Understanding the brain
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Formato: | Libro |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Chantilly, Virginia :
Teaching Company,
©2007
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Colección: | The great courses.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part I. Historical underpinnings of neuroscience.
- Central nervouse system-Gross organization.
- Central nervous system-Internal organization.
- Central nervous system-Subdivisions.
- Cortex-Globes and areas.
- Cortex-Sensory, motor, and association areas.
- Central nervous system-Development.
- Central nervous system-Cellular organization.
- Pathways and synapses.
- Neurotransmitters.
- Stroke.
- The visual system-The eye.
- Part II. The visual system-The cortex.
- The auditory system.
- The somatosensory system
- Agnosias.
- The motor system-Voluntary movement.
- The motor system-Coordinated movement.
- Parkinson's disease.
- Language.
- The limbic system-Anatomy.
- The limbic system-Biochemistry.
- Depression.
- The reward system-Anatomy.
- Part III. The reward system-Drugs.
- Brain plasticity.
- Emotion and executive function.
- Processing of negative emotions-Fear.
- Music and the brain.
- Sexual dimorphism of the brain.
- Sleep and dreaming.
- Consciousness and the self.
- Alzheimer's disease.
- Risk factors for Alzheimer's disease.
- Wellness and the brain-Effects of stress.
- Neuroscience-Looking back and looking ahead.
- Part II. The visual system-The cortex.
- The auditory system.
- The somatosensory system
- Agnosias.
- The motor system-Voluntary movement.
- The motor system-Coordinated movement.
- Parkinson's disease.
- Language.
- The limbic system-Anatomy.
- The limbic system-Biochemistry.
- Depression.
- The reward system-Anatomy.
- Part III. The reward system-Drugs.
- Brain plasticity.
- Emotion and executive function.
- Processing of negative emotions-Fear.
- Music and the brain.
- Sexual dimorphism of the brain.
- Sleep and dreaming.
- Consciousness and the self.
- Alzheimer's disease.
- Risk factors for Alzheimer's disease.
- Wellness and the brain-Effects of stress.
- Neuroscience-Looking back and looking ahead.