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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... specific layers in LGN develop by gradual segregation of eye-specific inputs 183 5.10 Retinal neurons exhibit spontaneous waves of activity before the onset of vision 184 5.11 Retinal waves and correlated activity drive segregation of ...
... specific layers in LGN develop by gradual segregation of eye-specific inputs 183 5.10 Retinal neurons exhibit spontaneous waves of activity before the onset of vision 184 5.11 Retinal waves and correlated activity drive segregation of ...
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... specific ion channels 6.21 Activation of specific taste receptor cells confers specific taste perceptions. chapter. 7. Wiring. of. the. nervous. system. 277 HOW DOES WIRING SPECIFICITY ARISE IN THE DEVELOPING NERVOUS SYSTEM? 278 7.1 The ...
... specific ion channels 6.21 Activation of specific taste receptor cells confers specific taste perceptions. chapter. 7. Wiring. of. the. nervous. system. 277 HOW DOES WIRING SPECIFICITY ARISE IN THE DEVELOPING NERVOUS SYSTEM? 278 7.1 The ...
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... specific context, interneurons refer to neurons that confine their axons within a specific region—as opposed to projection neurons, whose axons link two different regions of the nervous system. The spinal inhibitory interneurons fit ...
... specific context, interneurons refer to neurons that confine their axons within a specific region—as opposed to projection neurons, whose axons link two different regions of the nervous system. The spinal inhibitory interneurons fit ...
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... Specific brain regions perform specialized functions That specialized functions of the nervous system are performed by specific parts of the brain is well established today. However, throughout prior centuries, philosophers have debated ...
... Specific brain regions perform specialized functions That specialized functions of the nervous system are performed by specific parts of the brain is well established today. However, throughout prior centuries, philosophers have debated ...
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... specific brain regions that carry out distinct functions. Brain stimulation has been used as a standard procedure to map specific brain regions in order to guide brain surgeries, such as severing axonal pathways to treat intractable ...
... specific brain regions that carry out distinct functions. Brain stimulation has been used as a standard procedure to map specific brain regions in order to guide brain surgeries, such as severing axonal pathways to treat intractable ...
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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