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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... RETINA? 4.12 Retinal ganglion cells use center–surround receptive fields to analyze contrast 4.13 Bipolar cells are either depolarized or hyperpolarized by light based on the glutamate receptors they express 5.4 Gradients of ephrins and ...
... retinal cell types and their precise connections enable parallel information processing 4.16Direction-selectivity of RGCsarises from asymmetric inhibition by amacrine cells 4.17 Color is sensed by comparing signals from cones with ...
... Retinal- and opsin-based light-sensing apparatus evolved independently at least twice 13.14 Photoreceptor neurons evolved in two parallel paths 13.15 Diversification of cell types is a crucial step in the evolution of the retina ...
... retina, communicated to the bipolar cell, and then to the retinal ganglion cell, which projects a longdistance axon into the brain. Note that for both the bipolar cell and the retinal ganglion cell, information is received by their ...
... retinal photoreceptors, which transmit information to diferent kinds of bipolar and retinal ganglion cells (Figure 1-16) that we will learn about in Chapter 4. Information regarding the location, direction, and speed of the ball is ...
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 |