Description

The Nervous System provides highly accessible coverage of the core basic science principles in the context of clinical case histories, giving the reader a fully integrated understanding of the system and its major diseases.

• Organization of the Nervous System

• Elements of Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

• Clinical Assessment

• The Spinal Cord

• Pain and Analgesia

• Cranial Nerves and the Brainstem

• The Visual System

• Hearing and Balance: The Auditory and Vestibular Systems

• Motor Systems I: Descending Pathways and Cerebellum

• Motor Systems II: The Basal Ganglia

• Stroke and Head Injury

• Infection in the Central Nervous System

• Epilepsy

• Dementia

• Schizophrenia and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

• Depression and Anxiety

• Addiction

Systems of the Body Series:

• The Renal System

• The Musculoskeletal System

• The Nervous System

• The Digestive System

• The Endocrine System

• The Respiratory System

• The Cardiovascular System