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Title: Neuroscience by Dale Purves, George J. Augustine, David Fitzpatrick, William C. Hall, Anthony-Samuel Lamantia, James O. McNamara, S. Mark Williams ISBN: 0-87893-725-0 Publisher: Sinauer Associates Pub. Date: June, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $86.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.43 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent! Accessible, great graphics, good organization.
Comment: As an undergraduate Psychobiology student, this text served me well in my Neuroscience course. In all honesty I never went. I just read this book. I got excellent marks in the class. As a serious slacker and bibliophile, I recommend this textbook for any like-minded student.
Rating: 1
Summary: Confusing
Comment: When I saw the page I recognized the cover of the book, but I could not believe what people were actually writing about it.
First I want to say that I am an undergraduate biotechnology student. I have a very strong background in biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, tissue culture techniques, and immunology; but I have not had any classes dealing with anatomy or physiology since Bio 101 way back when. I have read and am quite comfortable with Alberts Molecular Biology of the Cell and Stryers Biochemistry, and even a handful of primary journal articles, so I do know how to read a textbook.
Now with that out of the way, let me say that this book is completely incomprehensible. It is so full of anatomy and Latin derived words (which it does a poor job at explaining BTW) that I can only assume that it was meant for medical students, and to have physiology an a prerequisite for it, but it doesn't even have an introduction describing the recommended background or whom it is supposed to be for. In fact, most of the book is devoted to the physiology of sensation and movement, not neurobiology. Now if you have the background for it and thats what you are looking for then it is a very thorough text that goes into a lot of depth.
If you are looking to understand the biochemistry or molecular aspects of neurobiology, find another book!
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent for Undergrads
Comment: As an undergraduate Neuroscience major I found this textbook to be highly informative and well-written. It was used to a Freshman-level course, and was easy to understand, yet thorough and interesting. The graphics are well done, and the format is better than most textbooks I'm used to. Anyone, even with minimal science experience could dive right in and learn a great deal. It may not be advanced enough, however, for grad or medical students. As a reference it does okay, but there are more-advanced texts which would probably do better. All-in-all it is an excellent book. In-fact, I liked it so much that I didn't sell it back at the end of the semester and keep it on my bookshelf for future reference (and future classes!)
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Title: Neuroanatomy: An Atlas of Structures, Sections, and Systems (Book with CD-ROM) by Duane E. Haines, Haines ISBN: 0781737362 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Pub. Date: 15 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
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Title: Neuroanatomy Through Clinical Cases by Hal Blumenfeld ISBN: 0878930604 Publisher: Sinauer Associates Pub. Date: 15 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $59.95 |
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Title: Physiology (Board Review Series) by Linda S. Costanzo ISBN: 0781739195 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
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Title: Principles of Neural Science by Eric R. Kandel, James H. Schwartz, Thomas M. Jessell ISBN: 0838577016 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Appleton & Lange Pub. Date: 05 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $95.00 |
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Title: Textbook of Medical Physiology (TEXTBOOK OF MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY) by Arthur C., M.D. Guyton, John E. Hall ISBN: 072168677X Publisher: W B Saunders Pub. Date: 15 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $79.92 |
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