Netter's Atlas of Neuroscience Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 3rd Edition
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Ideal for students of neuroscience and neuroanatomy, the new edition of Netter's Atlas of Neuroscience combines the didactic well-loved illustrations of Dr. Frank Netter with succinct text and clinical points, providing a highly visual, clinically oriented guide to the most important topics in this subject. The logically organized content presents neuroscience from three perspectives: an overview of the nervous system, regional neuroscience, and systemic neuroscience, enabling you to review complex neural structures and systems from different contexts.
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Netter's Atlas of Neuroscience Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
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- Coverage of both regional and systemic neurosciences allows you to learn structure and function in different and important contexts.
- Combines the precision and beauty of Netter and Netter-style illustrations to highlight key neuroanatomical concepts and clinical correlations.
- Reflects the current understanding of the neural components and supportive tissue, regions, and systems of the brain, spinal cord, and periphery.
- Uniquely informative drawings provide a quick and memorable overview of anatomy, function, and clinical relevance.
- Succinct and useful format utilizes tables and short text to offer easily accessible "at-a-glance" information.
- Provides an overview of the basic features of the spinal cord, brain, and peripheral nervous system, the vasculature, meninges and cerebrospinal fluid, and basic development.
- Integrates the peripheral and central aspects of the nervous system.
- Bridges neuroanatomy and neurology through the use of correlative radiographs.
- Highlights cross-sectional brain stem anatomy and side-by-side comparisons of horizontal sections, CTs and MRIs.
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- Student Consult eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience includes access -- on a variety of devices -- to the complete text, 14 videos, and images from the book.
- Expanded coverage of cellular and molecular neuroscience provides essential guidance on signaling, transcription factors, stem cells, evoked potentials, neuronal and glial function, and a number of molecular breakthroughs for a better understanding of normal and pathologic conditions of the nervous system.
- Micrographs, radiologic imaging, and stained cross sections supplement illustrations for a comprehensive visual understanding.
- Increased clinical points -- from sleep disorders and inflammation in the CNS to the biology of seizures and the mechanisms of Alzheimer's -- offer concise insights that bridge basic neuroscience and clinical application.
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Section 1 Overview of the Nervous System
- Neurons and Their Properties
- Skull and Meninges
- Brain
- Brain Stem and Cerebellum
- Spinal Cord
- Ventricles and the Cerebrospinal Fluid
- Vasculature
- Developmental Neuroscience
- Peripheral Nervous System
- Spinal Cord
- Brain Stem and Cerebellum
- Diencephalon
- Telencephalon
- Sensory Systems
- Motor Systems
- Autonomic-Hypothalamic-Limbic Systems
Anatomical and Molecular Properties
Electrical Properties
Neurotransmitter and Signaling Properties
Arterial System
Section II Regional Neuroscience
Introduction and Basic Organization
Somatic Nervous System
Autonomic Nervous System
Brain Stem Cross-Sectional Anatomy
Cranial Nerves and Cranial Nerve Nuclei
Reticular Formation
Cerebellum
Section III Systemic Neuroscience
Somatosensory Systems
Trigeminal Sensory System
Sensory System for Taste
Auditory System
Vestibular System
Visual System
Lower Motor Neurons
Upper Motor Neurons
Cerebellum
Basal Ganglia
Autonomic Nervous System
Hypothalamus and Pituitary
Limbic System
Olfactory System