| Description |
xxxi, 733 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. How to think about the brain -- 2. How we know : learning the secrets of the brain -- 3. Basic brain care : protecting your mental capital -- 4. The brain-body loop -- 5. Prenatal development -- 6. Brain development in childhood -- 7. The adolescent brain -- 8. The brain in adult life and normal aging -- 9. The body manager -- 10. Emotions and social function -- 11. Learning, thinking, and remembering -- 12. Conditions that appear in childhood -- 13. Disorders of the senses and body function -- 14. Emotional and control disorders -- 15. Infectious and autoimmune disorders -- 16. Disorders of movement and muscles -- 17. Pain -- 18. Nervous system injuries -- 19. Disorders of thinking and remembering. |
| Subject |
Brain -- Popular works.
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Brain -- Diseases -- Popular works.
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Mental illness -- Popular works.
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Neurology -- Popular works.
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| Added Author |
Bloom, Floyd E.
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Beal, M. Flint.
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Kupfer, David J., 1941-
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| Added Title |
Brain health |
| ISBN |
0743203976 |
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