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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... synaptic vesicles flled with neurotransmitters, which, upon stimulation, fuse with the plasma membrane. ynaptic cleft * * s 10 An Invitation to Neurobiology CHAPTER 1 1.6 Twentieth-century technology confirmed the neuron doctrine.
... stimulation of motor nerves suggested that an elementary nerve impulse underlies diferent stimulus strengths. An all-or-none conduction principle became evident when amplifers for electrical signals built in the 1920s made it possible ...
... stimulation can be observed. Stimulation of Broca's area, for instance, causes a transient arrest of speech in patients. Tese brain stimulation studies have identifed additional areas involved in language production. One of the most ...
... stimulation (in epileptic patients) 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 ...
... stimulation and how electrical signals propagate within neurons. We start with observations from an idealized ... stimulating electrode. Inserted into the membrane right next to the stimulating electrode is a recording electrode (a) ...
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 |