Beckstead, R: Survey of Medical Neuroscience

1. Neurons and Nervous Systems: First Approximations.- I. Cell Biology of Neurons and Glia.- 2. The Bioelectrical Activity of the Neuronal Membrane.- 3. The Life Cycle of Neurotransmitters.- 4. Synaptic Transmission.- 5. The Response Repertoire of Neurons.- 6. Glial Cells and Their Functions.- II. Morphogenesis and Topographic Anatomy.- 7. The Basic Plan and Ontogeny of the Spinal Cord.- 8. The Ontogeny of the Brain Stem.- 9. The Ontogeny of the Forebrain.- III. Skeletomotor Control Systems.- 10. Sensory Transduction and Coding.- 11. Primary Somatosensory Processing.- 12. The Ascending Somatosensory Systems.- 13. Arousal and Sleep.- 14. The Machinery of Movement.- 15. The Motor Nuclei and the Descending Systems.- 16. Reflexes, Rhythms, and Posture.- 17. Gaze.- 18. Volitional Movement.- 19. The Cerebellum and Movement Precision.- 20. The Basal Ganglia System and Movement Sequencing.- IV. Visceral Sensorimotor Control Systems.- 21. Smell, Taste, and Viscerosensation.- 22. Visceromotor Reflexes.- 23. Hypothalamic Regulation of the Internal Environment.- 24. Motivation and Emotion.- V. Special Senses and Higher Brain Functions.- 25. Hearing.- 26. Visual Transduction.- 27. Visual Processing.- 28. Perception, Cognition, and Language.- 29. Memory and Learning.- VI. Building and Rebuilding the CNS.- 30. The Histogenesis of Nuclei and Cortices.- 31. The Formation and Modification of Connections.- 32. Damage Control and Recovery.- Epilogue.- Appendixes.- A. Blood Supply and Drainage.- B. Ten Representative Sections.