What Makes You Tick?: The Brain in Plain English
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THOMAS B. CZERNER, M.D., is Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of California School of Medicine in San Francisco and is a senior faculty consultant of the Ophthalmology Residency Training Program at the California Pacific Medical Center.
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Preface.
Introduction.
Exploring a Recently Discovered Galaxy: Off to See the Wizard.
Stardust and the Music of the Neuron: Impulses and How They Move You.
The Ghost in the Machine: The Elusive Homunculus.
The Photon and Your Brain: Your Quiet Conversation with Nature.
The Intelligence of the Neuron: Your Life Depends on the Decisons of Individual Cells.
The Moving Parts of Your Brain: The Photon Illuminates the Lilliputian Machinery of the Neuron.
The Yellow Brick Road: To Your Biological Clock and Internal Maps of the Universe.
The Emerald City: The Secrets of the Most Complex Functions of the Brain.
Beyond the Yellow Brick Road: The Brain Is a Supercomputer and Much, Much More.
The Shape of an Idea: Neuronal Ensembles.
Pure Wizardry: Matching Your Behavior to Your Situation.
Your Personal Chemistry: From Molecules to Moods and from Genes to Behavior.
The Final Chord.
Notes.
Index.
Introduction.
Exploring a Recently Discovered Galaxy: Off to See the Wizard.
Stardust and the Music of the Neuron: Impulses and How They Move You.
The Ghost in the Machine: The Elusive Homunculus.
The Photon and Your Brain: Your Quiet Conversation with Nature.
The Intelligence of the Neuron: Your Life Depends on the Decisons of Individual Cells.
The Moving Parts of Your Brain: The Photon Illuminates the Lilliputian Machinery of the Neuron.
The Yellow Brick Road: To Your Biological Clock and Internal Maps of the Universe.
The Emerald City: The Secrets of the Most Complex Functions of the Brain.
Beyond the Yellow Brick Road: The Brain Is a Supercomputer and Much, Much More.
The Shape of an Idea: Neuronal Ensembles.
Pure Wizardry: Matching Your Behavior to Your Situation.
Your Personal Chemistry: From Molecules to Moods and from Genes to Behavior.
The Final Chord.
Notes.
Index.
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