A Survey of Medical NeuroscienceIdeal for beginning medical and graduate students in need of a comprehensive neuroscience resource, A Survey of Medical Neuroscience focuses on the function of the central nervous system and its relationship to virtually all other systems in the human body. The text takes the same broad, interdisciplinary approach to the subject matter as is currently taken in first-year medical and graduate neuroscience courses. The text is a comprehensive integration of the other disciplines associated with neuroscience - anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavioral science - that can comfortably be read in a short amount of time. Concepts are illuminated by clear, two-color illustrations. Features appendices containing photographs of representative human brain sections. |
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... axons . Most neurons give rise to at least a few dendrites , which are usually shorter than axons . In contrast , only one axon emerges from the cell body , usually from a conical emi- nence of the soma called the axon hillock . The axon ...
... axons . Most neurons give rise to at least a few dendrites , which are usually shorter than axons . In contrast , only one axon emerges from the cell body , usually from a conical emi- nence of the soma called the axon hillock . The axon ...
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... axons toward the floor plate . Once the axons have crossed the floor plate , they form the longitudinal tracts that ascend to the brain . Later in development , the roof plate precludes the crossing of axons that ascend in the dorsal ...
... axons toward the floor plate . Once the axons have crossed the floor plate , they form the longitudinal tracts that ascend to the brain . Later in development , the roof plate precludes the crossing of axons that ascend in the dorsal ...
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... axons . The astrocytic scar presents a mechanical and bio- chemical barrier to axon regeneration . Since there are no astrocytes in the PNS , no such glial scar forms at a lesion site in a peripheral nerve . Why Don't CNS Axons ...
... axons . The astrocytic scar presents a mechanical and bio- chemical barrier to axon regeneration . Since there are no astrocytes in the PNS , no such glial scar forms at a lesion site in a peripheral nerve . Why Don't CNS Axons ...
Contents
First Approximations | 1 |
Cell Biology of Neurons and Glia | 13 |
The Bioelectrical Activity of the Neuronal Membrane | 17 |
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