Principles of NeurobiologyPrinciples of Neurobiology, Second Edition 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 a clear and consistent writing style, each topic builds in complexity from electrophysiology to molecular genetics to systems level in a highly integrative approach. Students can fully engage with the content via thematically linked chapters and will be able to read the book in its entirety in a semester-long course. Principles of Neurobiology is accompanied by a rich package of online student and instructor resources including animations, figures in PowerPoint, and a Question Bank for adopting instructors. |
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... activity waves before the onset of vision 5.11 Retinal waves and correlated activity drive segregation of eye-specific inputs 5.12 Hebb's rule: correlated activity strengthens synapses 5.13 A Hebbian molecule: the NMDA receptor acts as ...
... activity and experience. SUMMARY. OPEN. QUESTIONS. FURTHER. READING. 7.5 Crossing the midline: combinatorial actions of guidance receptors specify axon trajectory choice 7.6 Crossing the midline: axons switch their responses to guidance ...
... activity of motor cortex neurons 359 8.13 The posterior parietal cortex regulates sensorimotor transformations 361 8.14 The frontal cortex regulates movement planning: a dynamical systems perspective 364 8.15 Population activity of ...
... MANIPULATING NEURONAL ACTIVITY 14.20 Extracellular recordings can reveal the firing patterns of individual neurons or ensembles 14.21Intracellularand whole-cell recordings can measure synaptic input as well as firing patterns 14.22 ...
... activity. By allowing researchers to observe whole-brain activity without bias while subjects perform specifc tasks, fMRI has revolutionized our understanding of brain regions implicated in specifc functions. Such studies have confrmed ...
Contents
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Chapter 3 Signaling across Synapses | 69 |
Chapter 4 Vision | 121 |
Chapter 5 Wiring the Visual System | 173 |
Chapter 6 Olfaction Taste Audition and Somatosensation | 213 |
Chapter 7 Constructing the Nervous System | 281 |
Chapter 8 Motor Systems | 335 |
Chapter 10 Sexual Behavior | 411 |
Chapter 11 Memory Learning and Synaptic Plasticity | 445 |
Chapter 12 Brain Disorders | 499 |
Chapter 13 Evolution of the Nervous System | 547 |
Chapter 14 Ways of Exploring | 591 |
Glossary | 1 |
Index | 1 |
Chapter 9 Regulatory Systems | 375 |