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The brain book, development, function, disorder, health, Ken Ashwell ; foreword by Richard Restak

eng

Includes glossary and index

illustrationsportraits

index present

non fiction

The brain book

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Ken Ashwell ; foreword by Richard Restak

development, function, disorder, health

The brain (and mental health) is the most important medical issue of our time. This book investigates the complex and intriguing structure that is the human brain. Just two handfuls in size and made of billions of nerve and ganglia cells, the living brain controls our thoughts, movements, behavior and emotions. It is the seat of our consciousness, yet scientists are still discovering how the living brain actually works. This book combines the latest image technology with easy-to-understand authoritative text. Written by an international team of medical experts on brain science, it covers all aspects of brain function, from development and disorders, to the nature of consciousness, through to the aging brain and brain diseases. Topics include brain chemistry, memory, the teenage brain, illusions and hallucinations, music and the brain, sleep and wakefulness, anesthetics, degenerative brain disease, the effects of recreational drugs and medicines on the brain, strokes, tumors, and the biological basis of mental illness. Color images, including 3-D illustrations reveal the intricate workings of the brain to show details beyond what the eye can usually see