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Author
Language
English
Description
Tumors, injuries, natural malformations -- there is almost no such thing as a non-emergency brain surgery when it comes to kids. For a pediatric neurosurgeon working in the medical minefield of the brain -- in which every millimeter in every direction governs something that makes us essentially human -- every day presents the challenge, the opportunity, to give a new lease on life to a child for whom nothing is yet determined and all possibilities...
Publisher
Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Third edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (3 volumes) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Language
English
Description
Provides in-depth coverage of neurological diseases and disorders, including stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson disease, Tourette Syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, cerebral palsy, vertigo, amnesia, and epilepsy, targeted to patients, their families and allied health students. Related topics include communication aids, electric personal assistive mobility devices, medications, and the needs of Alzheimer patient caregivers among others.
Publisher
Gale Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Third edition.
Language
English
Description
"Provides in-depth coverage of neurological diseases and disorders, including stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson disease, Tourette Syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, cerebral palsy, vertigo, amnesia, and epilepsy, targeted to patients, their families and allied health students"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
North American edition.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explains how the five senses supply constant input to the master control center, how nerves respond, and describes the biology behind the mysteries of thought, feelings, and actions.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh reveals the fierce joy of operating, the profoundly moving triumphs, the harrowing disasters, the haunting regrets, and the moments of black humor that characterize a brain surgeon's life. If you believe that brain surgery is a precise and exquisite craft, practiced by calm and detached surgeons, this ... brutally honest account will make you think again"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to the nervous system. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
12) Neuromancer
Author
Series
Sprawl trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Description
Case, a burned out computer whiz, is asked to steal a security code that is locked in the most heavily guarded databank in the solar system.
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Host Neil deGrasse Tyson will tackle one of science's major challenges in each episode, framed as a simple question that ordinary people wonder and worry about. Neil will guide us as he explores dramatic discoveries and the frontiers of research that connect each central, provocative mystery.
Author
Publisher
Little Brown & Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 324 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
What do obesity, insulin resistance, diabetes, fatty liver disease, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, stroke, neurological disorders, and premature death have in common? All can be stoked by high uric acid levels. Our most respected scientific literature is bursting with evidence that elevated uric acid levels lie at the root of many pervasive health conditions, but mainstream medicine for the most part remains unaware of this connection. This...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
790 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Why do we do the things we do? Sanford professor Robert Sapolsky attempts to answer that question as fully possible, looking at it from every angle. Sapolsky starts by examining the factors that bear on a person's reaction in the precise moment a behavior occurs, and then hops back in time from there, in stages, ultimately ending up at the deep history of our species and its evolutionary legacy. The first category of explanation is the neurobiological...
20) Use your brain
Author
Publisher
T. Y. Crowell Co
Pub. Date
[1971]
Physical Desc
33 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 x 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes how the brain receives and sends messages via the nervous system.
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