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What kind of a GG (‘goofy geek’) am I turning into that I consider what I just found FREE online to be THIS EXCITING?  Holiday Season reading at its very best!!!

Brain Facts – A primer on the brain and nervous system

This fantastic GIFT is presented to the public by

The Society for Neuroscience

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Lots of very readable information and COLOR pictures and diagrams.

THIS is where I believe we need to go to begin to understand ourselves in the world as human beings.  PLEASE PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THIS SECTION (included in list of contents below) — Brain Development: Birth of Neurons and Brain Wiring | Paring Back | Critical Periods

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THIS IS WHAT ‘BRAIN FACTS’ CONTAINS:

Download the full book (PDF) or download individual sections below. All downloads are PDFs.

Overview
Table of Contents | Introduction

Main Content
The Neuron: Neurotransmitters and Neuromodulators | Second Messengers

Brain Development: Birth of Neurons and Brain Wiring | Paring Back | Critical Periods

Sensation and Perception: Vision | Hearing | Taste and Smell | Touch and Pain

Learning, Memory, and Language: Learning and Memory | Language

Movement

Sleep: Brain Activity During Sleep | Sleep Disorders | How is Sleep Regulated?

Stress: The Immediate Response | Chronic Stress

Aging: Aging Neurons | Intellectual Capacity

Neural Disorders: Advances and Challenges: Addiction | Alzheimer’s Disease | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis | Anxiety Disorders | Attention Deficity Hyperactivity Disorder | Autism | Bipolar Disorder | Brain Tumors | Down Syndrome | Dyslexia | Huntington’s Disease | Major Depression | Multiple Sclerosis | Neurological AIDS | Neurological Trauma | Pain | Parkinson’s Disease | Schizophrenia | Seizures and Epilepsy | Stroke | Tourette Syndrome

New Diagnostic Methods: Imaging Techniques | Gene Diagnosis

Potential Therapies: New Drugs | Trophic Factors | Engineered Antibodies | Small Molecules and RNAs | Cell and Gene Therapy

Neuroethics

Conclusion
Glossary | Neuroscience Resources

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