Discoveries in the human brain : neuroscience prehistory, brain structure and function / Louise H. Marshall and Horace W. Magoun.
Pubblicazione:
Totowa : Humana press, c1998.
Descrizione fisica:
XI, 322 p., [1] p. di tav. : ill., ritr. ; 29 cm
Contiene:
Indice: 1. Introduction: The basic postulates 2. Evolution of the mammalian brain 3. The ventricles and their functions 4. Surface contours: order or chaos? 5. Lobes and functional localization 6. Cerebral asymmetry and behavioral laterality 7. The anatomic substrate: cerebral fine structure 8. Landmarks in cerebral neurochemistry 9. The cerebellum 10. Thalamocortical pathways and consciousness 11. The pituitary-hypothalamic axis 12. Three major integrative systems. Postscript. Credits. References. Index
