Neuroscience : exploring the brain /

Neuroscience : exploring the brain /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bear, Mark F.
Other Authors: Connors, Barry W., Paradiso, Michael A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2007]
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Neurosciences.
Brain.
Spinal Cord.
Table of Contents:
  • Neuroscience : past, present and future
  • Neurons and glia
  • The neuronal membrane at rest
  • The action potential
  • Synaptic transmission
  • Neurotransmitter systems
  • The structure of the nervous system
  • The chemical senses
  • The eye
  • The central visual system
  • The auditory and vestibular systems
  • The somatic sensory system
  • Spinal control of movement
  • Brain control of movement
  • Chemical control of the brain and behavior
  • Motivation
  • Sex and the brain
  • Brain mechanisms of emotion
  • Brain rhythms and sleep
  • Language
  • Attention
  • mental illness
  • Wiring the brain
  • Memory systems
  • Molecular mechanisms of learning and memory