Essentials of Neural Science and Behavior

by Kandel, Eric R.; Schwartz, James H.; Jessell, Thomas M.

• ISBN13: 9780838522455
• ISBN10: 0838522459
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780838522509
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-09-30
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
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Summary

This book introduces undergraduate students to the fundamentals of biology in mental processes.

Table of Contents

List of Authors	vi
Contents	vii
Box Features	xiii
Preface	xv
Acknowledgments	xix
How to Use This Book	xxi
Section I Introduction	1	(40)
Brain and Behavior	5	(16)
Nerve Cells and Behavior	21	(20)
Section II Cell Biology, Anatomy, and Development of the Nervous System	41	(70)
The Neuron	45	(12)
Neuronal Proteins	57	(14)
The Nervous System	71	(18)
Development of the Nervous System	89	(22)
Section III Signaling Within Nerve Cells	111	(68)
Ion Channels	115	(18)
Membrane Potential	133	(16)
Local Signaling: Passive Electrical Properties of the Neuron	149	(12)
Propagated Signaling: The Action Potential	161	(18)
Section IV Signaling Between Nerve Cells	179	(138)
An Introduction to Synaptic Transmission	183	(14)
Transmission at the Nerve-Muscle Synapse	197	(22)
Synaptic Integration	219	(24)
Modulation of Synaptic Transmission: Second-Messenger Systems	243	(26)
Transmitter Release	269	(24)
Neurotransmitters	293	(14)
A Clinical Example: Myasthenia Gravis	307	(10)
Section V Cognitive Neural Science	317	(48)
From Nerve Cells to Cognition	321	(26)
Cognition and the Cortex	347	(18)
Section VI Perception	365	(120)
The Sensory Systems	369	(18)
Construction of the Visual Image	387	(20)
Visual Processing by the Retina	407	(18)
Perception of Form and Motion	425	(28)
Color	453	(16)
Sensory Experience and the Formation of Visual Circuits	469	(16)
Section VII Action	485	(66)
An Introduction to Movement	489	(12)
Muscles and Muscle Receptors	501	(14)
Spinal Reflexes	515	(14)
Voluntary Movement	529	(22)
Section VIII Genes, Emotions, and Instincts	551	(78)
Genes and Behavior	555	(24)
Sex and the Brain	579	(16)
Emotional States	595	(18)
Motivation	613	(16)
Section IX Language, Learning, and Memory	629	(66)
Language	633	(18)
Learning and Memory	651	(16)
Cellular Mechanisms of Learning and Memory	667	(28)
Figure Sources	695	(6)
Glossary	701	(16)
Index	717