Gordon M. Shepherd

Essentials in Total Hip Arthroplasty by Dr. Javad Parvizi and Dr. Brian Klatt is a succinct, yet comprehensive text that provides a unique and colorful look into the world of total hip arthroplasty, an in-depth history of this common procedure, as well as strategies to treat and prevent complications.  Inside you will find information...

How the Brain Creates Flavor and Why It MattersGordon M. Shepherd, a leading neuroscientist at Yale University, embarks on an eye-opening trip through the human brain's "e;flavor system,"e; establishing the parameters of a new field: neurogastronomy. Challenging the belief that humans' sense of smell diminished as they made the...

Modern brain imaging is revolutionizing the study of brain function in health and disease. Few realize that its origins began with a pioneering study in the nineteenth century by an Italian scientist, Angelo Mosso, of several subjects brought to him with head injuries that exposed their brains to direct observation. He took advantage of...

Modern brain imaging is revolutionizing the study of brain function in health and disease. Few realize that its origins began with a pioneering study in the nineteenth century by an Italian scientist, Angelo Mosso, of several subjects brought to him with head injuries that exposed their brains to direct observation. He took advantage of...