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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... cord uses multiple central pattern generators to control locomotion 8.7 The brainstem contains specific motor command nuclei 8.8 The basal ganglia consist of two parallel pathways that are oppositely regulated by dopamine 8.9 The direct ...
... cord (Figure 1-8A,B). Both structures are bilaterally symmetric; the two sides of the brain are referred as hemispheres. Te mammalian brain consists of morphologically and hippocampus transverse (coronal, cross) ventral functionally ...
... cord with the body and internal organs as well as isolated ganglia (clusters of cell bodies of nerve cells) outside the brain and spinal cord. We will study the organization and function of all of these neural structures in subsequent ...
... cord tissue was cultured in vitro. Growth of an individual axon was sketched with the aid of a camera lucida at the time indicated on the left (hour.minute). The stationary blood vessel (oval) provided a landmark for the growing tips of ...
... cord, and its axon (red) projects outside the spinal cord to muscle, while also leaving behind local branches. (D) A mammalian sensory neuron from a dorsal root ganglion. A single process from the cell body bifurcates into a peripheral ...
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 |