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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... determined by comparing the timing and levels of sounds reaching two ears 6.25 Sound localization in mammals utilizes different circuit mechanisms from those in the owl 6.26 The auditory cortex analyzes complex and biologically ...
... determined by tracking radioactively labeled proteins in vertebrate neurons in vivo (Figure 2-4). Chemicals or drugs could be added to the axoplasm to study their efects on organelle motility. It was already known then that the actin ...
... determine the direction and magnitude of the force governing ion movement. These two components of the electrochemical gradient may work in the same direction (middle) or in opposing directions (right). The thickness of the arrows ...
... determined by the number of open ion channels that conduct specifc ions; when an ion channel is open, it becomes permeable to one or more ions; ions can fow in either direction, with the net fux determined by the ion's electrochemical ...
... determine the equilibrium potentials of Cl– and Na+. Using the concentration diferences across our model neurons (Figure despite 2-12A), having a we chemical can determine gradient that opposite ECl = –79 to that mV and of K+, ENa Cl ...
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 |