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Everyone knows that the brain is responsible for our smarts and the spinal cord holds us up, but students may be surprised to learn how much more these powerhouses are responsible for. Together they control the nervous system. Without them, we would not b
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Takes a closer look at the brain's role in the central nervous system. Explores how the forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain help us perform separate, everyday functions. Each book in this appealing series will introduce young readers to a part of the human body. With engaging text, fun facts, and helpful photos and diagrams, each book explores the appearance and function of the body part and its role in a healthy, working body. These fascinating books...
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"Simple, vibrant illustrations and cutaway diagrams give readers an in-depth and engaging look at the brain, senses, nerves, and nervous system. This potentially complex information is made reader-friendly with humor, clever examples, and clear explanations."--
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"Introduces young readers to the dangers of a tranquilizer and depressant addiction and shows ways that users have found help. Learn about the physical and mental effects of tranquilizer and depressant abuse and their negative impacts on lives"--Www.childsworld.com
6) In silico
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A young filmmaker sets out to document a brilliant neuroscientist who has become frustrated with his field's status quo. With time elapsing and millions of dollars on the line, In Silico explores an audacious 10-year quest to simulate the entire human brain on supercomputers. Along the way, it reveals the profound beauty of tiny mistakes and bold predictions, a controversial space where scientific process meets ego, and where the lines between objectivity...
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"Just think - everything you do (and think!) - is handled by the extraordinary computer inside your head. Your heart beats more than once every second. Ber-boom. What happens to every yummy mouthful from the moment you chew it? How your muscles let you run, jump - or just stay still to read this book! Let the knowledgeable and funny Stickmen show you around - inside you and out! Along the way you'll discover the longest and strongest muscle, how poo...
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"Tumors, injuries, natural malformations -- there is almost no such thing as a non-emergency brain surgery when it comes to kids. For a pediatric neurosurgeon working in the medical minefield of the brain -- in which every millimeter in every direction governs something that makes us essentially human -- every day presents the challenge, the opportunity, to give a new lease on life to a child for whom nothing is yet determined and all possibilities...
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Succeed in your neuroanatomy course with Neuroanatomy: An Atlas of Structures, Sections, and Systems, Ninth Edition. This premiere learning resource provides everything you need to master course content, including clear explanations; a thorough synopsis of functional components, tracts, pathways, and systems; superb, high-quality MRI, CT, MRA, and MRV images; abundant color illustrations and photographs; hundreds of review questions; a wide range...
14) Neurocomic
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"Nonfiction graphic novel explaining the physiology of the brain and describing theoretical and experimental developments that led to our present understanding."
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"The Brain Atlas: A Visual Guide to the Human Central Nervous System demonstrates brain anatomy in cross-referenced detail to be used to explain the anatomical basis for neurologic diseases and has been extensively revised and updated for a fourth edition making it the best available visual guide to human neuroanatomy. The human brain is one of the most amazing consequences of evolution. The Brain Atlas correlates human brains, anatomical slices of...
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