Crash Course – your effective every day study companion PLUS the perfect antidote for exam stress! Save time and be assured you have all the core information you need in one place to excel on your course and achieve exam success.
A winning formula now for over 15 years, each series volume has been fine tuned and fully updated, with an improved layout tailored to make your life easier. Especially written by senior medical students or recent graduates – those who have just been in the exam situation – with all information thoroughly checked and quality assured by expert faculty advisers, the result are books which exactly meet your needs and you know you can trust.
This highly accessible volume provides a strong foundation in understanding the essential basic neurosciences and the clinical investigation of the nervous system. Commencing with 'Learning Objectives', every chapter guides you succinctly through the topic, giving full coverage of the curriculum whilst avoiding unnecessary and often confusing detail.
1. Chapter 1: Introduction and overview of the nervous system - p. iii 2. Chapter 2: The development of the nervous system and disorders of development - p. iii 3. Chapter 3: Cellular physiology of the nervous system and introduction to pharmacology - p. iii 4. Chapter 4: The spinal cord and peripheral nerves - p. iii 5. Chapter 5: Somatosensation and the perception of pain - p. iii 6. Chapter 6: Motor control - p. iii 7. Chapter 7: The autonomic nervous system - p. iii 8. Chapter 8: Vision - p. iii 9. Chapter 9: Hearing, speech and language - p. iii 10. Chapter 10: Olfaction and taste (gustation) - p. iii 11. Chapter 11: The brainstem - p. iii 12. Chapter 12: Neuroendocrinology - p. iii 13. Chapter 13: Memory and the higher functions - p. iii 14. Chapter 14: Basic pathological processes within the central nervous system - p. iii 15. Chapter 15: Neurogenetics - p. iii 16. Chapter 16: Pharmacology of the central nervous system - p. iii 17. Chapter 17: Clinical assessment of the nervous system - p. iii 18. Self-Assessment - p. iii 19. Single best answer questions (SBAs) - p. iii 20. Extended-matching questions (EMQs) - p. iii 21. Glossary - p. iii 22. Index - p. iii
Crash Course – your effective every day study companion PLUS the perfect antidote for exam stress! Save time and be assured you have all the core information you need in one place to excel on your course and achieve exam success.
A winning formula now for over 15 years, each series volume has been fine tuned and fully updated, with an improved layout tailored to make your life easier. Especially written by senior medical students or recent graduates – those who have just been in the exam situation – with all information thoroughly checked and quality assured by expert faculty advisers, the result are books which exactly meet your needs and you know you can trust.
This highly accessible volume provides a strong foundation in understanding the essential basic neurosciences and the clinical investigation of the nervous system. Commencing with 'Learning Objectives', every chapter guides you succinctly through the topic, giving full coverage of the curriculum whilst avoiding unnecessary and often confusing detail.
1. Chapter 1: Introduction and overview of the nervous system - p. iii 2. Chapter 2: The development of the nervous system and disorders of development - p. iii 3. Chapter 3: Cellular physiology of the nervous system and introduction to pharmacology - p. iii 4. Chapter 4: The spinal cord and peripheral nerves - p. iii 5. Chapter 5: Somatosensation and the perception of pain - p. iii 6. Chapter 6: Motor control - p. iii 7. Chapter 7: The autonomic nervous system - p. iii 8. Chapter 8: Vision - p. iii 9. Chapter 9: Hearing, speech and language - p. iii 10. Chapter 10: Olfaction and taste (gustation) - p. iii 11. Chapter 11: The brainstem - p. iii 12. Chapter 12: Neuroendocrinology - p. iii 13. Chapter 13: Memory and the higher functions - p. iii 14. Chapter 14: Basic pathological processes within the central nervous system - p. iii 15. Chapter 15: Neurogenetics - p. iii 16. Chapter 16: Pharmacology of the central nervous system - p. iii 17. Chapter 17: Clinical assessment of the nervous system - p. iii 18. Self-Assessment - p. iii 19. Single best answer questions (SBAs) - p. iii 20. Extended-matching questions (EMQs) - p. iii 21. Glossary - p. iii 22. Index - p. iii
