The Brain Book: Development, Function, Disorder, Health

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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 DevelopmentThe SensesMovement and ActionsThe Social BrainMind, Consciousness, Mood and PsychosisBrain Plasticity, Injury and RepairDrugs and the BrainAging 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.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Firefly Books
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 4, 2012
Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1770851267
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1770851269
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.62 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 1.19 x 10.75 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #1,561,894 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #623 in Nervous System Diseases (Books) #1,103 in Neurology (Books)
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