The neuroscience of clinical psychiatry : the pathophysiology of behavior and mental illness
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Edmund S Higgins; Mark S George
- ناشر : Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2007
- شابک / ISBN : 9780781766555
Description
Historical perspective -- Neuroanatomy -- Cells of the nervous system -- Neurotransmitters -- Receptors and signaling the nucleus -- Hormones and the brain -- Adult development and plasticity -- Pain -- Pleasure -- Appetite -- Anger and aggression -- Sleep -- Sex and the brain -- Social attachment -- Memory -- Intelligence -- Attention -- Depression -- Anxiety -- Schizophrenia -- Alzheimer's disease.
Provides clinically relevant overview of the brain mechanisms underlying behavior and mental illness. This book presents a perspective on the structures and workings of the brain, the mechanisms governing behaviors such as pleasure, aggression, and intelligence, and the pathophysiology of mental disorders
