Essentials of Neural Science and Behavior

Name: Essentials of Neural Science and Behavior
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ISBN: 9780838522455

ISBN-10: 0838522459

ISBN-13: 9780838522455

Edition: 1995

Authors: Eric R. Kandel, James H. Schwartz, Thomas M. Jessell

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Description:

This book introduces undergraduate students to the fundamentals of biology in mental processes.

Book details

List price: $79.95
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 540
Size: 8.00" wide x 10.10" long x 1.45" tall
Weight: 3.806
Language: English

List of Authors
Contents
Box Features
Preface
Acknowledgments
How to Use This Book
Introduction	p. 1
Brain and Behavior	p. 5
Nerve Cells and Behavior	p. 21
Cell Biology, Anatomy, and Development of the Nervous System	p. 41
The Neuron	p. 45
Neuronal Proteins	p. 57
The Nervous System	p. 71
Development of the Nervous System	p. 89
Signaling Within Nerve Cells	p. 111
Ion Channels	p. 115
Membrane Potential	p. 133
Local Signaling: Passive Electrical Properties of the Neuron	p. 149
Propagated Signaling: The Action Potential	p. 161
Signaling Between Nerve Cells	p. 179
An Introduction to Synaptic Transmission	p. 183
Transmission at the Nerve-Muscle Synapse	p. 197
Synaptic Integration	p. 219
Modulation of Synaptic Transmission: Second-Messenger Systems	p. 243
Transmitter Release	p. 269
Neurotransmitters	p. 293
A Clinical Example: Myasthenia Gravis	p. 307
Cognitive Neural Science	p. 317
From Nerve Cells to Cognition	p. 321
Cognition and the Cortex	p. 347
Perception	p. 365
The Sensory Systems	p. 369
Construction of the Visual Image	p. 387
Visual Processing by the Retina	p. 407
Perception of Form and Motion	p. 425
Color	p. 453
Sensory Experience and the Formation of Visual Circuits	p. 469
Action	p. 485
An Introduction to Movement	p. 489
Muscles and Muscle Receptors	p. 501
Spinal Reflexes	p. 515
Voluntary Movement	p. 529
Genes, Emotions, and Instincts	p. 551
Genes and Behavior	p. 555
Sex and the Brain	p. 579
Emotional States	p. 595
Motivation	p. 613
Language, Learning, and Memory	p. 629
Language	p. 633
Learning and Memory	p. 651
Cellular Mechanisms of Learning and Memory	p. 667
Figure Sources	p. 695
Glossary	p. 701
Index	p. 717
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