TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - BIOLOGY OF NEUROLOGIC DISEASES
A1  - Hauser, Stephen L.
A1  - Prusiner, Stanley B.
A1  - Beal, M. Flint
A2  - Hauser, Stephen L.
A2  - Josephson, S. Andrew
PY  - 2018
T2  - Harrison's Neurology in Clinical Medicine, 4e
AB  - The  human  nervous  system  is  the  organ  of  consciousness,  cognition,  ethics,  and  behavior;  as  such,  it  is  the  most  intricate  structure  known  to  exist.  More  than  one-third  of  the  23,000  genes  encoded  in  the  human  genome  are  expressed  in  the  nervous  system.  Each  mature  brain  is  composed  of  100  billion  neurons,  several  million  miles  of  axons  and  dendrites,  and  >1015  synapses.  Neurons  exist  within  a  dense  parenchyma  of  multifunctional  glial  cells  that  synthesize  myelin,  preserve  homeostasis,  and  regulate  immune  responses.  Measured  against  this  background  of  complexity,  the  achievements  of  molecular  neuroscience  have  been  extraordinary.  This  chapter  reviews  selected  themes  in  neuroscience  that  provide  a  context  for  understanding  fundamental  mechanisms  underlying  neurologic  disorders.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1145768936
ER  -