Contents | p. ix |
Preface | p. xxxv |
Acknowledgments | p. xxxvii |
Contributors | p. xxxix |
The Neurobiology of Behavior | |
The Brain and Behavior | p. 5 |
Nerve Cells and Behavior | p. 19 |
Genes and Behavior | p. 36 |
Cell and Molecular Biology of the Neuron | |
The Cytology of Neurons | p. 67 |
Synthesis and Trafficking of Neuronal Protein | p. 88 |
Ion Channels | p. 105 |
Membrane Potential | p. 125 |
Local Signaling: Passive Electrical Properties of the Neuron | p. 140 |
Propagated Signaling: The Action Potential | p. 150 |
Elementary Interactions Between Neurons: Synaptic Transmission | |
Overview of Synaptic Transmission | p. 175 |
Signaling at the Nerve-Muscle Synapse: Directly Gated Transmission | p. 187 |
Synaptic Integration | p. 207 |
Modulation of Synaptic Transmission: Second Messengers | p. 229 |
Transmitter Release | p. 253 |
Neurotransmitters | p. 280 |
Diseases of Chemical Transmission at the Nerve-Muscle Synapse: Myasthenia Gravis | p. 298 |
The Neural Basis of Cognition | |
The Anatomical Organization of the Central Nervous System | p. 317 |
The Functional Organization of Perception and Movement | p. 337 |
Integration of Sensory and Motor Function: The Association Areas of the Cerebral Cortex and the Cognitive Capabilities of the Brain | p. 349 |
From Nerve Cells to Cognition: The Internal Cellular Representation Required for Perception and Action | p. 381 |
Perception | |
Coding of Sensory Information | p. 411 |
The Bodily Senses | p. 430 |
Touch | p. 451 |
The Perception of Pain | p. 472 |
Constructing the Visual Image | p. 492 |
Visual Processing by the Retina | p. 507 |
Central Visual Pathways | p. 523 |
Perception of Motion, Depth, and Form | p. 548 |
Color Vision | p. 572 |
Hearing | p. 590 |
Sensory Transduction in the Ear | p. 614 |
Smell and Taste: The Chemical Senses | p. 625 |
Movement | |
The Organization of Movement | p. 653 |
The Motor Unit and Muscle Action | p. 674 |
Diseases of the Motor Unit | p. 695 |
Spinal Reflexes | p. 713 |
Locomotion | p. 737 |
Voluntary Movement | p. 756 |
The Control of Gaze | p. 782 |
The Vestibular System | p. 801 |
Posture | p. 816 |
The Cerebellum | p. 832 |
The Basal Ganglia | p. 853 |
Arousal, Emotion, and Behavior Homeostasis | |
Brain Stem, Reflexive Behavior, and the Cranial Nerves | p. 873 |
Brain Stem Modulation of Sensation, Movement, and Consciousness | p. 889 |
Seizures and Epilepsy | p. 910 |
Sleep and Dreaming | p. 936 |
Disorders of Sleep and Wakefulness | p. 948 |
The Autonomic Nervous System and the Hypothalamus | p. 960 |
Emotional States and Feelings | p. 982 |
Motivational and Addictive States | p. 998 |
The Development of the Nervous System | |
The Induction and Patterning of the Nervous System | p. 1019 |
The Generation and Survival of Nerve Cells | p. 1041 |
The Guidance of Axons to Their Targets | p. 1063 |
The Formation and Regeneration of Synapses | p. 1087 |
Sensory Experience and the Fine-Tuning of Synaptic Connections | p. 1115 |
Sexual Differentiation of the Nervous System | p. 1131 |
Aging of the Brain and Dementia of the Alzheimer Type | p. 1149 |
Language, Thought, Mood, and Learning, and Memory | |
Language and the Aphasias | p. 1169 |
Disorders of Thought and Volition: Schizophrenia | p. 1188 |
Disorders of Mood: Depression, Mania, and Anxiety Disorders | p. 1209 |
Learning and Memory | p. 1227 |
Cellular Mechanisms of Learning and the Biological Basis of Individuality | p. 1247 |
Appendices | |
Current Flow in Neurons | p. 1280 |
Ventricular Organization of Cerebrospinal Fluid: Blood-Brain Barrier, Brain Edema, and Hydrocephalus | p. 1288 |
Circulation of the Brain | p. 1302 |
Consciousness and the Neurobiology of the Twenty-First Century | p. 1317 |
Index | p. 1321 |
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