Neuroscience - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 6th Edition
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Use your knowledge of the nervous system to understand and treat neurologic disorders! Neuroscience: Fundamentals for Rehabilitation, 6th Edition provides an illustrated guide to neurology and how it affects the practice of physical and occupational therapy. Case studies and first-person stories from people with neurologic disorders make it easier to develop clinical reasoning skills and apply your knowledge to the clinical setting. This edition includes an enhanced eBook free with each purchase of a new print book. Written by noted PT educator Laurie Lundy-Ekman, Neuroscience uses evidence-based research to help you evaluate and treat clients who have physical limitations due to nervous system damage or disease.
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- NEW! Quick Reference Lists on the inside book covers make it easy to find frequently consulted figures, reflexes, tables, and summaries within the text
- NEW! Updated chapters include Pain as a Disease and as a Symptom, Motor System: Upper Motor Neurons, Motor and Psychologic Functions, Brainstem Region, and Neurologic Tests
- NEW! 85 new or updated figures are added to this edition
- NEW! Nearly 600 new references are added to this edition
- NEW! Enhanced eBook version – included with print purchase – allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices
- NEW! Answers to the book’s case studies and a student workbook with approximately 1,000 practice questions and answers are included in the eBook
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- Logical, systems approach to neuroscience makes it easier to master complex information and provides a framework for conducting a neurologic examination and evaluation
- Clinical perspective of neuroscience is provided through case studies, personal stories written by people with neurologic disorders, and summaries of key features of neurologic disorders and the body systems they affect
- Six sections — Overview of Neurology, Neuroscience at the Cellular Level, Development of the Nervous System, Vertical Systems, Regions, and Neurologic Tests — first show how neural cells operate, and then allow you to apply your knowledge of neuroscience
- Coverage of key physical rehabilitation topics includes abnormal muscle tone, chronic pain, control of movement, and differential diagnosis of dizziness
- Hundreds of color-coded illustrations show body structures and functions across systems
- Full-color atlas includes photographs of the human brain along with labeled line drawings
- Clinical Notes case studies demonstrate how neuroscience concepts may be applied to clinical situations
- Pathology boxes provide a quick summary of the features of neurologic disorders commonly encountered in rehabilitation practice
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Part 1: Overview of Neurology
1. Introduction to Neuroscience
2. Neuroanatomy
3. Neuroimaging and Neuroanatomy Atlas
Part 2: Neuroscience at the Cellular Level
4. Physical and Electrical Properties of Cells in the Nervous System
5. Neural Communication: Synaptic and Extrasynaptic Transmission
Part 3: Development of the Nervous System
6. Development of the Nervous System
Part 4: Vertical Systems
7. Autonomic Nervous System
8. Peripheral Somatosensory System
9. Central Somatosensory System
10. Pain as a Disease and as a Symptom
11. Motor System: Lower Motor Neurons and Spinal Motor Function
12. Motor System: Upper Motor Neurons
13. Motor System: Upper Motor Neuron Disorders
14. Motor, Cognitive, and Emotion Systems: The Cerebellum
15. Motor and Psychologic Functions: Basal Ganglia
16. Neural Control of Movement
Part 5: Neuroplasticity
17. Neuroplasticity
Part 6: Regions
18. Peripheral Region
19. Spinal Region
20. Cranial Nerves
21. Brainstem Region
22. Visual System
23. Vestibular system
24. Dizziness and Unsteadiness
25. Cerebrospinal Fluid System
26. Blood Supply, Stroke, Fluid Dynamics, and Intracranial Pressure
27. Cerebrum
28. Memory, Consciousness, Attention and Intellect
29. Behavior, Emotions, Decision Making, Personality
30. Communication and Spatial Cognition
Part 7: The Neurologic Examination
31. The Neurologic Examination
32. Examination of the Autonomic, Motor, and Somatosensory Systems
33. Examination of Spinal Reflexes, Coordination, Postural Control, and Gait
34. Examination of Olfaction, Vision, and Ocular Motor Control
35. Examination of Cranial Nerves 5 and 7-12 and Tests to Determine Causes of Dizziness
36. Examination of Mental Status
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