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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Contents
| 1 | |
| 27 | |
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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