Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction and organization of neuroscience fundamentals in communication sciences and disorders / Richard D. Andreatta -- The 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: the diencephalon, cerebrum, cerebral cortex, and the infrastructure of the CNS / Richard D. Andreatta -- Basics of sensation and perception, and the somatosensory system / 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 / Richard D. Andreatta and Nicole M. Etter -- Muscle tissue : structure, mechanisms of contraction, and the motor unit / Richard D. Andreatta -- Motor control systems of the CNS / Richard D. Andreatta -- Introduction to motor learning and control principles of behavior / Patrick O. McKeon -- 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.