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Aicardi's Epilepsy in Childrenby Jean AicardiISBN 0781701112 (0-7817-0111-2)
Hardcover, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhoodby Jean Aicardi, Frederick Andermann, Federico VigevanoISBN 0781701635 (0-7817-0163-5)
Hardcover, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Antiepileptic Drugsby Rene H. Levy, Richard H. Mattson, Brian S. MeldrumISBN 0781723213 (0-7817-2321-3)
Hardcover, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Antiepileptic Drugsby Richard H. Mattson, Rene H. Levy, Brian S. MeldrumISBN 0781702461 (0-7817-0246-1)
Hardcover, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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The Ape That Spokeby John McCroneISBN 068810326X (0-688-10326-X)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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The Barmaid's Brain: And Other Strange Tales from Scienceby Jay IngramISBN 0716747022 (0-7167-4702-2)
Softcover, Freeman & Company, W. H.
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Basic Clinical Neuroscienceby Paul A. YoungISBN 0683093517 (0-683-09351-7)
Softcover, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Beautiful Mind: A Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 1994by Sylvia NasarISBN 0684853701 (0-684-85370-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Economist and journalist Sylvia Nasar has written a biography of Nash that looks at all sides of his life. She gives an intelligent, understandable exposition of his mathematical ideas and a picture of schizophrenia that is evocative but decidedly unromantic. Her story of the machinations behind Nash's Nobel is fascinating and one of very few such accounts available in print (the CIA could learn a thing or two from the Nobel committees). This highly recommended book is indeed "a story about the mystery of the human mind, in three acts: genius, madness, reawakening." --Mary Ellen Curtin [via]
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- Beautiful Mind: A Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 1994: ISBN 0743226372 (0-7432-2637-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - A Beautiful Mind: A Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., Winner of the Nobel Prize for Economics, 1994: ISBN 0684819066 (0-684-81906-6)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster - Beautiful Mind: A Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 1994: ISBN 0684853701 (0-684-85370-1)
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A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nashby Sylvia NasarISBN 0743224574 (0-7432-2457-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Economist and journalist Sylvia Nasar has written a biography of Nash that looks at all sides of his life. She gives an intelligent, understandable exposition of his mathematical ideas and a picture of schizophrenia that is evocative but decidedly unromantic. Her story of the machinations behind Nash's Nobel is fascinating and one of very few such accounts available in print (the CIA could learn a thing or two from the Nobel committees). This highly recommended book is indeed "a story about the mystery of the human mind, in three acts: genius, madness, reawakening." --Mary Ellen Curtin [via]
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Biology of the Brain: From Neurons to Networksby Rodolfo R. LlinasISBN 071672037X (0-7167-2037-X)
Softcover, W H Freeman & Co
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Brain Sex: The Real Difference Between Men and Womenby Anne Moir, David JesselISBN 0718128842 (0-7181-2884-2)
Hardcover, Michael Joseph
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Brain, Mind, and Behaviorby Floyd E. Bloom, Arlyne LazersonISBN 0716718634 (0-7167-1863-4)
Softcover, W H Freeman & Co
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Brainscapes: An Introduction to What Neuroscience Has Learned About the Structure, Function, and Abilities of the Brainby Richard M. Restak, Richard KotISBN 0786881909 (0-7868-8190-9)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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Cerebrospinal Fluid in Diseases of the Nervous Systemby Robert A. FishmanISBN 0721635571 (0-7216-3557-1)
Hardcover, Elsevier Science Health Science div
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Child Neurologyby John H. MenkesISBN 078172385X (0-7817-2385-X)
Hardcover, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Chronic Encephalitis and Epilepsy: Rasmussen's Syndromeby Frederick Andermann, Theodore RasmussenISBN 0750690097 (0-7506-9009-7)
Hardcover, Butterworth-Heinemann
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Clinical Neurology for Psychiatristsby David Myland KaufmanISBN 0721689957 (0-7216-8995-7)
Hardcover, Elsevier Science Health Science div
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Clinical Pediatric Neurology: A Signs And Symptoms Approachby Gerald M. FenichelISBN 0721664636 (0-7216-6463-6)
Hardcover, Elsevier Science Health Science div
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Clinical Syndromes in Veterinary Neurologyby Kyle G. BraundISBN 0801673542 (0-8016-7354-2)
Hardcover, Elsevier Science Health Science div
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Consciousnessby J. Allan HobsonISBN 0716760401 (0-7167-6040-1)
Softcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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Drugs and the Brainby Solomon H. SnyderISBN 0716760177 (0-7167-6017-7)
Softcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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Drugs and the Brain : A Scientific American Bookby Solomon H. SnyderISBN 0716750155 (0-7167-5015-5)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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Dystonia 3by Stanley FahnISBN 0781715385 (0-7817-1538-5)
Hardcover, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Electroencephalography: Basic Principles, Clinical Applications, and Related Fieldsby Ernst Niedermeyer, Fernando Lopes Da SilvaISBN 0683302841 (0-683-30284-1)
Hardcover, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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The Emotional Brainby Joseph LedouxISBN 0684803828 (0-684-80382-8)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Emotional Brain'Book summary:Joseph LeDoux, a professor at the Center for Neural Science at New York University, has written the most comprehensive examination to date of how systems in the brain work in response to emotions, particularly fear. Among his fascinating findings is the work of amygdala structure within the brain. The amygdala mediates fear and other responses and actually processes information more quickly than other parts of the brain, allowing a rapid response that can save our lives before other parts of the brain have had a chance to react. He also offers findings and theories on how the brain handles--and in many cases, buries--extremely traumatic experiences. In all, a compelling read about the mysteries of emotions and the workings of the brain. [via]
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The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Lifeby Joseph LedouxISBN 0684836599 (0-684-83659-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Endangered Minds: Why Children Don't Think and What We Can Do About Itby Jane M. HealyISBN 0684856204 (0-684-85620-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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In this landmark, bestselling assessment tracing the roots of America's escalating crisis in education, Jane M. Healy, Ph.D., examines how television, video games, and other components of popular culture compromise our children's ability to concentrate and to absorb and analyze information. Drawing on neuropsychological research and an analysis of current educational practices, Healy presents in clear, understandable language:
-- How growing brains are physically shaped by experience
-- Why television programs -- even supposedly educational shows like Sesame Street -- develop "habits of mind" that place children at a disadvantage in school
-- Why increasing numbers of children are diagnosed with attention deficit disorder
-- How parents and teachers can make a critical difference by making children good learners from the day they are born [via]
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Epilepsy and the Functional Anatomy of the Frontal Lobeby Herbert H. Jasper, Silvana Riggio, Patricia S. Goldman-RakicISBN 0781702291 (0-7817-0229-1)
Hardcover, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Epilepsy Surgeryby Hans Luders, Y. G. ComairISBN 0781714427 (0-7817-1442-7)
Hardcover, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Eye and Brain: The Psychology of Seeingby R. L. GregoryISBN 0691048371 (0-691-04837-1)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eye and Brain: The Psychology of Seeing'Book summary:Since the publication of the first edition in 1966, Eye and Brain has established itself worldwide as an essential introduction to the basic phenomena of visual perception. In this book, Richard L. Gregory offers clear explanations of how we see brightness, movement, color, and objects, and he explores the phenomena of visual illusions to establish principles about how perception normally works and why it sometimes fails. Although successive editions have incorporated new discoveries and ideas, Gregory completely revised and updated the book for this publication, adding more than thirty new illustrations. The phenomena of illusion continue to be a major theme in the book, in which the author makes a new attempt to provide a comprehensive classification system. There are also new sections on what babies see and how they learn to see, on motion perception, and tantalizing glimpses of the relationship between vision and consciousness and of the impact of new brain imaging techniques. In addition, the presentation of the text and illustrations has been improved by the larger format and new page design. The thousands of readers of the previous editions of Eye and Brain will find this new revised edition even more attractive and enthralling.
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Field Guide to the Neurologic Examby Steven LewisISBN 0781741866 (0-7817-4186-6)
Softcover, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Handbook of Clinical Neurologyby Pierre J. Vinken, G.W. Bruyn, P. J. VinkenISBN 0720472008 (0-7204-7200-8)
Hardcover, Elsevier Science Ltd
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Handbook of Epilepsyby Thomas R. Browne, Gregory L. HolmesISBN 0781724074 (0-7817-2407-4)
Softcover, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Handbook of Veterinary Neurologyby Michael D. Lorenz, John E. OliverISBN 0721669689 (0-7216-6968-9)
Softcover, Elsevier Science Health Science div
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The Human Brain: An Introduction to Its Functional Anatomyby John NolteISBN 0801674832 (0-8016-7483-2)
Softcover, Elsevier Science Health Science div
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In the Shadow of Memoryby Floyd SklootISBN 0803293224 (0-8032-9322-4)
Softcover, Bison Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In the Shadow of Memory'Book summary:In December 1988 Floyd Skloot was stricken by a virus that targeted his brain, leaving him totally disabled and utterly changed. In the Shadow of Memory is an intimate picture of what it is like to find oneself possessed of a ravaged memory and unstable balance and confronted by wholesale changes in both cognitive and emotional powers. Skloot also explores the gradual reassembling of himself, putting together his scattered memories, rediscovering the meaning of childhood and family history, and learning a new way to be at home in the world. Combining the authors skills as a poet and novelist, this book finds humor, meaning, and hope in the story of a fragmented life made whole by love and the courage to thrive.[via]More editions of In the Shadow of Memory:
Luckiest Man: The Life And Death of Lou Gehrigby Jonathan EigISBN 0743268938 (0-7432-6893-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Luckiest Man: The Life And Death of Lou Gehrig'Book summary:Lou Gehrig started his professional baseball career at a time when players began to be seen as national celebrities. Though this suited charismatic men such as Babe Ruth and Joe DiMaggio, Gehrig avoided the spotlight and preferred to speak with his bat. Best known for playing in 2,130 consecutive games as well as his courage in battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (a disease that now bears his name), the Iron Horse that emerges from this book is surprisingly naïve and insecure. He would cry in the clubhouse after disappointing performances, was painfully shy around women (much to the amusement of some of his teammates), and particularly devoted to his German-immigrant mother all his life. Even after earning the league MVP award he still feared the Yankees would let him go. Against the advice of Ruth and others, he refused to negotiate aggressively and so earned less than he deserved for many seasons. Honest, humble, and notoriously frugal, his only vices were chewing gum and the occasional cigarette. And despite becoming one of the finest first basemen of all time, Jonathan Eig shows how Gehrig never seemed to conquer his self-doubt, only to manage it better.
Jonathan Eig's Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig offers a fascinating and well-rounded portrait of Gehrig, from his dugout rituals and historic games to his relationships with his mother, wife, coaches, and teammates. His complex friendship with Ruth, who was the polar opposite to Gehrig in nearly every respect, is given particularly vivid attention. Take this revealing description of how the two men began a barnstorming tour together following their 1927 World Series victory: "Ruth tipped the call girls and sent them on their way. Gehrig kissed his mother goodbye." Eig also shares some previously unknown details regarding his consecutive games streak and how he dealt with ALS during the final years of his life. Rich in anecdotes and based on hundreds of interviews and 200 pages of recently discovered letters, the book effectively shows why the Iron Horse remains an American icon to this day. --Shawn Carkonen [via]
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Magnetic Resonance in Epilepsyby Ruben I. Kuzniecky, Graeme D. JacksonISBN 0781702275 (0-7817-0227-5)
Hardcover, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Manual of Neurologic Therapeuticsby Martin A. SamuelsISBN 0781746469 (0-7817-4646-9)
Softcover, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Mechanism And Management Of Headacheby James W. Lance, Peter J. GoadsbyISBN 0750637285 (0-7506-3728-5)
Hardcover, Elsevier Science Health Science div
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Merritt's Neurologyby Lewis P. Rowland, H. Houston MerrittISBN 0781753112 (0-7817-5311-2)
Hardcover, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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The Mind at Night: The New Science of How and Why We Dreamby Andrea RockISBN 0738207551 (0-7382-0755-1)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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Mind Wide Open: Your Brain And The Neuroscience Of Everyday Lifeby Steven JohnsonISBN 0743241665 (0-7432-4166-5)
Softcover, Scribner
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Using a mix of experiential reportage, personal storytelling, and fresh scientific discovery, Steven Johnson describes how the brain works -- its chemicals, structures, and subroutines -- and how these systems connect to the day-to-day realities of individual lives. For a hundred years, he says, many of us have assumed that the most powerful route to self-knowledge took the form of lying on a couch, talking about our childhoods. The possibility entertained in this book is that you can follow another path, in which learning about the brain's mechanics can widen one's self-awareness as powerfully as any therapy or meditation or drug.
In "Mind Wide Open, " Johnson embarks on this path as his own test subject, participating in a battery of attention tests, learning to control video games by altering his brain waves, scanning his own brain with a $2 million fMRI machine, all in search of a modern answer to the oldest of questions: who am I?
Along the way, Johnson explores how we "read" other people, how the brain processes frightening events (and how we might rid ourselves of the scars those memories leave), what the neurochemistry is behind love and sex, what it means that our brains are teeming with powerful chemicals closely related to recreational drugs, why music moves us to tears, and where our breakthrough ideas come from.
Johnson's clear, engaging explanation of the physical functions of the brain reveals not only the broad strokes of our aptitudes and fears, our skills and weaknesses and desires, but also the momentary brain phenomena that a whole human life comprises. Why, when hearing a tale of woe, do we sometimes smile inappropriately, even if we don't want to? Why are some of us so bad at remembering phone numbers but brilliant at recognizing faces? Why does depression make us feel stupid?
To read "Mind Wide Open" is to rethink family histories, individual fates, and the very nature of the self, and to see that brain science is now personally transformative -- a valuable tool for better relationships and better living. [via]
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Mitochondrial DNA in Human Pathologyby Salvatore Dimauro, Douglas C. WallaceISBN 078170006X (0-7817-0006-X)
Hardcover, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Molecules of Emotion: Why You Feel the Way You Feelby Candace B. PertISBN 0684846349 (0-684-84634-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Mother Tongue: English & How It Got That Wayby Bill BrysonISBN 0688078958 (0-688-07895-8)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mother Tongue: English & How It Got That Way'Book summary:Who would have thought that a book about English would be so entertaining? Certainly not this grammar-allergic reviewer, but The Mother Tongue pulls it off admirably. Bill Bryson--a zealot--is the right man for the job. Who else could rhapsodize about "the colorless murmur of the schwa" with a straight face? It is his unflagging enthusiasm, seeping from between every sentence, that carries the book.
Bryson displays an encyclopedic knowledge of his topic, and this inevitably encourages a light tone; the more you know about a subject, the more absurd it becomes. No jokes are necessary, the facts do well enough by themselves, and Bryson supplies tens per page. As well as tossing off gems of fractured English (from a Japanese eraser: "This product will self-destruct in Mother Earth."), Bryson frequently takes time to compare the idiosyncratic tongue with other languages. Not only does this give a laugh (one word: Welsh), and always shed considerable light, it also makes the reader feel fortunate to speak English. [via]
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Movement Disorders 3by C. David Marsden, Stanley FahnISBN 0750614129 (0-7506-1412-9)
Hardcover, Elsevier Science Health Science div
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Neocortical Epilepsiesby Michael S. Gazzaniga, David W. Roberts, Peter D. Williamson, Adrian M. Siegel, Vijay M. ThadaniISBN 0781718724 (0-7817-1872-4)
Hardcover, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Neurodegenerative Diseasesby Donald B. CalneISBN 0721643493 (0-7216-4349-3)
Hardcover, Elsevier Science Health Science div
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Neuroimaging in Epilepsy: Principles and Practiceby Gregory Cascino, Clifford R. JackISBN 0750697164 (0-7506-9716-4)
Hardcover, Elsevier Science Health Science div
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Neurologyby Howard L. Weiner, Lawrence P. Levitt, Alexander Rae-GrantISBN 0683304976 (0-683-30497-6)
Softcover, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Neurology for Non-Neurologistsby Wigbert C. WiederholtISBN 0721688748 (0-7216-8874-8)
Softcover, W B Saunders Co
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Neurology for the Primary Careby Andrea C. AdamsISBN 0803605382 (0-8036-0538-2)
Softcover, F A Davis Co
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Neuronal Man: The Biology of Mindby Jean-Pierre Changeux, Laurence GareyISBN 0691026661 (0-691-02666-1)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Neuroscience: Exploring the Brainby Mark F. Bear, Barry W. Connors, Michael A. ParadisoISBN 0781760038 (0-7817-6003-8)
Hardcover, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Neuroscience: Fundamentals for Rehabilitationby Laurie Lundy-EkmanISBN 0721647170 (0-7216-4717-0)
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Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicideby Kay R. JamisonISBN 0756765595 (0-7567-6559-5)
Hardcover, Diane Pub Co
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Non-Epileptic Seizuresby A. James Rowan, John R. GatesISBN 0750694157 (0-7506-9415-7)
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Norman Geschwind: Selected Publications on Language, Epilepsy, and Behaviorby Orrin Devinsky, Steven C. Schachter, Norman GeschwindISBN 0750697539 (0-7506-9753-9)
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One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nestby Ken KeseyISBN 0774033444 (0-7740-3344-4)
Softcover, Coles Pub Group Ltd
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Optical Illusionsby Smithmark StaffISBN 0765193167 (0-7651-9316-7)
Hardcover, Smithmark Publishers, Incorporated
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Pain and the Brain: From Nociception to Cognitionby Burkhart Bromm, World Congress on Pain 1993 Paris, France), John E. DesmedtISBN 0781703220 (0-7817-0322-0)
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Pediatric Epileptology: Classification and Management of Seizures in the Childby Fritz E DreifussISBN 0723670390 (0-7236-7039-0)
Hardcover, J. Wright, PSG
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Plasticity in Epilepsy: Dynamic Aspects of Brain Functionby S.D. Shorvon, Frederick Andermann, Patrick Chauvel, Hermann StefanISBN 078171446X (0-7817-1446-X)
Hardcover, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Primer of Eeg With a Mini-Atlas: With a Mini-Atlasby A. James Rowan, Eugene TolunskyISBN 0750674768 (0-7506-7476-8)
Softcover, Butterworth-Heinemann Medical
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Progress in Neuroscienceby Richard F. ThompsonISBN 0716717271 (0-7167-1727-1)
Softcover, Freeman & Company Limited, W H
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Psychiatric Issues in Epilepsy: A Practical Guide to Diagnosis and Treatmentby Alan B. Ettinger, Andres M. KannerISBN 0781721768 (0-7817-2176-8)
Hardcover, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Recent Progress in Perception: Readings from Scientific Americanby Whitman Richards, Richard HeldISBN 0716705338 (0-7167-0533-8)
Hardcover, W. H. Freeman
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Sphelmann's Evoked Potential Primer: Visual, Auditory, and Somatosensory Evoked Potentials in Clinical Diagnosisby Karl E. MisulisISBN 0750695129 (0-7506-9512-9)
Softcover, Elsevier Science Health Science div
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Supplementary Sensorimotor Areaby Georges T. Serratrice, Theodore L. MunsatISBN 0781702682 (0-7817-0268-2)
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Symptom-Oriented Neurology: Handbook for Primary Careby William H. Olson, Roger A. BrumbackISBN 0801677793 (0-8016-7779-3)
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Tales from the Bed: On Living, Dying and Having It Allby Jenifer Estess, Valerie EstessISBN 0743476832 (0-7434-7683-2)
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Tension-Type Headache: Classification, Mechanisms, and Treatmentby Jes Olesen, Jean SchoenenISBN 0781700701 (0-7817-0070-1)
Hardcover, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Textbook of Neurologyby Julien Bogousslavsky, Marc FisherISBN 0750699183 (0-7506-9918-3)
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The Treatment Of Epilepsy: Principles & Practiceby Elaine Wyllie, Ajay Gupta, Deepak K. LachhwaniISBN 0781749956 (0-7817-4995-6)
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Vertebral Musculoskeletal Disordersby G.D. Maitland, Brian CorriganISBN 0750629657 (0-7506-2965-7)
Softcover, Butterworth-Heinemann Medical
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Veterinary Neuroanatomy and Clinical Neurologyby Alexander De LahuntaISBN 0721630243 (0-7216-3024-3)
Hardcover, Saunders
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Veterinary Neurologyby Shawn MessonnierISBN 075067203X (0-7506-7203-X)
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Why Michael Couldn't Hit : And Other Tales of the Neurology of Sportsby Harold L. KlawansISBN 0716730014 (0-7167-3001-4)
Softcover, Freeman & Company, W. H.
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Why We Hurt: The Natural History of Painby Frank T. VertosickISBN 0756761689 (0-7567-6168-9)
Hardcover, Diane Pub Co
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The Workings of the Brain : Development, Memory and Perceptionby Rodolfo R. LlinasISBN 071672071X (0-7167-2071-X)
Softcover, Freeman & Company, W. H.
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