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| Autore principale: | Catani, Marco.
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| Titolo: | Brain renaissance : from Vesalius to modern neuroscience / Catani & Sandrone ; edited, translated and commented upon by Marco Catani, Stefano Sandrone. |
| Pubblicazione: | Oxford : Oxford university press, c2015. |
| Descrizione fisica: | XIII, 287 p. : ill., ritr. ; 24 cm |
| Contiene: | Indice: Preface. Acknowledgments. Pt. 1. Vesalius's life: the anatomy of an anatomist: 1. Vesalius, a man of his time 2. A Flemish formation in Brussels and Leuven 3. Vesalius meets Galen in Paris 4. The Paduan school of anatomy 5. A slow departure from Galen 6. The making of the Fabrica 7. Dissecting the Fabrica 8. Vesalius and Venice 9. A life among eminent men, with many honors and gifts 10. From anatomy to surgery 11. Desolation in Spain 12. The last journey. Pt. 2. The Fabrica of the human brain: 13. The brain is fabricated for the sake of the supreme spirit, the senses and also the movement that depends upon our will 14. On the hard membrane that surronds the brain and the small membrane covering the skull under the skin 15. On the thin membrabe of the brain 16. On the number, position, shape, convolutions and substance of the brain and cerebellum. Commentary: Scratching the surface of complexity. 17. On the Corpus callosum of the brain and the septum of the right and left ventricles. Commentary: The corpus callosum: a tale of anarchic hands and split brains 18. On the cerebral ventricles. Commentary: The liquor of our souls. 19. On the brain structure that expert dissectors have compared to a tortoise-like vault. Commentary: The fornix: a memory thread in the brain. 20. On the cerebral gland resembling a pine nut. Commentary: The pineal gland: from the seat of the soul to the SAD lamps. 21. On the testes and buttocks of the brain. Commentary: sex on the hills. 22. On the cerebellar processes resembling worms and the tendons that contain them. Commentary: The cerebellum: more than a little brain. 23. On the infundibulum, the glandule that receives the cerebral phlegm, and the other ducts that cleanse it. Commentary: The axis of survival. 24. On the networks of the brain believed to be aimilar to the reticular plexus and the placenta. Commentary: The net of wonder. 25. On the organ of smell 26. On the eye, the instrument of vision 27. On the organ of hearing 28. On the organ of taste 29. On the organ of touch 30. How to dissect the brain and all the other organs discussed in this book. Pt. 3. A brief history of neuroscience: from Vesalius to the connectome: 31. Introduction to network neuroscience 32. Protoconnectome maps 33. Seeing things in gray and white 34. Phrenology and animal electricity 35. Microscopic discoveries 36. Early cartography 37. From electrophysiology to neuroimaging 38. Metaphors and myths. Appendix: Figures from the seventh book of the Fabrica. Notes. References. Index |
| ISBN: | 9780199383832 |
| Altri autori: | Sandrone, Stefano, (coautore.) Vesalius, Andreas, 1514-1564. |
| Discipline: | Neurofisiologia--Studi. |
| Persone: | Vesalius, Andreas, 1514-1564. |
| Keyword: | Testi e Carteggi--Medicina. |
| Sudd. cronologiche: | Rinascimento. Secoli XVII-XX. |
| Collocazione: | LS 20182 |
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