The Brain and Behavior: An Introduction to Behavioral Neuroanatomy - Softcover

Clark, David L.; Boutros, Nash N.; Mendez, Mario F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1316646939 ISBN 13: 9781316646939

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2018

Synopsis

Now in its fourth edition, The Brain and Behavior introduces the field of neurobiology of human behavior to a wide audience, from graduate students to professionals in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, and neurology. This comprehensive resource focuses on locating human behaviors to specific regions of the brain, aiming to make a complex topic visually accessible through the inclusion of clear and focused illustrations. This important new edition emphasises recent developments in our understanding of the human brain which have emerged from imaging studies. The text also features patient case histories with documented anatomical evidence, tying the science with actual clinical examples, making it the most accessible book for medical practitioners of all levels. The collaboration between a neuropsychiatrist, a behavioral neurologist, and a neuroanatomist has resulted in a book which synthesizes the complex and evolving information on the neurobiology of human behavior, and presents it in an eminently readable volume.

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Book Description

Now in its fourth edition, The Brain and Behavior clearly and concisely introduces the field of the neurobiology of human behavior to a wide audience, from graduate students to professionals in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, and neurology. This complex topic is made visually accessible through clear and focused illustrations.

From the Back Cover

This book, developed by a neuroanatomist and a psychiatrist, is the first anatomy text to acknowledge the growing acceptance of an inextricable link between the "organic" and behavioral dimensions of medicine. In spite of the explosion of information associated with the new neuropsychiatry, spurred by advances in brain imaging, brain "mapping" and research in neurochemistry, there is no textbook of neuroanatomy that embraces this new approach to psychiatric disorders. Behavioral Neuroanatomy will serve as a short course or review on the structure and function of the central nervous system and its clinical relevance to diagnosing and managing mental illness.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1316646939
• ISBN 13: 9781316646939
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 246