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9780443071799: The Nervous System

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An integrated textbook on the nervous system, covering both the basic science of the system and its major diseases.

  • Integrated coverage of the structure, function and major diseases of the nervous system - highly suitable for systems courses as taught in the new medical curriculum
  • Coverage of the basic science is clinically driven - for instance organisation of the basal ganglia is introduced through Parkinson's disease.
  • Coverage of major diseases of the nervous system, together with a chapter on neurological examination, symptoms and investigations, equips students for the contact with patients which now occurs much earlier in the medical course.
  • Covers psychiatric problems as well as neurological ones - in line with the integrated nature of the new courses.
  • Attractive, open two-colour page design, with objectives defined at the start of each chapter and self-assessment at the end.

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Organisation of the nervous system. Elements of cellular and molecular neuroscience. Clinical examination. The spinal cord. Pain and analgesia. Cranial nerve and the brainstem. The visual system. Hearing and balance: the auditory and vestibular systems. Motor Systems I: descending pathways and cerebellum. Motor Systems II: thwe basal ganglia. Stroke and head injury. Infection in the central nervous system. Epilepsy. Dementia. Schizophrenia. Depression and anxiety. Addiction.

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Book by MichaelTitus Adina T Revest MBCHB BA PHD Patrici

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