Neuroscience
5th Edition
Published on 18. December 2011
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Hardback
858 pages
978-0-87893-695-3 (ISBN)
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This classic textbook guides students through the challenges and excitement of the rapidly changing field of neuroscience. Accessible for both medical students and undergraduate neuroscience students, the fifth edition has been updated throughout to reflect the latest developments.
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Persons
DALE PURVES, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, USA
GEORGE J. AUGUSTINE, Korea Institute of Science & Technology, USA
DAVID FITZPATRICK, Duke University, USA
WILLIAM C. HALL, Duke University, USA
ANTHONY-SAMUEL LAMANTIA, GW Institute for Neuroscience, USA
LEONARD E. WHITE, Duke University, USA
GEORGE J. AUGUSTINE, Korea Institute of Science & Technology, USA
DAVID FITZPATRICK, Duke University, USA
WILLIAM C. HALL, Duke University, USA
ANTHONY-SAMUEL LAMANTIA, GW Institute for Neuroscience, USA
LEONARD E. WHITE, Duke University, USA
Content
Studying the Nervous System
UNIT I. NEURAL SIGNALING
Electrical Signals of Nerve Cells
Voltage-Dependent Membrane Permeability
Ion Channels and Transporters
Synaptic Transmission
Neurotransmitters and Their Receptors
Molecular Signaling within Neurons
Synaptic Plasticity
UNIT II. SENSATION AND SENSORY PROCESSING
The Somatic Sensory System
Pain
Vision: The Eye
Central Visual Pathways
The Auditory System
The Vestibular System
The Chemical Senses
UNIT III. MOVEMENT AND ITS CENTRAL CONTROL
Lower Motor Neuron Circuits and Motor Control
Upper Motor Neuron Control of the Brainstem and Spinal Cord
Modulation of Movement by the Basal Ganglia
Modulation of Movement by the Cerebellum
Eye Movements and Sensory Motor Integration
The Visceral Motor System
UNIT IV. THE CHANGING BRAIN
Early Brain Development
Construction of Neural Circuits
Modification of Neural Circuits as a Result of Experience
Repair and Regeneration in the Nervous System
UNIT V. COMPLEX BRAIN FUNCTIONS
The Association Cortices
Speech and Language
Sleep and Wakefulness
Emotions
Sex, Sexuality, and the Brain
Memory
Appendix: Survey of Human Neuroanatomy
Atlas: The Human Central Nervous System
UNIT I. NEURAL SIGNALING
Electrical Signals of Nerve Cells
Voltage-Dependent Membrane Permeability
Ion Channels and Transporters
Synaptic Transmission
Neurotransmitters and Their Receptors
Molecular Signaling within Neurons
Synaptic Plasticity
UNIT II. SENSATION AND SENSORY PROCESSING
The Somatic Sensory System
Pain
Vision: The Eye
Central Visual Pathways
The Auditory System
The Vestibular System
The Chemical Senses
UNIT III. MOVEMENT AND ITS CENTRAL CONTROL
Lower Motor Neuron Circuits and Motor Control
Upper Motor Neuron Control of the Brainstem and Spinal Cord
Modulation of Movement by the Basal Ganglia
Modulation of Movement by the Cerebellum
Eye Movements and Sensory Motor Integration
The Visceral Motor System
UNIT IV. THE CHANGING BRAIN
Early Brain Development
Construction of Neural Circuits
Modification of Neural Circuits as a Result of Experience
Repair and Regeneration in the Nervous System
UNIT V. COMPLEX BRAIN FUNCTIONS
The Association Cortices
Speech and Language
Sleep and Wakefulness
Emotions
Sex, Sexuality, and the Brain
Memory
Appendix: Survey of Human Neuroanatomy
Atlas: The Human Central Nervous System