NeuroscienceforCliniciansisacomprehensiveandclinicallyrelevantsurveyofemergingconceptsontheorganizationandfunctionofthenervoussystemandneurologicdiseasemechanisms.Byemphasizinghowgenetic,molecular,andcellularprocessesandtheirinteractionscontrolthefunctionofthenervoussystem,theworkwillhelpcliniciansunderstandemergingconceptsaboutthemechanismsofneurologicdisordersincludingneurodegeneration,channelopathies,andsynapticdysfunctionthatprovidepotentialtherapeutictargets.Thissingle-authoredtextbookutilizesamplefiguresandtablesthroughoutinordertofacilitateretentionofthecoreconceptspresented.Dividedinto5sections,thefirstsectionincludeschaptersfocusedonbasiccellularprocesses.Section2includeschaptersfocusedoncellcommunicationwhileSection3focusesontheneuronalmicroenvironment.Thefourthsectionfocusesontheorganizationandinteractionsofcircuitsinthecortex,thalamus,andbrainstem,underlyingbehavioralstatessuchassleep,sensoryprocessing,andmotorcontrol.Thefifthsectionaddressesmechanismsofpainandneuralcontrolofsurvival.Andthefinalsectioncoversconceptsonmechanismsofemotion,socialbehavior,memory,language,andexecutivefunctionswithemphasisondementiaandbehavioraldisorders.
language memory LANGUAGE MEMORY
