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Brain biochemistry and brain disorders /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Strange, P. G. (Philip Gordon)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
Subjects:
Mood Disorders > physiopathology.
Anxiety > physiopathology.
Basal Ganglia Diseases > physiopathology.
Biochemistry.
Brain > physiology.
Schizophrenia > physiopathology.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to brain function
  • Overall structure of the brain at the neuroanatomical level
  • Cellular structure of the brain
  • Electrical signalling in neurones
  • Chemical signalling at the synapse: synaptic transmission
  • Receptors and receptor mechanisms
  • Functional properties of neurones
  • Mind-body problem
  • Disorders of human brain: a general introduction
  • Parkinson's disease
  • Huntington's disease
  • Alzheimer's disease
  • Schizophrenia
  • Affective disorders (depression and mania)
  • Anxiety
  • Present and the future.