Peter (National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery) Nathan,
P Nathan
John Wiley & Sons
4e druk, 1997
9781861560070
The Nervous System 4e
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Paperback, 342 blz.
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Engels
John Wiley & Sons |
4e druk, 1997
ISBN13: 9781861560070
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Samenvatting
This work on the nervous system includes such areas as the five senses, and the senses unnoticed by the Greeks; the physics of the nerve impulse; and the anatomical bases of motivation, pain, the endocrine glands and hormones, sensation and perception, and the higher nervous activities.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781861560070
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:342
Uitgever:John Wiley & Sons
Druk:4
Inhoudsopgave
List of plates.
<p>Acknowledgements.</p>
<p>An Appreciation.</p>
<p>Introduction.</p>
<p>Functions and structure of the nervous system.</p>
<p>Examining the world.</p>
<p>Light receptors: looking.</p>
<p>Sound receptors: listening.</p>
<p>Olfactory receptors: smelling.</p>
<p>Gustatory receptors: tasting.</p>
<p>Cutaneous receptors: touching and feeling.</p>
<p>Receptors for the inside world.</p>
<p>Nerves and nerve fiberes.</p>
<p>Communication within the central nervous system.</p>
<p>Standing, walking, running, flying, swimming.</p>
<p>Awake and exploring; relaxed and sleeping.</p>
<p>Needs, desires and emotions.</p>
<p>Pain.</p>
<p>The centre of the brain: the hypothalamus.</p>
<p>Broadcasting: hormones.</p>
<p>General plan of the human brain.</p>
<p>Exploring the brain.</p>
<p>Perception of the world and of oneself.</p>
<p>Speech and other symbols.</p>
<p>Learning.</p>
<p>Remembering.</p>
<p>Personality and the brain.</p>
<p>Glossary.</p>
<p>Index.</p>
<p>Acknowledgements.</p>
<p>An Appreciation.</p>
<p>Introduction.</p>
<p>Functions and structure of the nervous system.</p>
<p>Examining the world.</p>
<p>Light receptors: looking.</p>
<p>Sound receptors: listening.</p>
<p>Olfactory receptors: smelling.</p>
<p>Gustatory receptors: tasting.</p>
<p>Cutaneous receptors: touching and feeling.</p>
<p>Receptors for the inside world.</p>
<p>Nerves and nerve fiberes.</p>
<p>Communication within the central nervous system.</p>
<p>Standing, walking, running, flying, swimming.</p>
<p>Awake and exploring; relaxed and sleeping.</p>
<p>Needs, desires and emotions.</p>
<p>Pain.</p>
<p>The centre of the brain: the hypothalamus.</p>
<p>Broadcasting: hormones.</p>
<p>General plan of the human brain.</p>
<p>Exploring the brain.</p>
<p>Perception of the world and of oneself.</p>
<p>Speech and other symbols.</p>
<p>Learning.</p>
<p>Remembering.</p>
<p>Personality and the brain.</p>
<p>Glossary.</p>
<p>Index.</p>