Books

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Neurology Neurology Mitchell Elkind PreTest is the medical student's most dynamic weapon for mastering the USMLE Step 2.Great for course review and clinical rotations, too! Neurology: PreTest asks the right questions so you'll know the… OL15179271W
When language breaks down When language breaks down Elissa D. Asp "Doctors, nurses, and other caregivers often know what people with Alzheimer's disease or Asperger's 'sound like' - that is they recognise patterns in people's discourse, from sounds and silences, to… OL15612252W
Neurology and modernity Neurology and modernity Laura Salisbury,Andrew Shail "An exploration of the habits of the modern era beside cultural notions discovering brain function and the nervous system to be central to health and illness. It looks at debates within neurology and… OL15907590W
Multiple sclerosis therapeutics Multiple sclerosis therapeutics Richard A. Rudick,Jeffrey A. Cohen "This book comprehensively reviews the current state of clinical trial methods in multiple sclerosis treatment, providing investigators, sponsors and specialists with current knowledge of outcome mea… OL16415173W
Wired for God? Wired for God? Charles Foster "Siberian shamans, whirling sufis and entranced bushmen; hypnotism and magic mushrooms; hymn-singing in the suburbs and ecstatic drumming in the African night; speaking in tongues and UFOs; near-deat… OL16542405W
The addiction solution The addiction solution David Kipper Kipper and Whitney show that recent breakthroughs in genetic technology have enabled doctors to prove that addiction is an inherited, neurochemical disease originating in brain chemistry, determined … OL16686395W
Advances in Neural Science Advances in Neural Science Malhotra, S. K. This volume of the treatise deals with structural aspects of the cytoskeleton: the characteristics of the filaments and their components; the organization of the genes; motor proteins; interactions w… OL16936460W
Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole Brian David Burrell,Allan H. Ropper Dr. Ropper tries to summarise his insights from his 40 years as a clinical neurologist. OL17601144W
A Leg to Stand on A Leg to Stand on Oliver Sacks Dr. Oliver Sacks's books *Awakenings*, *An Anthropologist on Mars* and the bestselling *The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat* have been acclaimed for their extraordinary compassion in the treatment… OL1811908W
Textbook of neurointensive care Textbook of neurointensive care Joseph Layon,Andrea Gabrielli,William Friedman More than 40 leading authorities present a comprehensive, clear approach to the care of neurological disease and injury₇from the emergency room and ICU through the operating room and post-surgical pe… OL19820415W
Electricity and Magnetism in Biology and Medicine Electricity and Magnetism in Biology and Medicine Ferdinando Bersani This book, a selection of the papers presented at the 2nd World Congress for Electricity and Magnetism, provides state of the art information on applications of electricity and electromagnetic fields… OL19845901W
Pain and Neuroimmune Interactions Pain and Neuroimmune Interactions Nayef E. Saadé This volume is a result of an International Symposium on pain and neuroimmune interactions, held in Beirut, Lebanon, in May of 1999. The results of research on the neural mechanisms that relate tissu… OL19893250W
Sensorimotor Impairment in the Elderly Sensorimotor Impairment in the Elderly George E. Stelmach The motivation behind this volume is to provide the reader with some coherence in the widely scattered literature on motor impairments in the elderly. The volume appraises the main theoretical ideas … OL19901661W
Intracranial Germ Cell Tumors Intracranial Germ Cell Tumors Yutaka Sawamura Intracranial germ cell tumors are a group of uncommon neoplasms of the central nervous system. The clinical features and natural history of these lesions are quite unique and variable. While intracra… OL20778305W
Comprehensive handbook of alcohol related pathology Comprehensive handbook of alcohol related pathology Ronald R. Watson,Victor R. Preedy This comprehensive handbook is a "one-stop-shop" for all researchers involved in the field of alcohol-related harm at the whole body or cellular level. Over 100 chapters provide abundant information … OL24029633W
Lechenie zabolevaniĭ nervnoĭ sistemy Lechenie zabolevaniĭ nervnoĭ sistemy Vladimir Ėtkin Alternative popular treatment of diseases of nervous system and mental disorders. OL28762898W
Adams and Victor's principles of neurology Adams and Victor's principles of neurology Robert H. Brown,Allan H. Ropper Revised and updated and enhanced by 700 illustrations. The definitive text on the full spectrum of neurology, Adams and Victor's provides the treatment and management strategies needed to confidently… OL4451794W
A History of Nerve Functions A History of Nerve Functions Sidney Ochs Recent developments have extended our knowledge of the basic functions of nerves: notably, the demonstration of the mechanism within nerve fibers which transports a wide range of essential materials.… OL5896616W
Defending the Cavewoman Defending the Cavewoman Harold Klawans "Dr. Harold Klawans examines people ranging from the woman suffering from "painful foot and moving toe syndrome," whose case reminds him that we were once reptiles with brains at the bases of our spi… OL8061691W