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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... axon trajectory choice 7.6 Crossing the midline: axons switch their responses to guidance cues at intermediate targets 7.7 The cell polarity pathway determines whether a neuronal process becomes an axon or a dendrite 7.8 Local secretory ...
... axon, which often extends far beyond the cell body (soma), and thick, bushy processes called dendrites, which are usually close to the soma (Figure 1-9A). At the ends of the axons are presynaptic terminals, specialized structures that ...
... axons 10 μm Figure 1-12 Three different views of hippocampal granule cells. (A) Golgi's drawing of granule cells of the hippocampus. The dendritic, cell body, and axonal layers are indicated on the left. In Golgi's drawing, all axons ...
... axon axon apical dendrite * cell body * terminal endings axon terminals axon terminals (C) (E) cell body cell body ... axons. Terefore, every neuron has (1) a receptive component, the cell body and dendrites; (2) a transmission ...
... axons according to their functions, with dendrites positioned to receive information and axons to send it. However, the morphological diferentiation of most invertebrate axons and dendrites, especially in the CNS, is not as clear-cut as ...
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 |