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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... indicated and will be studied in greater detail later in the book. From rostral to caudal, the brainstem is divided ... indicates the major CNS divisions; the right side indicates major subdivisions. (C) Schematic illustration of the ...
... indicated on the left (hour.minute). The stationary blood vessel (oval) provided a landmark for the growing tips of ... indicate mitochondria in both micrographs. (A, courtesy of Jack McMahan. B, courtesy of Josef Spacek & Kristen M ...
... indicated that activation of specifc motor cortical neurons is sufcient to produce twitches of specifc muscles. Both loss- and gain-of-function experiments can be used to deduce causal relationships between specifc components in a given ...
... (indicated by the arrows leaving the cell body layers), whereas mRNAs for the CaMKII β subunit are restricted to layers containing somata of both granule cells and pyramidal cells. See Figure 11-5 for a schematic of the hippocampus. (A ...
... indicate typical concentrations of K+, Na+ , and Cl– inside and outside of a mammalian neuron, in millimoles per liter (mM). At the resting state, the membrane is permeable to K+ (arrow indicating the direction down the electrochemical ...
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 |