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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... BRAIN Initiative and similar initiatives internationally. To give a few examples: deciphering single-cell transcriptomes across the nervous system has produced valuable information regarding the development and function of specifc cell ...
... brain works, and from converting this understanding into efective treatment of brain disorders. I hope to convey the excitement of neurobiology to students, to lay the foundation for their appreciation of this discipline, and to inspire ...
... Brain. Disorders. NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS 12.1 Alzheimer's disease is defined by brain deposition of numerous amyloid plaques 12.2 and neurofibrillary tangles Amyloid plaques consist mainly of aggregates of proteolytic fragments of ...
... 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 we grew up? How is the brain wired up during development ...
... brain function and dysfunction in a given environment. Te completion of the Human Genome Project and the development of tools permitting detailed examination of the genome sequence data, combined with a long history of medical and ...
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 |