Neuroscience

by Purves, Dale; Augustine, George J.; Fitzpatrick, David; Katz, Lawrence C.; Lamantia, Anthony-Samuel

• ISBN13: 9780878937424
• ISBN10: 0878937420
• Edition: CD
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Sinauer Associates Inc

Summary

Textbook, for undergraduates, highlighting the intellectual challenges, excitement, and uncertainties of what many see as the last great frontier of biological science. Color formatting. Includes a CD-ROM containing six modules allowing interaction with a whole-brain specimen, examine the brain's 3-D internal organization, and more. Prev. ed.: c1997. DNLM: Nervous System Physiology.

Table of Contents

The Organization of the Nervous System	1	(42)
Unit I Neural Signaling
Electrical Signals of Nerve Cells	43	(14)
Voltage-Dependent Membrane Permeability	57	(20)
Channels and Transporters	77	(22)
Synaptic Transmission	99	(18)
Neurotransmitters	117	(24)
Neurotransmitter Receptors and Their Effects	141	(24)
Intracellular Signal Transduction	165	(24)
Unit II Sensation and Sensory Processing
The Somatic Sensory System	189	(20)
Pain	209	(14)
Vision: The Eye	223	(28)
Central Visual Pathways	251	(24)
The Auditory System	275	(22)
The Vestibular System	297	(20)
The Chemical Senses	317	(30)
Unit III Movement and its Central Control
Lower Motor Neuron Circuits and Motor Control	347	(22)
Upper Motor Neuron Control of the Brainstem and Spinal Cord	369	(22)
Modulation of Movement by the Basal Ganglia	391	(18)
Modulation of Movement by the Cerebellum	409	(18)
Eye Movements and Sensory Motor Integration	427	(16)
The Visceral Motor System	443	(28)
Unit IV The Changing Brain
Early Brain Development	471	(22)
Construction of Neural Circuits	493	(26)
Modification of Brain Circuits as a Result of Experience	519	(16)
Plasticity of Mature Synapses and Circuits	535	(30)
Unit V Complex Brain Functions
The Association Cortices	565	(22)
Language and Lateralization	587	(16)
Sleep and Wakefulness	603	(22)
Emotions	625	(20)
Sex, Sexuality, and the Brain	645	(20)
Human Memory	665