Neuroscience:AnIntroduction

Thisbookdistillstheauthor's35yearsexperienceofteachingneurosciencetomedicalandpsychologystudentsatOxfordUniversity,concentratingonconceptsandobservationsthatstudentsfinddifficult,amusing,interestingorexciting.Thestyleisengagingandbenefitsfromsingleauthorship.Thebookconveystheimportantideasanneurosciencewithoutoverburdeningthestudentwithunnecessarydetail.Itcanserveasthebasicneurosciencetextforeithermedicalorpsychologystudents,beginningwithbriefhistoryofneuroscienceitcoverscellularandbiophysicalaspects,sensorysystemsincludingvision,hearing,touch,pain,smell,taste,proprioception,thebodyimage,thenmotorsystems,includingspinalreflexes,postureandbalance,cerebellum,basalganglia,motorcorticalareas,eyemovements,drives,rewardandmotivation,sleep,wakingandconsciousness,thehypothalamus,theautonomicnervoussystem,learningandmemory,speechandreading.