The Brain Book

The Brain Book
ISBN-10
142025684X
ISBN-13
9781420256840
Series
The Brain Book
Category
Medical
Pages
352
Language
English
Published
2012-09-18
Publisher
Palgrave
Authors
Ken Ashwell, Alejandra Uslenghi

Description

The Brain Book investigates the amazingly complex and intriguing structure that is the human brain. Made up of billions of nerve cells, the brain controls our thoughts, movements, behaviour and emotions. This comprehensive book explores such diverse topics as how we sense the world, consciousness and memory, through to diseases and disorders, the ageing brain and spinal injury repair. Containing the latest medical research, The Brain Book explains in concise, clear language important health issues such as the effects of recreational drugs and medicines on the brain, strokes, tumours and the biological basis of mental illness. Hundreds of colour images, including stunning 3-D illustrations created exclusively for this book, reveal the intricate workings of the brain to show incredible details beyond what the eye can usually see.

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