Essentials of neural science and behavior
- Title
- Essentials of neural science and behavior / edited by Eric R. Kandel, James H. Schwartz, Thomas M. Jessell.
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- Norwalk, CT : Appleton & Lange, [1995], ©1995.
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- Description
- xxi, 743 pages : illustrations; 27 cm
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- Contents
- 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.
- 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.
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- Columbia University Libraries
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.