Neuroscience
6th Edition
Published on 18. October 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
888 pages
978-1-60535-841-3 (ISBN)
Description
Neuroscience, 6th Edition is intended primarily for medical, premedical, and undergraduate students. The book's length and accessibility of its writing are a successful combination that has proven to work equally well for medical students and in undergraduate neuroscience courses. Being both comprehensive and authoritative, the book is also appropriate for graduate and professional use.
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Edition
6th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 277 mm
Width: 237 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
2046 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60535-841-3 (9781605358413)
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Previous edition
Dale Purves | George Augustine | David Fitzpatrick
Neuroscience
Book
10/2017
6th Edition
Oxford University Press Inc
€244.00
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Content
- 1: Studying the Nervous System
- UNIT I. NEURAL SIGNALING
- 2: Electrical Signals of Nerve Cells
- 3: Voltage-Dependent Membrane Permeability
- 4: Ion Channels and Transporters
- 5: Synaptic Transmission
- 6: Neurotransmitters and Their Receptors
- 7: Molecular Signaling within Neurons
- 8: Synaptic Plasticity
- UNIT II. SENSATION AND SENSORY PROCESSING
- 9: The Somatosensory System: Touch and Proprioception
- 10: Pain
- 11: Vision: The Eye
- 12: Central Visual Pathways
- 13: The Auditory System
- 14: The Vestibular System
- 15: The Chemical Senses
- UNIT III. MOVEMENT AND ITS CENTRAL CONTROL
- 16: Lower Motor Neuron Circuits and Motor Control
- 17: Upper Motor Neuron Control of the Brainstem and Spinal Cord
- 18: Modulation of Movement by the Basal Ganglia
- 19: Modulation of Movement by the Cerebellum
- 20: Eye Movements and Sensory Motor Integration
- 21: The Visceral Motor System
- UNIT IV. THE CHANGING BRAIN
- 22: Early Brain Development
- 23: Construction of Neural Circuits
- 24: Circuit Differentiation: Intrinsic Factors and Sex Differences
- 25: Experience-Dependent Plasticity in the Developing Brain
- 26: Repair and Regeneration in the Nervous System
- UNIT V. COMPLEX BRAIN FUNCTIONS AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
- 27: Cognitive Functions and the Organization of the Cerebral Cortex
- 28: Cortical States
- 29: Attention
- 30: Memory
- 31: Emotion
- 32: Thinking, Planning, and Deciding
- 33: Speech and Language
- Appendix: Survey of Human Neuroanatomy
- Atlas: The Human Central Nervous System
- Glossary