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How Brain Arousal Mechanisms Work: Paths Toward Consciousness - Softcover

Donald Pfaff

 
9781108433334: How Brain Arousal Mechanisms Work: Paths Toward Consciousness
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1108433332 ISBN 13: 9781108433334
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2018

Synopsis

A succinct, neurobiological explanation of the pathways that 'wake up the brain' from deep anesthesia, sleep and brain injury.

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About the Author

Donald Pfaff is Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior at the Rockefeller University, New York. With over fifty years of experience in the field, he has authored or edited more than thirty books and is active on six journal editorial boards in topics of neuroscience. His study of generalized arousal led to the first operational definition of the term, enabling scientists to measure arousal quantitatively in laboratory animals and humans.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1108433332
ISBN 13 
9781108433334
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
198