Essentials of neural science and behavior

Title
  1. Essentials of neural science and behavior / edited by Eric R. Kandel, James H. Schwartz, Thomas M. Jessell.
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  1. Norwalk, CT : Appleton & Lange, [1995], ©1995.

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Additional authors
  1. Kandel, Eric R.
  2. Schwartz, James H. (James Harris), 1932-2006.
  3. Jessell, Thomas M.
Description
  1. xxi, 743 pages : illustrations; 27 cm
Subject
  1. Neurosciences
  2. Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
  3. Behavior
Contents
  1. Sect. I. Introduction. 1. Brain and Behavior. 2. Nerve Cells and Behavior -- Sect. II. Cell Biology, Anatomy, and Development of the Nervous System. 3. The Neuron. 4. Neuronal Proteins. 5. The Nervous System. 6. Development of the Nervous System -- Sect. III. Signaling Within Nerve Cells. 7. Ion Channels. 8. Membrane Potential. 9. Local Signaling: Passive Electrical Properties of the Neuron. 10. Propagated Signaling: The Action Potential -- Sect. IV. Signaling Between Nerve Cells. 11. An Introduction to Synaptic Transmission. 12. Transmission at the Nerve-Muscle Synapse. 13. Synaptic Integration. 14. Modulation of Synaptic Transmission: Second-Messenger Systems. 15. Transmitter Release. 16. Neurotransmitters. 17. A Clinical Example: Myasthenia Gravis -- Sect. V. Cognitive Neural Science. 18. From Nerve Cells to Cognition. 19. Cognition and the Cortex -- Sect. VI. Perception. 20. The Sensory Systems. 21. Construction of the Visual Image.
  2. 22. Visual Processing by the Retina. 23. Perception of Form and Motion. 24. Color. 25. Sensory Experience and the Formation of Visual Circuits -- Sect. VII. Action. 26. An Introduction to Movement. 27. Muscles and Muscle Receptors. 28. Spinal Reflexes. 29. Voluntary Movement -- Sect. VIII. Genes, Emotions, and Instincts. 30. Genes and Behavior. 31. Sex and the Brain. 32. Emotional States. 33. Motivation -- Sect. IX. Language, Learning, and Memory. 34. Language. 35. Learning and Memory. 36. Cellular Mechanisms of Learning and Memory.
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.