Who's Who of the Brain: A Guide to Its Inhabitants, Where They Live and What They Do

272 Pages·2016·3.48 MB·English

WHO’S WHO of the BRAIN
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WHO’S
WHO of the
BRAIN
A Guide to Its Inhabitants,
Where they Live and What they Do
Kenneth Nunn, Tanya Hanstock and Bryan Lask
Illustrated by Linn Iril Hjelseth
Brain diagrams by Edward Clayton
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
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First published in 2008
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Illustrations copyright © Linn Iril Hjelseth 2008
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Nunn, Kenneth P.
Who’s who of the brain : a guide to its inhabitants, where they live and what they do /
Kenneth Nunn, Tanya Hanstock and Bryan Lask.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-84310-470-4 (pb : alk. paper) 1. Brain--Popular works. I. Hanstock, Tanya.
II. Lask, Bryan. III. Title.
QP376.N856 2008
612.8--dc22
2007047560
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN 978 1 84310 470 4
ISBN pdf eBook 978 1 84642 798 5
Printed and bound in Great Britain by
Athenaeum Press, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
Kenneth dedicates this book to Rhonda, his wife
and lifelong friend.
Tanya dedicates this book to her partner, Ed, a fellow neuroscience
enthusiast, who has provided great company and support.
Bryan dedicates this book to Aaron Lask, his father and inspiration,
and to Raffi Arthur Aaron Lask, his grandson
and new guiding light.
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 9
PREFACE 11
Part One: A Community called
Cephalton-upon-Ridge
Chapter 1. Introducing the Community and Characters of
Cephalton-upon-Ridge 15
Part Two: The Cerebral Cortex
Chapter 2. Fredrick Foresight: the Frontal Lobes 29
Chapter 3. Rochelle Ringbond: the Cingulate Gyrus 41
Chapter 4. Dudley Doit: the Motor Cortex 49
Chapter 5. Cherry and Charles Chatterley: Broca’s and
Wernicke’s Areas 57
Chapter 6. Melissa Mirrorwood: the Somatosensory Cortex 67
Chapter 7. Maurice Mapply: the Parietal Lobes 75
Chapter 8. Penelope Panorama: the Occipital Lobes 85
Chapter 9. Lilly Listentale: the Temporal Lobes 93
Chapter 10. Brenda Bridgehead: the Insula 103
Part Three: The Subcortex
Chapter 11. Christopher Crosstalk: the Corpus Callosum 115
Chapter 12. Sage Seahorse: the Hippocampus 125
Chapter 13. Annie Almond: the Amygdala 133
Chapter 14. Priscilla Prizeman and Olivia Orgasmia: the
Nucleus Accumbens and Septal Nuclei 143
Chapter 15. Corrie O’Graphie: the Basal Ganglia 155
Chapter 16. Felicity Feelall: the Thalamus 169
Chapter 17. Uma Underbride and Horace Hormone:
the Hypothalamus and Pituitary 177
Part Four: The Brain Stem, Cerebellum
and Beyond
Chapter 18. Fay Faceandear and Sam Swallowtalk: the Pons
and Medulla 189
Chapter 19. Frank Finesse: the Cerebellum 197
Chapter 20. Rosie Reaction and the Downtown Dream Team:
the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) and
the Reticular Formation (RF) 207
Part Five: The Community as a Whole
Chapter 21. Cephalton in Action: The Annual Ball 224
GLOSSARY 229
THE AUTHORS 261
INDEX