http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
xvi, 1600 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
I. Neuroscience -- Fundamentals of neuroscience -- Organization of nervous systems -- II. Cellular and molecular neuroscience -- The cellular components of nervous tissue -- Subcellular organization of the nervous system -- Electrotonic properties of axons and dendrites -- Membrane potential and action potential -- Release of neurotransmitters -- Neurotransmitters -- Neurotransmitter receptors -- Intracellular signaling -- Cell-cell communication via gap junctions -- Postsynaptic potentials and synaptic integration -- Information processing in dendrites -- Brain energy metabolism -- III. Nervous system development -- Neural induction and pattern formation -- Neurogenesis and migration -- Cellular determination -- Growth cones and axon pathfinding -- Synapse formation and elimination -- Programmed cell death -- Neurotrophic factors -- Early experience and critical periods -- IV. Sensory systems -- Fundamentals of sensory systems -- Sensory transduction -- Chemical senses: taste and olfaction -- Somatic sensation -- Audition -- Vision -- V. Motor systems -- Fundamentals of motor systems -- Muscle, motor neurons, and motor neuron pools -- Spinal motor control, reflexes, and locomotion -- Supraspinal descending control: the medial "postural" system -- Voluntary descending control -- Basal ganglia -- Cerebellum -- Eye movements -- VI. Regulatory systems -- The hypothalamus: an overview of regulatory systems -- Central control of autonomic functions: the organization of the autonomic nervous system -- Cardiovascular system -- Neural control of breathing -- Food intake and metabolism -- Water intake and body fluids -- Neuroendocrine systems I: overview; thyroid and adrenal axes -- Neuroendocrine systems II: growth, reproduction, and lactation -- Circadian timing -- Sleep and dreaming -- Psychosexual development -- Motivation and reward -- Drug reward and addiction -- VII. Behavioral and cognitive neuroscience -- Human brain evolution -- Cognitive development -- Object and face recognition -- Spatial cognition -- Attention -- Learning and memory: basic mechanisms -- Learning and memory: systems analysis -- Language and communication -- Hemispheric specialization -- Thinking and problem solving.
edited by Michael J. Zigmond [and others] ; illustrations by Robert S. Woolley.
Includes bibliographical references and index.