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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... recent years, the pace of discovery in neurobiology is continuously accelerating. New and exciting fndings are reported every month. Traditional boundaries between molecular, cellular, systems, and behavioral neurobiology have been ...
... recently 13.21 The size of the neocortex can be altered by modifying the mechanisms of neurogenesis 13.22 Cortical ... recent genomic revolution GENETIC AND MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES 14.6 Forward genetics uses random mutagenesis to identify ...
... recent years. What we currently know about the answers to these questions comes mostly from fndings made in the past 50 years; in the next 50 years, we will likely learn more about the brain and its control of behavior than in all of ...
... recent years the performance gains from this transistor growth have slowed, limited by energy consumption and heat dissipation. (Data from von Neumann [1958] Te Computer & the Brain. Yale University Press; Patterson & Hennessy [2012] ...
... recent years and accounts for rapid advances in object and speech recognition by computers and mobile devices (Box 14-6); these advances were inspired by fndings from the mammalian visual system. At the same time, neurobiologists can ...
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 |