Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction and Organization of Neuroscience Fundamentals in Communication Sciences and Disorders / Richard D. Andreatta -- Basic Structure and Function of Neurons / Richard D. Andreatta -- Basics of Neural Signaling and Synaptic Function / Richard D. Andreatta -- Neuroanatomy of the Human Nervous System : Anatomical Nomenclature, Embryology, the Spinal Cord, and the Brainstem / Richard D. Andreatta -- Neuroanatomy of the Human Nervous System : Cranial Nerve Systems / Richard D. Andreatta -- Neuroanatomy of the Human Nervous System : The Diencephalon, Cerebrum, and the Cerebral Cortex / Richard D. Andreatta -- Neuroanatomy of the Human Nervous System : White Matter Tracts, Protective Infrastructure, and the Brain's Blood Supply / Richard D. Andreatta -- Basics Principles of Sensation and Perception / Richard D. Andreatta -- The Somatosensory System : Touch, Proprioception, Temperature, and Pain / Richard D. Andreatta -- Auditory-Vestibular System : Inner Ear Transduction Mechanisms for Sound and Balance / Richard D. Andreatta -- The Visual System / Richard D. Andreatta -- The Chemical Senses : Olfactory and Gustatory Systems, and the Neural Substrate of Swallowing / Richard D. Andreatta and Nicole M. Etter -- Muscle Tissue : Structure, Mechanisms of Contraction, and the Motor Unit / Richard D. Andreatta and Timothy Butterfield -- Motor Control Systems of the CNS / Richard D. Andreatta -- Introduction to Motor Learning and Control Principles of Behavior / Patrick O. McKeon and Richard D. Andreatta -- Neural Substrate of Speech and Voice / Stephen M. Tasko -- Neural Substrate of Language / Jessica D. Richardson and Sarah Grace H. Dalton -- Neural Substrate of Hearing : Central Auditory Pathway and the Auditory Cortices / Anne D. Olson.

"Neuroscience Fundamentals for Communication Sciences and Disorders, Second Edition is a comprehensive textbook primarily designed for undergraduate neural bases or graduate neuroscience courses in communication sciences and disorders programs (CSD). The text can also be used as an accessible go-to reference for speech-language pathology and audiology clinical professionals practicing in medical and rehab settings. Written with an engaging and conversational style, the author uses humor and analogies to explain concepts that are often challenging for students. Complemented by more than 400 visually rich and beautifully drawn full-color illustrations, the book emphasizes brain and behavior relationships while also ensuring coverage of essential neuroanatomy and neurophysiology in an integrative fashion. With a comprehensive background in the principles, processes, and structures underlying the workings of the human nervous system, students and practitioners alike, will be able to better understand and apply brain-behavior relationships to make appropriate clinical assessments and treatment decisions"-- Provided by publisher.