Origins of neuroscience : a history of explorations into brain function
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Origins of neuroscience : a history of explorations into brain function
Oxford University Press, 1994
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The juxtaposition of historical ideas and brain functions is presented here in a highly readable fashion. The roots of neurology, neuropsychology, and neuroscience are traced, emphasizing the functions of the brain and how they came to be associated with specific brain parts and systems. Part I is devoted to discussions of science and medicine in the early cultures of Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome, as well as an overview of key figures and several landmark events of the Renaissance, the nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries. Part II begins with the sensory systems, starting with vision and audition, working through the skin senses and ending with gustation and olfaction. Part III details the latest advances in motor systems while including the histories of several of the most common movement disorders, like Parkinson's disease, Huntingdon's chorea, and Tourette's syndrome. Part IV examines the history of sleep, dreaming, and the emotions, while the succeeding part discusses higher functions of the brain and the brain as the organ of intellect. Part V also incorporates a discussion of the neurobiology of learning and of several disorders affecting memory The final chapters of
Table of Contents
Part I: Theories of Brain Function. 1: The Brain in Antiquity. 2: Changing Concepts of Brain Function. 3: The Era of Cortical Localization. 4: Holism and the Critics of Cortical Localization. Part II: Sensory Systems. 5: Vision: From Antiquity through the Renaissance. 6: Post-Renaissance Visual Anatomy and Physiology. 7: Color Vision. 8: The Ear and Theories of Hearing. 9: Audition and the Central Nervous System. 10: The Cutaneous Senses. 11: Pain. 12: Gustation. 13: Olfaction. Part III: Motor Functions. 14: The Pyramidal System and the Motor Cortex. 15: The Cerbellum and the Corpus Striatum. 16: Some Movement Disorders. Part IV: Sleep and Function. 17: The Process of Sleep. 18: The Nature of Dreaming. 19: Theories of Emotion from Democritus to William James. 20: Defining and Controlling the Circuits of Emotion. Part V: Intellect and Memory. 21: The Brain and Intellect. 22: The Frontal Lobes and Intellect. 23: The Nature of the Memory Tree. 24: The Neuropathology of Memory. Part VI: Speech and Cerebral Dominance. 25: Speech and Language. 26: The Emergence of the Concept of Cerebral Dominance. 27: The Expansion of the Concept of Cerebral Dominance. Part VII: Treatments, Therapies and Prosthetics. 28: Treatments and Therapies: From Antiquity through the 17th Century. 29: Treatments and Therapies: From 1700 to World War I. 30: Compensatory and Prosthetic Aids. Part VIII: Theories of Recovery. 31: Redundancy and Vicariation Theories. 32: Diaschisis, Shock Effects, and Recovery. 33: Supersensitivity and Recovery. 34: But Is It Recovery?. Part IX: Differing Response to Brain Damage. 35: The Age Factor. 36: Lesion Type and Momentum. Appendix
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