Origins of neuroscience : a history of explorations into brain function

Stanley Finger

With over 350 illustrations, this impressive volume traces the rich history of ideas about the functioning of the brain from its roots in the ancient cultures of Egypt, Greece, and Rome through the centuries into relatively modern times. In contrast to biographically oriented accounts, this book is unique in its emphasis on the functions of the brain and how they came to be associated with specific brain regions and systems. Among the topics explored are vision, hearing, pain, motor control, sleep, memory, speech, and various other facets of intellect. The emphasis throughout is on presenting material in a very readable way, while describing with scholarly acumen the historical evolution of the field in all its amazing wealth and detail. From the opening introductory chapters to the concluding look at treatments and therapies, this monumental work will captivate readers from cover to cover. It will be valued as both an historical reference and as an exciting tale of scientific discovery. It is bound to attract a wide readership among students and professionals in the neural sciences as well as general readers interested in the history of science and medicine.

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[目次]

  • 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. Intellect and the Brain
  • 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. Expansion of the Concept of Cerebral Dominance
  • PART VII: TREATMENTS AND THERAPIES
  • 28. Treatments and Therapies: From Antiquity through the Seventeenth Century
  • 29. Treatments and Therapies: From 1700 to World War I
  • EPILOGUE
  • APPENDIX: DATES OF BIRTH AND DEATH
  • INDEX

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書名 Origins of neuroscience : a history of explorations into brain function
著作者等 Finger, Stanley
出版元 Oxford University Press
刊行年月 2001, c1994
ページ数 xviii, 462 p.
大きさ 28 cm
ISBN 0195146948
NCID BA53853424
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言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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