Introduction | p. 1 |
Prologue | |
Renersquo;s Inspiration | p. 2 |
Understanding Human Consciousness: A Physiological Approach | p. 3 |
Blindsight | p. 4 |
Split Brains | p. 5 |
Interim Summary | p. 7 |
The Nature of Physiological Psychology | p. 8 |
The Goals of Research | p. 8 |
Biological Roots of Physiological Psychology | p. 9 |
Interim Summary | p. 12 |
Natural Selection and Evolution | p. 13 |
Functionalism and the Inheritance of Traits | p. 13 |
Evolution of the Human Species | p. 16 |
Evolution of Large Brains | p. 18 |
Interim Summary | p. 19 |
Ethical Issues in Research with Animals | p. 20 |
Careers in Neuroscience | p. 23 |
Interim Summary | p. 24 |
Strategies for Learning | p. 24 |
Epilogue | |
Models of Brain Functions | p. 27 |
Key Concepts | p. 27 |
Suggested Readings | p. 28 |
Structure and Functions of Cells of the Nervous System | p. 29 |
Prologue | |
Unresponsive Muscles | p. 30 |
Cells of the Nervous System | p. 31 |
Neurons | p. 31 |
Supporting Cells | p. 34 |
The Blood-Brain Barrier | p. 38 |
Interim Summary | p. 39 |
Communication Within a Neuron | p. 40 |
Neural Communication: An Overview | p. 40 |
Measuring Electrical Potentials of Axons | p. 42 |
The Membrane Potential: Balance of Two Forces | p. 44 |
The Action Potential | p. 47 |
Conduction of the Action Potential | p. 49 |
Interim Summary | p. 50 |
Communication Between Neurons | p. 51 |
Structure of Synapses | p. 52 |
Release of Neurotransmitter | p. 53 |
Activation of Receptors | p. 53 |
Postsynaptic Potentials | p. 55 |
Termination of Postsynaptic Potentials | p. 56 |
Effects of Postsynaptic Potentials: Neural Integration | p. 57 |
Autoreceptors | p. 58 |
Axoaxonic Synaps | |
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