6th Edition
Carpenter's Neurophysiology A Conceptual Approach
Preface to the sixth edition
Preface to the fifth edition
Preface to the fourth edition
Preface to the third edition
Preface to the first and second editions
Part 1: Neural mechanisms
1. The study of the brain
2. Communication within neurons
3. Communication between neurons
Part 2: Sensory functions
4. Skin sense
5. Proprioception
6. Hearing
7. Vision
8. Smell and taste
Part 3: Motor functions
9. Motor systems
10. Local motor control
11. The control of posture
Part 4: Higher functions
12. Higher motor control
13. Associational cortex and memory
14. Motivation and the control of behaviour
Appendix: Techniques for studying the brain
Figure References
Index
Biography
Dunecan Massey is Assistant Director of Studies in Medical Science; Bye-Fellow; Undergraduate Tutor; Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge, UK
Nick Cunniffe is a Neurology Specialty Registrar, Department of Neurology, Addenbrooke’s Hospital; Clinical Research Fellow, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Imran Noorani is a Neurosurgery NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow, Department of Neurosurgery, Addenbrooke’s Hospital and University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
'This book allows readers to craft a strong foundation of the principles of neurophysiology and rely upon this framework for lifelong application of this subject. [...] This edition is a worthy successor to its predecessors, and a commendable contribution to the neuroscience canon in its own right.'
Lara Basovic, MD, Thomas Jefferson University, Doody Enterprises
