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| Preface to the First Edition | |
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| Preface to the Second Edition | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Neuroscience | |
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| Fundamentals of Neuroscience | |
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| The Architecture of Nervous Systems | |
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| Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience | |
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| Cellular Components of Nervous Tissue | |
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| Subcellular Organization of the Nervous System: Organelles and Their Functions | |
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| Electrotonic Properties of Axons and Dendrites | |
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| Membrane Potential and Action Potential | |
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| Neurotransmitters | |
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| Release of Neurotransmitters | |
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| Neurotransmitter Receptors | |
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| Intracellular Signaling | |
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| Postsynaptic Potentials and Synaptic Integration | |
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| Information Processing in Complex Dendrites | |
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| Brain Energy Metabolism | |
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| Nervous System Development | |
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| Neural Induction and Pattern Formation | |
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| Neurogenesis and Migration | |
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| Cellular Determination | |
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| Growth Cones and Axon Pathfinding | |
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| Target Selection, Topographic Maps, and Synapse Formation | |
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| Programmed Cell Death and Neurotrophic Factors | |
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| Synapse Elimination | |
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| Early Experience and Critical Periods | |
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| Sensory Systems | |
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| Fundamentals of Sensory Systems | |
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| Sensory Transduction | |
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| Chemical Senses: Taste and Olfaction | |
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| The Somatosensory System | |
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| Audition | |
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| Vision | |
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| Motor Systems | |
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| Fundamentals of Motor Systems | |
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| The Spinal Cord, Muscle, and Locomotion | |
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| Descending Control of Movement | |
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| The Basal Ganglia | |
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| Cerebellum | |
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| Eye Movements | |
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| Regulatory Systems | |
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| The Hypothalamus: An Overview of Regulatory Systems | |
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| Central Control of Autonomic Functions: Organization of the Autonomic Nervous System | |
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| Neural Regulation of the Cardiovascular System | |
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| Neural Control of Breathing | |
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| Food Intake and Metabolism | |
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| Water Intake and Body Fluids | |
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| Neuroendocrine Systems | |
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| Circadian Timing | |
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| Sleep, Dreaming, and Wakefulness | |
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| Motivation and Reward | |
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| Drug Reward and Addiction | |
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| Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience | |
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| Human Brain Evolution | |
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| Cognitive Development and Aging | |
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| Visual Perception of Objects | |
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| Spatial Cognition | |
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| Attention | |
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| Learning and Memory: Basic Mechanisms | |
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| Learning and Memory: Brain Systems | |
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| Language and Communication | |
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| The Prefrontal Cortex and Executive Brain Functions | |
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| Executive Control and Thought | |
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| Permissions | |
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| Contributors | |
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| Index | |