Physical Description:print 48 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Publisher:Chicago, Ill. : Heinemann Library, c2003.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 45) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introducing the brain -- Main brain parts of the brain -- Around the brain -- Blood for the brain -- Brain and head injury -- The brain's building blocks -- Signals around the brain -- The brain stem -- The body's monitor -- Emotions and the body clock -- The sleeping brain -- Cerebellum and movement -- The brain's nerves -- The cerebral cortex -- Two sides of the brain -- At the center of the brain -- Brain infections -- Brain disorders -- Brain development -- The brains in the future -- What can go wrong with the brain?