Neuroscience 4e

by Purves, Dale

• ISBN13: 9780878936977
• ISBN10: 0878936971
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Casebound
• Copyright: 2007-06-01
• Publisher: SINAUER ASSOCIATES INC.

Summary

Textbook provides an introduction to how the human nervous system operates. Topics include electrical signals of nerve cells, synaptic transmission, molecular signaling within neurons, synaptic plasticity, the auditory system, lower motor neuron circuits and motor control, and more. For students. Previous edition: c2004. DNLM: Nervous System Physiology.

Table of Contents

Studying the nervous system	p. 1
Electrical signals of nerve cells	p. 25
Voltage-dependent membrane permeability	p. 41
Channels and transporters	p. 61
Synaptic transmission	p. 85
Neurotransmitters and their receptors	p. 119
Molecular signaling within neurons	p. 153
Synaptic plasticity	p. 177
The somatic sensory system : touch and proprioception	p. 207
Pain	p. 231
Vision : the eye	p. 253
Central visual pathways	p. 289
The auditory system	p. 313
The vestibular system	p. 343
The chemical senses	p. 363
Lower motor neuron circuits and motor control	p. 397
Upper motor neuron control of the brainstem and spinal cord	p. 423
Modulation of movement by the basal ganglia	p. 453
Modulation of movement by the cerebellum	p. 475
Eye movements and sensory motor integration	p. 495
The visceral motor system	p. 513
Early brain development	p. 545
Construction of neural circuits	p. 577
Modification of brain circuits as a result of experience	p. 611
Repair and regeneration in the nervous system	p. 635
The association cortices	p. 663
Speech and language	p. 687
Sleep and wakefulness	p. 707
Emotions	p. 733
Sex, sexuality, and the brain	p. 761
Memory	p. 791
Survey of human neuroanatomy	p. 815
ATLAS : the human central nervous system	p. 843
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