Principles of NeurobiologyPrinciples of Neurobiology presents the major concepts of neuroscience with an emphasis on how we know what we know. The text is organized around a series of key experiments to illustrate how scientific progress is made and helps upper-level undergraduate and graduate students discover the relevant primary literature. Written by a single author in |
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... indicated. A wide variety of references are listed. Reasonable efforts have been made to publish reliable data and information, but the author and the publisher cannot assume responsibility for the validity of all materials or for the ...
... indicated. A wide variety of references are listed. Reasonable efforts have been made to publish reliable data and information, but the author and the publisher cannot assume responsibility for the validity of all materials or for the ...
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... indicated, and will be studied in greater detail later in the book. From rostral to caudal, the brainstem is divided ... indicates the major CNS divisions, and the right side indicates major subdivisions. For example, the hypothalamus is ...
... indicated, and will be studied in greater detail later in the book. From rostral to caudal, the brainstem is divided ... indicates the major CNS divisions, and the right side indicates major subdivisions. For example, the hypothalamus is ...
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... indicated on the left. In Golgi's drawing, all axons are fused together to form a giant reticulum. (B) Ramón y Cajal's depiction of the same hippocampal granule cells. Note that axons below the cell bodies have definitive endings. (C) ...
... indicated on the left. In Golgi's drawing, all axons are fused together to form a giant reticulum. (B) Ramón y Cajal's depiction of the same hippocampal granule cells. Note that axons below the cell bodies have definitive endings. (C) ...
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... indicated on the left (hour. minute). The stationary blood vessel (oval) provided a landmark for the growing tips of ... indicate mitochondria in both micrographs. (A) Electron micrograph of a chemical synapse between the presynaptic ...
... indicated on the left (hour. minute). The stationary blood vessel (oval) provided a landmark for the growing tips of ... indicate mitochondria in both micrographs. (A) Electron micrograph of a chemical synapse between the presynaptic ...
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... indicated that activation of specific motor cortical neurons is sufficient to produce twitches of specific muscles. Both loss- and gain-of-function experiments can be used to deduce the causal relationships between components in ...
... indicated that activation of specific motor cortical neurons is sufficient to produce twitches of specific muscles. Both loss- and gain-of-function experiments can be used to deduce the causal relationships between components in ...
Contents
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Chapter 3 Signaling across Synapses | 69 |
Chapter 4 Vision | 121 |
Chapter 5 Wiring of the Visual System | 167 |
Chapter 6 Olfaction Taste Audition and Somatosensation | 207 |
Chapter 7 Wiring of the Nervous System | 277 |
Chapter 8 Motor and Regulatory Systems | 325 |
Chapter 9 Sexual Behavior | 377 |
Chapter 10 Memory Learning and Synaptic Plasticity | 415 |
Chapter 11 Brain Disorders | 467 |
Chapter 12 Evolution of the NervousSystem | 513 |
Chapter 13 Ways of Exploring | 557 |
GLOSSARY | 1 |
INDEX | 1 |
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