Carpenter's Neurophysiology

Neurophysiology: A Conceptual Approach offers a refreshing alternative to 'learning by rote'. Under new authorship, the sixth edition preserves the legacy of the original author, the late Roger Carpenter, retaining the concise approach and readable style so central to its predecessors.

Auteur

Dunecan Massey is Assistant Director of Studies in Medical Science; Bye-Fellow; Undergraduate Tutor; Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge, UK

Nick Cunniffe is a Neurology Specialty Registrar, Department of Neurology, Addenbrooke's Hospital; Clinical Research Fellow, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Imran Noorani is a Neurosurgery NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow, Department of Neurosurgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital and University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Contenu

Preface to the sixth edition

Preface to the fifth edition

Preface to the fourth edition

Preface to the third edition

Preface to the first and second editions Part 1: Neural mechanisms

1. The study of the brain

2. Communication within neurons

3. Communication between neurons Part 2: Sensory functions

4. Skin sense

5. Proprioception

6. Hearing

7. Vision

8. Smell and taste Part 3: Motor functions

9. Motor systems

10. Local motor control

11. The control of posture Part 4: Higher functions

12. Higher motor control

13. Associational cortex and memory

14. Motivation and the control of behaviour * Appendix: Techniques for studying the brain

Figure References

Index *