Fundamental Neuroscience [4th edition] 9780123858719, 0123858712

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Fundamental Neuroscience [4th edition]
9780123858719, 0123858712

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Larry Squire R
Darwin Berg
Floyd E. Bloom
Sascha du Lac
Anirvan Ghosh
Nicholas C. Spitzer

Table of contents :
Fundamentals of Neuroscience --
Basic Plan of the Nervous System --
Cellular Components of Nervous Tissue --
Subcellular Organization of the Nervous System: Organelles and Their Functions --
Membrane Potential and Action Potential --
Neurotransmitters --
Release of Neurotransmitters --
Neurotransmitter Receptors --
Intracellular Signaling --
Postsynaptic Potentials and Synaptic Integration --
Information Processing in Dendrites and Spines --
Brain Energy Metabolism --
Neural Induction and Pattern Formation --
Cellular Determination --
Neurogenesis and Migration --
Growth Cones and Axon Pathfinding --
Synapse Formation --
Programmed Cell Death and Neurotrophic Factors --
Synapse Elimination --
Dendritic Development --
Early Experience and Sensitive Periods --
Fundamentals of Sensory Systems --
Chemical Senses: Taste and Olfaction --
The Somatosensory System --
Audition --
Vision --
Fundamentals of Motor Systems --
The Spinal and Peripheral Motor System --
Control of Movement --
The Basal Ganglia --
Cerebellum --
Eye Movements --
The Hypothalamus: An Overview of Regulatory Systems --
Central Control of Autonomic Functions: Organization of the Autonomic Nervous System --
Neural Control of Respiratory and Cardiovascular Functions --
Food Intake and Metabolism --
Water and Salt Intake and Body Fluid Homeostasis --
Neuroendocrine Systems --
Circadian Timekeeping --
The Neurobiology of Sleep and Dreaming --
Reward, Motivation, and Addiction --
Human Brain Evolution --
Cognitive Development and Aging --
Visual Perception of Objects --
Spatial Cognition --
Attention --
Learning and Memory: Basic Mechanisms --
Learning and Memory: Brain Systems --
Language --
The Prefrontal Cortex and Executive Brain Functions --
The Neuroscience of Consciousness.