Ethical Aspects
9 Ethical Aspects Giuliano Dolce and Leon Sazbon Care for patients in the vegetative state involves particular aspects that also affect those professionals dealing with patients who have an “uninhabited…
NEUROLOGY
Treating Families of Patients in Vegetative State: Adjustment and Interaction with Hospital Staff
Anat Shilansky and Rosemarie Weitz Your soul, halfway between this world and the next, Hovering above it, looking into the abyss, Undecided whether to remain here, or to leave it…
Minimal Response Syndrome
8 Minimal Response Syndrome Ofer Keren, Jacqueline Resnik What is Minimal Response Syndrome? An increasing number of severely brain-damaged patients survive as a result of improved technology, and face severe…
Hearing and Balance: The Eighth Cranial Nerve
Chapter 14 Hearing and Balance: The Eighth Cranial Nerve Chapter Outline Auditory and Vestibular Receptor Cells Are Located in the Walls of the Membranous Labyrinth The Membranous Labyrinth Is Suspended…
Electrical Signaling by Neurons
Chapter 7 Electrical Signaling by Neurons Chapter Outline A Lipid-Protein Membrane Separates Intracellular and Extracellular Fluids The Lipid Component of the Membrane Is a Diffusion Barrier Membrane Proteins Regulate the…
Cerebral Cortex
Chapter 22 Cerebral Cortex Chapter Outline Most Cerebral Cortex Is Neocortex Pyramidal Cells Are the Most Numerous Neocortical Neurons Neocortex Has Six Layers Different Neocortical Layers Have Distinctive Connections The…
The Visual System
Chapter 17 The Visual System Chapter Outline The Eye Has Three Concentric Tissue Layers and a Lens Intraocular Pressure Maintains the Shape of the Eye The Cornea and Lens Focus…
Spinal Cord
Chapter 10 Spinal Cord Chapter Outline The Spinal Cord Is Segmented Each Spinal Cord Segment Innervates a Dermatome The Spinal Cord Is Shorter Than the Vertebral Canal All Levels of…
Blood Supply of the Brain
Chapter 6 Blood Supply of the Brain Chapter Outline The Internal Carotid Arteries and Vertebral Arteries Supply the Brain The Internal Carotid Arteries Supply Most of the Cerebrum Small Perforating…
