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The brain book : development, function, disorder, health / Ken Ashwell ; foreword by Richard Restak.

by Ashwell, Ken W. S.

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Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books, 2012.

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http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1306/2012472741-b.html

Electronic Resource

http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1306/2012472741-d.html

9781770851269 (hbk.) :

352 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. ; 29 cm.

Foreword -- 1: Brain and spinal cord function -- 2: Nerves, nerve cells, and brain chemistry -- 3: Development of the brain and spinal cord -- 4: Senses -- 5: Movement and actions -- 6: Social and thinking brain -- 7: Mind, consciousness, mood, and psychosis -- 8: Brain plasticity, injury, and repair -- 9: Drugs and the brain -- 10: Diseases and disorders -- Reference -- Glossary -- Index.

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. - Publisher.

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