Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction to brain research
- 2 Evolution of the nervous system
- 3 Fine structure of the nervous system
- 4 The nature and transmission of the nervous impulse
- 5 Glia, cerebral blood vessels and neurons
- 6 Cerebral blood and cerebrospinal fluid systems
- 7 The cerebral hemispheres
- 8 The spinal cord
- 9 The brainstem and cerebellum
- 10 The hypothalamus and the autonomic nervous system
- 11 Olfaction and taste
- 12 The auditory system
- 13 Vision and visual pathways
- 14 Touch, pain and proprioception
- References
- Index
7 - The cerebral hemispheres
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 October 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction to brain research
- 2 Evolution of the nervous system
- 3 Fine structure of the nervous system
- 4 The nature and transmission of the nervous impulse
- 5 Glia, cerebral blood vessels and neurons
- 6 Cerebral blood and cerebrospinal fluid systems
- 7 The cerebral hemispheres
- 8 The spinal cord
- 9 The brainstem and cerebellum
- 10 The hypothalamus and the autonomic nervous system
- 11 Olfaction and taste
- 12 The auditory system
- 13 Vision and visual pathways
- 14 Touch, pain and proprioception
- References
- Index
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- The Human Brain , pp. 81 - 110Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1988