Medical Neuroscience 3/e

Medical Neuroscience is a new, unique medical neuroscience title that
stands alone in the market place. The text is written to serve as the
primary textbook for an introductory neuroscience course in medical
school. It is also designed to be a key reference for medical
students pursuing their neurology rotation. The text is intended to
be a viable primary textbook for basic neuroscience courses in
neuropsychology, audiology, physical therapy, occupational therapy,
and speech therapy, and it has been class-tested successfully with
students in all of these fields. It also provides a useful primer for
neurology and neurosurgery residents. Finally, it may be a useful
supplement, by virtue of its clinical correlations, in an
introductory graduate course in neuroscience. The text emphasizes
conceptual and problem solving approaches; this approach appeals to
understanding rather than memorization. The fundamental structure of
Medical Neuroscience is traditional and systems oriented, but has
extensive case material is integrated into the text. The case
vignettes are not intended to serve as a means of teaching clinical
medicine, and the provision of clinical information and treatment is
limited to the minimum necessary to learn the relevant basic science
concepts. The clinical information is prominent and the cases in the
text and are identified with case numbers. The cases are directly
related to the text that surrounds in order to help the reader relate
to the information that has been presented.




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-Contents -


Preface for Educators
Preface for Medical Students


1. Major Divisions
2. Central Nervous System Vasculature, Blood Flow and Metabolism
3. Neurohistology
4. Chemical Neurotransmission
5. Neurophysiology
6. The Motor System
7. Somesthesis
8. Cranial Nerves and Brainstem Organization
9. Vision
10. Auditory and Vestibular Systems
11. Autonomic, Neuroendocrine and Regulatory Systems
12. Higher Neural Functions
Index of Cases (at the end of each volume)







Author Information

Stephen E. Nadeau, MD, Professor of Neurology, University of Florida
College of Medicine; Brian Rehab Research Center, Rehab Outcomes
Research Center Gainesville, FL; Tanya S. Ferguson, PhD, Department
of Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Edward
Valenstein; Charles J. Vierck; Jeffrey C. Petruska; Wolfgang J.
Streit; and Louis A. Ritz