Preface |
User's Guide |
Foundations |
Sensory & Motor Systems |
Acknowledgments |
The Brain and Behaviour |
The Changing Brain |
Path of Discovery Authors |
Index |
Neuroscience: Past, Present, and Future / Part I: |
Introduction |
The Origins of Neuroscience |
Neuroscience Today |
Concluding Remarks |
Neurons and Glia / Chapter 2: |
The Neuron Doctrine |
The Prototypical Neuron |
Classifying Neurons |
Glia |
The Neuronal Membrane at Rest / Chapter 3: |
The Cast of Chemicals |
The Movement of Ions |
The Ionic Basis of the Resting Membrane Potential |
The Action Potential / Chapter 4: |
Properties of the Action Potential |
The Action Potential, in Theory |
The Action Potential, in Reality |
Action Potential Conduction |
Action Potentials, Axons, and Dendrites |
Divergence and Convergence in Neurotransmitter Systems |
The Structure of the Nervous System / Chapter 7: |
Gross Organization of the Mammalian Nervous System |
Understanding CNS Structure Through Development |
A Guide to the Cerebral Cortex |
An Illustrated Guide to Human Neuroanatomy / Appendix: |
Sensory and Motor Systems / Part II: |
The Chemical Senses / Chapter 8: |
Taste |
Smell |
Synaptic Transmission / Chapter 5: |
Types of Synapses |
Principles of Chemical Synaptic Transmission |
Principles of Synaptic Integration |
Neurotransmitter Systems / Chapter 6: |
Studying Neurotransmitter Systems |
Neurotransmitter Chemistry |
Transmitter-Gated Channels |
G-Protein-Coupled Receptors and Effectors |
The Eye / Chapter 9: |
Properties of Light |
The Structure of the Eye |
Image Formation by the Eye |
Microscopic Anatomy of the Retina |
Phototransduction |
Retinal Output |
The Central Visual System / Chapter 10: |
The Retinofugal Projection |
The Lateral Geniculate Nucleus |
Anatomy of the Striate Cortex |
Physiology of the Striate Cortex |
Beyond Striate Cortex |
From Single Neurons to Perception |
The Auditory and Vestibular Systems / Chapter 11: |
The Nature of Sound |
The Structure of the Auditory System |
The Middle Ear |
The Inner Ear |
Central Auditory Processes |
Encoding Sound Intensity and Frequency |
Mechanisms of Sound Localization |
Auditory Cortex |
The Vestibular System |
The Somatic Sensory System / Chapter 12: |
Touch |
Pain |
Temperature |
Spinal Control of Movement / Chapter 13: |
The Somatic Motor System |
The Lower Motor Neuron |
Excitation-Contraction Coupling |
Spinal Control of Motor Units |
Brain Control of Movement / Chapter 14: |
Descending Spinal Tracts |
The Planning of Movement by the Cerebral Cortex |
The Basal Ganglia |
The Initiation of Movement by Primary Motor Cortex |
The Cerebellum |
The Brain and Behavior / Part III: |
Chemical Control of the Brain and Behavior / Chapter 15: |
The Secretory Hypothalamus |
The Autonomic Nervous System |
The Diffuse Modulatory Systems of the Brain |
Motivation / Chapter 16: |
The Hypothalamus, Homeostasis, and Motivated Behavior |
The Long-Term Regulation of Feeding Behavior |
The Short-Term Regulation of Feeding Behavior |
Why Do We Eat? |
Other Motivated Behaviors |
Sex and the Brain / Chapter 17: |
Sex and Gender |
The Hormonal Control of Sex |
The Neural Basis of Sexual Behaviors |
Why and How Male and Female Brains Differ |
Brain Mechanisms of Emotion / Chapter 18: |
What is Emotion? |
The Limbic System Concept |
The Amygdala and Associated Brain Circuits |
Brain Rhythms and Sleep / Chapter 19: |
The Electroencephalogram |
Sleep |
Circadian Rhythms |
Language / Chapter 20: |
The Discovery of Specialized Language Areas in the Brain |
Types of Aphasia |
Asymmetrical Language Processing in the Cerebral Hemispheres |
Language Studies using Brain Stimulation and Brain Imaging |
Attention / Chapter 21: |
Physiological Effects of Attention |
How is Attention Directed? |
Mental Illness / Chapter 22: |
Mental Illness and the Brain |
Anxiety Disorders |
Affective Disorders |
Schizophrenia |
Wiring the Brain / Part IV: |
The Genesis of Neurons |
The Genesis of Connections |
The Elimination of Cells and Synapses |
Activity-Dependent Synaptic Rearrangement |
Elementary Mechanisms of Cortical Synaptic Plasticity |
Why Critical Periods End |
Memory Systems / Chapter 24: |
Types of Memory and Amnesia |
The Search for the Engram |
The Temporal Lobes and Declarative Memory |
The Striatum and Procedural Memory |
The Neocortex and Working Memory |
Molecular Mechanisms of Learning and Memory / Chapter 25: |
Procedural Learning |
Simple Systems: Invertebrate Models of Learning |
Vertebrate Models of Learning |
The Molecular Basis of Long-Term Memory |