Neuroscience /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Purves, Dale
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer Associates, [2012]
Edition:Fifth edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Studying the nervous system
  • Neural signaling
  • Electrical signals of nerve cells
  • Voltage-dependent membrane permeability
  • Ion channels and transporters
  • Synaptic transmission
  • Neurotransmitters and their receptors
  • Molecular signaling within neurons
  • Synaptic plasticity
  • Sensation and sensory processing
  • Somatic sensory system : touch and proprioception
  • Pain
  • Vision : the eye
  • Central visual pathways
  • Auditory system
  • Vestibular system
  • Chemical senses
  • Movement and its central control
  • Lower motor neuron circuits and motor control
  • Upper motor neuron control of the brainstem and spinal cord
  • Modulation of movement by the basal ganglia
  • Modulation of movement by the cerebellum
  • Eye movements and sensory motor integration
  • Visceral motor system
  • Changing brain
  • Early brain development
  • Construction of neural circuits
  • Modification of neural circuits as a result of experience
  • Repair and regeneration in the nervous system
  • Complex brain functions
  • Association cortex and cognition
  • Speech and language
  • Sleep and wakefulness
  • Emotions
  • Sex, sexuality, and the brain
  • Memory
  • Survey of human neuroanatomy
  • Atlas : the human central nervous system.