The second edition of this text covers the entire subject from the conduction of nerve impulses to the higher phychological functions of the brain. It has a companion volume which acts as its clinical counterpart, "Clinical Neurology" by C.D.Marsden. This edition has been thoroughly up-dated and revised and contains expanded coverage of many topics, including hypothalamus, pain, principals of neural processing, hearing, vision and somatosensory system.
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