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How brain arousal mechanisms work : paths toward consciousness / Donald Pfaff.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pfaff, Donald W., 1939- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Consciousness--Physiological aspects.
- Consciousness.
- Arousal (Physiology).
- Brain.
- Consciousness--physiology.
- Arousal--physiology.
- Medical Subjects:
- Consciousness--physiology.
- Arousal--physiology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 162 pages.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Concept
- Giant cells in the medullary reticular formation
- Pons
- Midbrain
- Hypothalamus: low road
- Thalamus: high road
- High arousal
- Phase transitions from low GA states
- Roots of consciousness and its disorders
- A vertically integrated system.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Gail and Warren Lieberfarb Mental Health and Neuroscience Library Resources Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781108377485
- 1108377483
- Publisher Number:
- 99979626929
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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