@book {1784,
	title = {A Portrait of the Brain},
	year = {2008},
	pages = {246},
	publisher = {Yale University Press},
	organization = {Yale University Press},
	address = {New Haven},
	abstract = {<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150\%">In this book, neurologist Adam Zeman tells the stories of patients with a variety of neurological disorders, some familiar (epilepsy, chronic fatigue, stroke, memory loss) and others relatively mysterious (narcolepsy, chronic d{\'e}j{\`a} vu, compulsive fidgeting, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease). Chapter by chapter, the author\&nbsp; reveals the various levels of the brain, from the atom to the mind, and explores what happens when workings at each level go awry. Zeman requires of his readers no special knowledge of medicine or science, yet he takes us to the very frontiers of current scientific knowledge and elucidates the workings of the brain in astonishing detail.\&nbsp; The book weaves together case histories, clear accounts of concepts and discoveries in neuroscience, and an intimate view of the suspense, excitement, fun, and angst that color a neurologist{\textquoteright}s days. Zeman also considers what the brain{\textquoteright}s behavior and misbehavior can tell us about the human self as physical system, living creature, and conscious mind. In a final chapter he reflects on the place of the mind in nature.\&nbsp; I am tired -- Gene: don{\textquoteright}t fidget -- Protein: the light of dawn -- Organelle: metamorphoses -- Neuron: lost in translation -- Synapse: Dr Gelineau{\textquoteright}s dream -- Neural network: the sense of pre-existence -- Lobe: the art of losing -- Psyche: betrayal -- Soul: the anatomy of the soul -- Epilogue: O magnum mysterium</p>
},
	keywords = {Brain., neurology},
	isbn = {9780300114164},
	url = {http://lccn.loc.gov/2007032187},
	author = {Zeman, Adam}
}
