19 Sensory transduction	46	(2)
20 The somatosensory system	48	(2)
21 Pain systems I: Nocioceptors and nocioceptive pathways	50	(2)
22 Pain systems II: Pharmacology and management	52	(2)
23 The visual system I: The eye and retina	54	(2)
24 The visual system II: The visual pathways and subcortical visual areas	56	(2)
25 The visual system III: Visual cortical areas	58	(2)
26 The auditory system I: The ear and cochlea	60	(2)
27 The auditory system II: The auditory pathways and language	62	(2)
28 The vestibular system	64	(2)
29 Olfaction and taste	66	(2)
30 Association cortices: the posterior parietal and prefrontal cortex	68	(2)
31 Clinical disorders of the sensory pathways	70	(2)
Part 3 Motor systems
32 The organization of the motor systems	72	(2)
33 The muscle spindle and lower motorneurose	74	(2)
34 Spinal cord motor organization and locomotion	76	(2)
35 The cortical motor areas	78	(2)
36 Primary motor cortex	80	(2)
37 The cerebellum	82	(2)
38 The basal ganglia: anatomy and physiology	84	(2)
39 Basal ganglia diseases and their treatment	86	(2)
40 Eye movements	88	(2)
41 Clinical disorders of the motor system	90	(2)
Part 4 Autonomic, limbic, brainstem systems and plasticity
42 Autonomic nervous system	92	(2)
43 The hypothalamus	94	(2)
44 The reticular formation and sleep	96	(2)
45 The limbic system, long-term potentiation and memory	98	(2)
46 Neural plasticity and neurotrophic factors I: The peripheral nervous system	100	(2)
47 Neural plasticity and neurotrophic factors II: The central nervous system	102	(2)
Part 5 Disorders of the nervous system
48 Examination of the nervous system	104	(2)
49 Investigation of the nervous system	106	(2)
50 Neurochemical disorders I: Affective disorders and schizophrenia	108	(2)
51 Neurochemical disorders II: Anxiety	110	(2)
52 Neurodegenerative disorders	112	(2)
53 Neurophysiological disorders: epilepsy	114	(2)
54 Neuroimmunological disorders	116	(2)
55 Neurogenetic disorders	118	(2)
Appendix 1: Major neurotransmitter types	120	(1)
Appendix 2a: Ascending sensory pathways in the spinal cord	121	(1)
Appendix 2b: Descending motor tracts	121	(1)
Appendix 3: Functional and anatomical systems of the cerebellum	122	(1)
Index	123