Neuroscience : Exploring the Brain (2nd)

by Bear, Mark F.; Connors, Barry W.; Paradiso, Michael A.

• ISBN13: 9780683305968
• ISBN10: 0683305964
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Summary

Widely praised for its student-friendly style and exceptional artwork and pedagogy, Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain is a leading undergraduate textbook on the biology of the brain and the systems that underlie behavior. This edition provides increased coverage of taste and smell, circadian rhythms, brain development, and developmental disorders and includes new information on molecular mechanisms and functional brain imaging. Path of Discovery boxes, written by leading researchers, highlight major current discoveries. In addition, readers will be able to assess their knowledge of neuroanatomy with the Illustrated Guide to Human Neuroanatomy, which includes a perforated self-testing workbook. This edition's robust ancillary package includes a bound-in student CD-ROM, an Instructor's Resource CD-ROM, a Connection Website, and LiveAdvise: Neuroscience online student tutoring.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	xiii
PART I FOUNDATIONS
Introduction to Neuroscience	2	(20)
Neurons and Glia	22	(28)
The Neuronal Membrane at Rest	50	(23)
The Action Potential	73	(25)
Synaptic Transmission	98	(32)
Neurotransmitter Systems	130	(33)
The Structure of the Nervous System	163	(91)
PART II SENSORY AND MOTOR SYSTEMS
The Chemical Senses	254	(26)
The Eye	280	(33)
The Central Visual System	313	(36)
The Auditory and Vestibular Systems	349	(47)
The Somatic Sensory System	396	(40)
Spinal Control of Movement	436	(29)
Brain Control of Movement	465	(31)
PART III THE BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR
Chemical Control of the Brain and Behavior	496	(26)
Motivation	522	(25)
Sex and the Brain	547	(33)
Brain Mechanisms of Emotion	580	(26)
Rhythms of the Brain	606	(31)
Language and Attention	637	(38)
Mental Illness	675	(29)
PART IV THE CHANGING BRAIN
Wiring the Brain	704	(35)
Memory Systems	739	(36)
Molecular Mechanisms of Learning and Memory	775	(34)
Glossary	809	(22)
References and Suggested Readings	831	(12)
Index	843