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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... BEHAVIOR IN THE FLY? 10.1 Drosophila courtship behavior follows an instinctive, stereotyped ritual 10.2 Fruitless (Fru) is essential for many aspects of sexual behavior 10.3 Expression of male-specific FruM in females is sufficient to ...
... behavior 14.24 Neuronal activation can establish sufficiency of neuronal activity in circuit function and behavior 14.25 Optogenetics allows control of the activity of genetically targeted neurons with millisecond precision 14.26 ...
... behavior? How do we sense the environment? How does the brain create a representation of the world out of the sensations? How much of our brain function and behavior is shaped by our genes, and how much refects the environment in which ...
... behavior. Twin studies have been used to estimate the heritability of many human traits, ranging from height (~90%) to the chance of developing schizophrenia (60–80 ... behavior 3 1.2 Examples of nature: animals exhibit instinctive behaviors.
... behaviors? In Chapter 10, we will explore this question using sexual behavior as an example. We will learn about how a single gene in the fruit fy named fruitless can exert profound control over many aspects of fruit fy mating behavior ...
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 |