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The Brain Book: Development, Function, Disorder, Health
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Product Description The brain (and mental health) is the most important medical issue of our time. Just two handfuls in size and made of billions of nerve and ganglial cells, the living brain controls our thoughts, movements, behavior and emotions. It is the seat of our consciousness, yet scientists are still discovering how the living brain actually works. The Brain Book combines the latest image technology with easy-to-understand authoritative text. Written by an international team of medical experts on brain science, it covers all aspects of brain function, from development and disorders, to the nature of consciousness, through to the aging brain and brain diseases. Topics include brain chemistry, memory, the teenage brain, illusions and hallucinations, music and the brain, sleep and wakefulness, anesthetics, degenerative brain disease and much more. The book is organized into nine sections: Structure and Function Development The Senses Movement and Actions The Social Brain Mind, Consciousness, Mood and Psychosis Brain Plasticity, Injury and Repair Drugs and the Brain Aging and Disease The Brain Book is a complete guide to the amazingly complex and intriguing structure that is the human brain. It is an essential reference for any library. From Booklist Assuming no prior knowledge about the human brain on the part of its readers, this educational but nontextbook volume informs them of fundamentals ranging from anatomy to abnormalities and their treatment. Appropriately, since constructing vision is among the brain’s many remarkable talents, the work is generously visual; hundreds of color diagrams, photographs, and brain scans illustrate the information the text imparts. It first maps out the entire nervous system, from the body’s peripheral nerves to the spinal column to the geography of the brain itself. Ashwell then proceeds to physiological processes that the brain operates, such as digestion and movement, highlighting specific neural pathways dedicated to them and arriving at explanations of how neurons function. Such anatomical discussions prepare readers for the book’s most practical use, informing them of health issues associated with the brain. Proper childhood development is emphasized, problems like autism are addressed, and health problems encountered in adulthood—trauma, disease, addiction, aging, and psychopathology—are described. An informative general introduction, this will well serve the basic science collection. --Gilbert Taylor Review "As the title implies, this ambitious volume packs in information. The scope of The Brain Book is extensive, thoroughly covering topics ranging from normal brain development, anatomy, and chemistry to aging, abnormalities, and disorders... Such scope and detail packed into a single volume make this book most appropriate as a reference or for a more advanced reader. While not on the level of a medical text, the extent and level of material are demanding enough to need the some established science background... Overall, this is an excellent text for the student interested in developing his or her understanding of human anatomy and physiology." (Cate Hibbitt American Biology Teacher 2013-11-01) A deluxe hardcover describing all the brain's functions, disorders, and diseases, written by a team of international brain science experts. ( Publisher's Weekly 2012-08-13) An informative general introduction, this will well serve the basic science collection. (Gilbert Taylor Booklist 2012-12-01) There is something almost magical about a beautiful, colorful, well-illustrated book... There is hardly a single page without a full color photograph or illustration. The topics covered are wide ranging.... It is definitely a useful special topic book in upper middle school and high school. It would be particularly useful for a teacher who is interested in preparing some background information for elementary or middle level students.... This would make a good classroom
