Discovering the brain
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academy Press
1992.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009820324406719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Discovering the Brain
- Copyright
- Foreword
- Contents
- 1 The Promise of Neuroscience
- APPROACHING THE BRAIN FROM ALL ANGLES
- WHAT MAKES THIS SCIENCE NEW?
- THE DEDICATION OF A DECADE
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- 2 Major Structures and Functions of the Brain
- VENTRICLES
- BRAINSTEM
- THALAMUS AND HYPOTHALAMUS
- PITUITARY AND PINEAL GLANDS
- THE "LITTLE BRAIN" AT THE BACK OF THE HEAD
- RETICULAR NETWORK
- THE "EMOTIONAL BRAIN
- HIPPOCAMPUS
- CEREBRAL CORTEX
- BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE BRAIN
- CHEMICAL AND ELECTRICAL SIGNALS
- 3 Glimpses of the Living Brain
- THE BRIGHT IMAGES OF PET
- MEDICAL IMAGES OF EMOTION
- THE X-RAY TODAY
- CREATING PICTURES FROM MAGNETIC WAVES AND SOUND WAVES
- REWARDING COMBINATIONS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENT
- 4 The Role of the Brain in Mental Illness
- MANIC-DEPRESSIVE ILLNESS
- OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER
- PANIC DISORDER
- ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
- AIDS-RELATED DEMENTIA
- DISORDERS OF MOOD AND MIND
- SCHIZOPHRENIA
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- 5 From Chemistry to Circuitry
- CHEMICALS AS SIGNALS
- RECEPTORS PLAY AN ACTIVE PART
- THE BRAIN'S OWN PAINKILLERS
- FOCUSING IN ON RECEPTOR SITES
- THE INTRIGUING ROLE OF THE ION CHANNELS
- THE CASE OF THE 5-SECOND MESSENGER MOLECULE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- 6 The Development and Shaping of the Brain
- STUDYING THE BRAIN IN DEVELOPMENT
- MASS PRODUCTION OF BRAIN CELLS
- MIGRATION TO THE CEREBRAL CORTEX
- THE FORMATION OF SYNAPSES AND REGIONS
- CELLULAR COMPETITION
- EXPLORING NEW AREAS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENT
- 7 From Perception to Attention
- PATHWAYS OF INFORMATION IN THE VISUAL SYSTEM
- SEEING THE PATTERNS IN VISUAL SIGNALS
- THE BRAIN'S SYSTEM FOR SPATIAL PERCEPTION
- MAKING SENSE OF MOVEMENT
- ATTENTION: A SUBJECT WORTH LOOKING AT
- THE ANATOMY OF ATTENTION
- NEURAL CIRCUITRY OF AN ATTENTION SYSTEM
- DEVELOPING PATHWAYS IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD.
- PATHOLOGY IN THE ATTENTION SYSTEM AND BEYOND
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- 8 Learning, Recalling, and Thinking
- A MOLECULAR ACCOUNT OF LONG-TERM MEMORY
- THE WORLD IN THE FRONT OF THE BRAIN
- NEUROTRANSMITTERS AND THE INFORMATION SYSTEM
- WHAT KIND OF COMPUTER IS THIS?
- ASSEMBLING A BRAIN IN THE LABORATORY
- THE BENEFITS OF AN ARTIFICIAL BRAIN
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- 9 Sizing Up the Promise
- DEFINING THE FIELD OF INQUIRY
- SCIENCE EDUCATION AND SCIENCE ADVOCACY
- THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS SPONSOR OF RESEARCH
- PRIVATE INDUSTRY AND PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS
- A FUTURE RICH WITH CHALLENGES
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Suggested Readings
- Acknowledgments
- Proclamation
- Index.
