Inflammation and Immunity
Inflammation and Immunity Up to this point, we have discussed a number of mechanisms that may explain how the mentally ill brain is different from the normal brain. The immune…
Receptors and Signaling the Nucleus
Receptors and Signaling the Nucleus INTRODUCTION In this chapter, we continue a discussion about events at the cellular level and explore what happens at receptors after neurotransmitters make contact. Electrochemical…
Neurotransmitters
Neurotransmitters POINT OF INTEREST It is not uncommon in our practices for patients to announce at the initial evaluation, “Doc, I have a chemical imbalance” as though it is some…
Circuits and Cells
Circuits and Cells THE NEURONAL CELL The human brain is the most complex organ known to exist in the universe. Its weight is just 3% of the body, but it…
Neuroanatomy
Neuroanatomy CEREBRAL CORTEX There are many large textbooks with extensive writings and illustrations providing all the known specifics about the anatomy of the nervous system. If you are looking for…
Motivation and the Control of Behaviour
Motivation and the Control of Behaviour We first came across the concept of the hierarchical structure of the brain, its organization in an ascending series of levels, in Chapter 9….
Associational Cortex And Memory
Associational Cortex And Memory The processes we look at in this chapter are those that we humans tend to be inordinately proud of, and to which we owe any temporary…
Higher Motor Control
Higher Motor Control Now we need to have a look at the levels of the motor system where we start to interpret and apply the detailed information delivered through the…
Local Motor Control
Local Motor Control The final output from the central nervous system to skeletal muscle is from the motor neurons in the ventral horn of the spinal cord or in the…
