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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... positions 283 7.3 Cell fates are diversified by asymmetric cell division and cell–cell interactions 288 7.4 Transcriptional regulation of guidance molecules links cell fate to wiring decisions 289 AUDITION: HOW DO WE HEAR AND LOCALIZE ...
... positions in this brain map informs the owl of the physical position of its prey. Experiments in which prisms were attached over a juvenile barn owl's eyes (Figure 1-6A) revealed how the owl responds when its auditory and visual maps ...
... position along the neuraxis in a sagittal plane, the dorsal–ventral axis is perpendicular to the rostral–caudal axis. (B) A flatmap of the rat CNS reveals the internal divisions of major brain structures. The flatmap is a two ...
... position her arm, and swing the racket to return the ball to the opponent's court—and all of this within a few hundred milliseconds. Moreover, the brain can accomplish all of these tasks (with the help of the body it controls) with a ...
... position 0 causes a peak membrane potential passing of the injected through change current the of V membrane 0 . also ... positions of the electrodes b and c in our idealized experiment (Figure 2-16A) were chosen to be 1.5 and 3 length ...
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 |