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The brain as a tool : a neuroscientist's account / Ray Guillery ; [with original illustrations by Lizzie Burns].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guillery, R. W., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brain.
- Brain--physioology.
- Brain--growth & development.
- Medical Subjects:
- Brain--physioology.
- Brain--growth & development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 267 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Part I How do we relate to the world?
- 1 The role of the brain 3
- 2 The pathways for perception 26
- 3 The pathways for action 43
- 4 The subcortical motor centres 49
- Part II My route to the thalamic gate
- 5 Starting to study the brain 65
- 6 The mamillothalamic pathways: my first encounter with the thalamus 83
- 7 Comparative anatomical studies of the hypothalamus that led to studies of thalamic synapses 104
- Part III Arriving at the thalamic gate
- 8 Defining the functional components of the thalamic gate 119
- 9 Thalamic higher-order driver inputs as sensorimotor links 140
- 10 The hierarchy of cortical monitors 149
- Part IV Higher cortical functions
- 11 Relating the neural connections to actions and perceptions 161
- 12 Interacting with the world 170
- 13 The role of the thalamocortical hierarchy 182
- 14 The neural origins of a sense of self with a brief note on freewill 201.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Oxford Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780191844317
- 0191844314
- Publisher Number:
- 99974340626
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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