Neuroscience :fundamentals for rehabilitation /

Lundy-Ekman, Laurie

Neuroscience :fundamentals for rehabilitation / Laurie Lundy-Ekman. - 4th ed. - xi, 539 pages : illustration (chiefly colored). ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index. Physical and electrical properties of cells in the nervous system -- Synapses and synaptic transmission -- Neuroplasticity -- Development of the nervous system -- Somatosensory system -- Somatosensation : clinical application -- Neuropathic pain, pain matrix dysfunction, and pain syndromes -- Autonomic nervous system -- The motor system : motor neurons -- Basal ganglia, cerebellum, and movement -- Peripheral nervous system -- Spinal region -- Cranial nerves -- Brainstem region -- Vestibular and visual systems -- Cerebrum -- Cerebrum : clinical applications -- Support systems : blood supply and cerebrospinal fluid system

School of Physical Therapy

9781455706433 (pbk.)


Medical rehabilitation.
Nervous System Physiological Phenomena.
Nervous System--Anatomy & histology.
Nervous system--Diseases--Patients--Rehabilitation.
Nervous System--Physiopathology.
Neurophysiology.
Neurosciences.
Physical therapy.

RC 341 .L853 2013