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Crash Course Nervous System Updated Edition - E-Book
Crash Course Nervous System Updated Edition - E-Book
- 284 pages
- English
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- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF
Crash Course Nervous System Updated Edition - E-Book
Crash Course Nervous System Updated Edition - E-Book
About this book
Crash Course – your effective every day study companion PLUS the perfect antidote for exam stress! Save time and be assured you have all the core information you need in one place to excel on your course and achieve exam success.
A winning formula now for over 15 years, each series volume has been fine tuned and fully updated, with an improved layout tailored to make your life easier. Especially written by senior medical students or recent graduates – those who have just been in the exam situation – with all information thoroughly checked and quality assured by expert faculty advisers, the result are books which exactly meet your needs and you know you can trust.
This highly accessible volume provides a strong foundation in understanding the essential basic neurosciences and the clinical investigation of the nervous system. Commencing with 'Learning Objectives', every chapter guides you succinctly through the topic, giving full coverage of the curriculum whilst avoiding unnecessary and often confusing detail.
- More than 160 illustrations present clinical, diagnostic and practical information in an easy-to-follow manner
- Friendly and accessible approach to the subject makes learning especially easy
- Written by students for students - authors who understand exam pressures
- Contains 'Hints and Tips' boxes, and other useful aide-mémoires
- Succinct coverage of the subject enables 'sharp focus' and efficient use of time during exam preparation
- Contains a fully updated self-assessment section - ideal for honing exam skills and self-testing
- Self-assessment section fully updated to reflect current exam requirements
- Contains 'common exam pitfalls' as advised by faculty
- Crash Courses also available electronically!
- Online self-assessment bank also available - content edited by Dan Horton-Szar!
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Crash Course: Nervous System
- Copyright
- Series editor foreword
- Prefaces
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction and overview of the nervous system
- Chapter 2: The development of the nervous system and disorders of development
- Chapter 3: Cellular physiology of the nervous system and introduction to pharmacology
- Chapter 4: The spinal cord and peripheral nerves
- Chapter 5: Somatosensation and the perception of pain
- Chapter 6: Motor control
- Chapter 7: The autonomic nervous system
- Chapter 8: Vision
- Chapter 9: Hearing, speech and language
- Chapter 10: Olfaction and taste (gustation)
- Chapter 11: The brainstem
- Chapter 12: Neuroendocrinology
- Chapter 13: Memory and the higher functions
- Chapter 14: Basic pathological processes within the central nervous system
- Chapter 15: Neurogenetics
- Chapter 16: Pharmacology of the central nervous system
- Chapter 17: Clinical assessment of the nervous system
- Self-Assessment