"Both teacher and reader will find here a careful presentation of both text and illustrations. The writing is clear, the organization is logical, and the illustrations are appropriate... this book is indeed good value." (TINS)
"...the author has met his objective of whetting the appetite of his readers and encouraging the further pursuit of the subject." (Journal of Anatomy)
"Brown argues (correctly in this reviewer's opinion) that neuroscience is primarily an experimental endeavor and therefore is taught best by presenting udergraduate students with the methods as well as the data of "classical" neurophysiological experiments. To this end, Brown has done a good job of supporting basic ideas with actual experimental methodology and results." (Choice)
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978-1-4471-3345-2 (9781447133452)
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10.1007/978-1-4471-3345-2
Schweitzer Klassifikation
1 Introduction to Nerve Cells and Nervous Systems.- The Nervous System and Control.- The Nervous System and Communication.- Nerve Cells.- The General Plan of Nervous Systems.- The Neuroglia.- Regulation of the External Environment of Neurons.- Summary.- 2 The Cell Membrane and Ionic Permeability.- The Structure of the Cell Membrane.- Non-gated Channels and the Resting Potential.- Summary.- 3 The Action Potential and Voltage-Gated Channels.- Electrically Excitable Cells.- Ionic Basis of Action Potentials in Nerve.- Voltage-Gated Channels in Electrically Excitable Membranes.- Voltage-Gated Potassium and Calcium Channels.- Changes in Internal Ion Concentration Due To the Action Potential.- Summary.- 4 Propagation of the Action Potential - The Nerve Impulse.- Passive Electrical Properties of the Cell Membrane.- Extracellular Field Potentials.- Summary.- 5 General Properties of Synaptic Transmission.- Electrical Synaptic Transmission.- Chemical Synaptic Transmission.- Summary.- 6 The Presynaptic Neuron I: Release and Storage of Transmitter.- Control of Transmitter Release.- Release of Transmitter in Packets or Quanta.- Storage of Transmitter.- Summary.- 7 The Presynaptic Neuron II: Neurotransmitters.- Transmitters - Definition and Identification.- A Classification of Transmitters.- Some General Principles about Transmitters.- Axonal Transport.- Summary.- 8 The Postsynaptic Neuron I: Actions of Transmitters.- Postsynaptic Receptors.- Consequences of Transmitter-Receptor Combination.- Summary.- 9 The Postsynaptic Neuron II: The Initiation of Impulses.- Generation of Single Impulses in Motoneurons.- Initiation of Trains of Impulses.- Impulses in Dendrites.- Summary.- 10 The Neuron as an Integrative Device.- Neuron Doctrine and the Law of Dynamic Polarization.- Importanceof Synaptic Location.- Dendritic Spines.- Dendrodendritic Interactions.- Summary.- 11 Transmission Between Identified Pairs of Neurons.- Transmission Between Ia Afferent Fibres from Muscle Spindles and Spinal Motoneurons.- Transmission Between Hair Follicle Afferent Fibres and Spinocervical Tract Neurons.- Summary.- 12 Sense Organ Mechanisms.- Sense Organ Specificity.- Sensory Transduction Mechanisms.- Adaptation of Sensory Signals.- Stimulus Encoding.- Centrifugal Control of Sense Organs.- Summary.- 13 Functional Organization in Groups of Neurons.- Properties of Small Neuronal Circuits.- Segmental Motor Apparatus - An Example of the Operation of Small Groups of Neurons.- The Modular Design of Nervous Systems.- Summary.- 14 Structural Organization of Specific Sensory and Motor Systems.- Sensory Systems - Hierarchical Organization.- Specific Sensory Systems - Parallel Pathways.- Descending (Centrifugal) Loops in the Ascending Sensory Systems.- Motor Systems - Hierarchical and Parallel Pathways.- Summary.- 15 Functional Properties of Specific Sensory and Motor Systems.- Functional Properties of Specific Sensory Systems.- Functional Properties of Specific Motor Systems.- Maps in the Brain.- Summary.- 16 The Nervous System and Homeostasis - Interactions with the Internal and External Environments.- The Neuroendocrine System.- Behavioural State - Sleeping and Waking.- Motivational Behaviour.- Control of Nociception.- Summary.- 17 Formation, Maintenance and Plasticity of Synapses.- Development of the Nervous System.- Synapse Formation and the Maintenance of Connexions.- Abnormal Experience and the Formation of Synaptic Connexions.- Summary.- 18 Learning and Memory.- Forms of Learning and Memory.- Cellular Mechanisms of Learning and Memory in Invertebrates.-Cellular Mechanism of Learning in Vertebrates.- Learning and Memory in Humans.- Summary.- References.- Further Reading.
