a historical introduction Glickstein, Mitchell. creator mau Cambridge, Massachusetts The MIT Press 2014 eng viii, 407 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Introduction -- Overview of the nervous system: structures and functions -- The structure of nerve cells and their supporting tissues -- Electrical transmission in the nervous system -- Chemical transmission and the mechanism of drug action -- Sensation -- Vision and the eye -- Vision: central mechanisms -- Audition -- Somesthesis and vestibular sense -- Chemical, heat, and electrical senses -- Reflexes -- Brain control of movement -- Learning and memory -- Motivation -- Language and the brain -- Neurological disease -- Personality and emotion -- Mental illness and the history of surgical and drug treatment -- Consciousness and the techniques for study of the human brain -- Conclusion. Mitchell Glickstein. Includes bibliographical references and index. Neurosciences History Neurology History Brain Physiology 612.8233 GMN 9780262026802 (hardcover : alk. paper) 130605