Elements of Molecular Neurobiology

This edition of the popular text incorporates recent advances inneurobiology enabled by modern molecular biology techniques.Understanding how the brain works from a molecular level allowsresearch to better understand behaviours, cognition, andneuropathologies. Since the appearance six years ago of the secondedition, much more has been learned about the molecular biology ofdevelopment and its relations with early evolution. This "evodevo"(as it has come to be known) framework also has a great deal ofbearing on our understanding of neuropathologies as dysfunction ofearly onset genes can cause neurodegeneration in later life.Advances in our understanding of the genomes and proteomes of anumber of organisms also greatly influence our understanding ofneurobiology.
* Well known and widely used as a text throughout the UK, goodreviews from students and lecturers.
* Good complement to Fundementals of Psychopharmacology by BrianLeonard.
This book will be of particular interest to biomedicalundergraduates undertaking a neuroscience unit, neurosciencepostgraduates, physiologists, pharmacologists.
It is also a useful basic reference for university libraries.
Maurice Elphick, Queen Mary, University of London
"I do like this book and it is the recommended textbook for mycourse in Molecular Neuroscience. The major strength of the book isthe overall simplicity of the format both in terms of layout anddiagrams."