Fundamental neuroscience

Title
  1. Fundamental neuroscience / edited by Larry Squire ... [et al.].
Published by
  1. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier / Academic Press, c2008.

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Additional authors
  1. Squire, Larry R.
Description
  1. xx, 1256 p. : ill. (some col.); 29 cm.
Subject
  1. Neurosciences
  2. Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
Contents
  1. Fundamentals of neuroscience -- Basic plan of the nervous system -- Cellular components of nervous tissue -- Subcellular organization of the nervous system: organelles and their functions -- Electrotonic properties of axons and dendrites -- Membrane potential and action potential -- Neurotransmitters -- Release of neurotransmitters -- Neurotransmitter receptors -- Intracellular signaling -- Postsynaptic potentials and synaptic integration -- Complex information processing in dendrites -- Brain energy metabolism -- Neural induction and pattern formation -- Cellular determination -- Neurogenesis and migration -- Growth cones and axon pathfinding -- Target selection, topographic maps, and 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 -- Somatosensory system -- Audition --
  2. Vision -- Fundamentals of motor systems -- The spinal and peripheral motor system -- Descending 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 regulation of the cardiovascular system -- Neural control of breathing -- Food intake and metabolism -- Water intake and body fluids -- Neuroendocrine systems -- Circadian timekeeping -- Sleep, dreaming, and wakefulness -- 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 and communication -- The prefrontal cortex and executive brain functions -- The neuroscience of consciousness.
Call number
  1. JBF 18-473
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Title
  1. Fundamental neuroscience / edited by Larry Squire ... [et al.].
Imprint
  1. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier / Academic Press, c2008.
Edition
  1. 3rd ed.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added author
  1. Squire, Larry R.
LCCN
  1. 2008001747
ISBN
  1. 9780123740199 (alk. paper)
  2. 0123740193 (alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. JBF 18-473
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