Nolte's The Human Brain Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 9th Edition

by Todd W. Vanderah, PhD and Douglas J. Gould, PhD, FAAA

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ISBN: 9780443127526

Publication Date: 06-03-2025

Page Count: 704

Imprint: Elsevier

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**Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® in Neuroscience**

Acquiring a solid understanding of the gross anatomy of the brain, spinal cord, and brainstem is a challenging task—one that’s made easier and more enjoyable with Nolte's The Human Brain: An Introduction to Its Functional Anatomy, 9th Edition. This highly regarded textbook demystifies the complexities of all key topics in functional neuroanatomy and neuroscience, using a clear writing style, interesting examples, and high-quality visual cues to provide the ideal depth of well-rounded coverage.

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Key Features
- Uses a succinct, easy-to-understand writing style and plentiful diagrams to help you understand a difficult and often intimidating subject
- Features highly templated, concise chapters that reinforce and expand your knowledge
- Includes more Clinical Focus Boxes throughout, including neuropathology and neuropharmacology
- Provides a real-life perspective through clinically relevant examples, up-to-date neuroimaging techniques, integrated coverage of neurogenetics and neuroimmunology, and superb illustrations that support and explain the text
- Features a glossary of key terms that elucidates every part of the text, complemented by 3-dimensional images of the brain and the most up-to-date terminology throughout.
- Helps you gauge your mastery of the material and build confidence with multiple choice questions that provide effective chapter review and quick practice for your exams
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text and figures, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
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Contents

1. Introduction to the Nervous System
2. Development of the Nervous System
3. Gross Anatomy and General Organization of the Central Nervous System
4. Meningeal Coverings of the Brain and Spinal Cord
5. Ventricles and Cerebrospinal Fluid
6. Blood Supply of the Brain
7. Electrical Signaling by Neurons
8. Synaptic Transmission Between Neurons
9. Sensory Receptors and the Peripheral Nervous System
10. Spinal Cord
11. Organization of the Brainstem
12. Cranial Nerves and Their Nuclei
13. The Chemical Senses of Taste and Smell
14. Hearing and Balance: The Eighth Cranial Nerve
15. Atlas of the Human Brainstem
16. The Thalamus and Internal Capsule: Getting to and From the Cerebral Cortex
17. The Visual System
18. Overview of Motor Systems
19. Basal Nuclei
20. Cerebellum
21. Eye Movements
22. Cerebral Cortex
23. Drives and Emotions: The Hypothalamus and Limbic System
24. Formation, Modification, and Repair of Neuronal Connections
25. Atlas of the Human Forebrain
Answers to the Review Questions
Glossary
Index
Authors

Todd W. Vanderah, PhD, Regents Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacology, Co-Director of the MD/PhD Program, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA and Douglas J. Gould, PhD, FAAA, Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Foundational Medical Studies, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, Michigan, USA
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