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Neuroscience / Dale Purves

By: Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2018.Description: xvii, ill. ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9781605358413 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 612.8
Contents:
Unit I. Neural signaling. Electrical signals of nerve cells -- Voltage-dependent membrane permeability -- Ion channels and transporters -- Synaptic transmission -- Neurotransmitters and their receptors -- Molecular signaling with neurons -- Synaptic plasticity -- Unit II. Sensation and sensory processing. The somatosensory system: touch and proprioception -- Pain -- Vision: the eye -- Central visual pathways -- The auditory system -- The vestibular system -- The chemical senses -- Unit III. Movement and its central control. Lower motor neuron circuits and motor control -- Upper motor neuron control of the brainstem and spinal cord -- Modulation of movement by the basal ganglia -- Modulation of movement by the cerebellum -- Eye movements and sensorimotor integration -- The visceral motor system -- Unit IV. The changing brain. Early brain development -- Construction of neural circuits -- Circuit development: intrinsic factors and sex differences -- Experience-dependent plasticity in the developing brain -- Repair and regeneration in the nervous system -- Unit V. Complex brain functions and cognitive neuroscience. Cognitive functions and the organization of the cerebral cortex -- Cortical states -- Attention -- Memory -- Emotion -- Thinking, planning, and deciding -- Speech and language -- Development and evolution of cognitive functions.
Summary: Published by Sinauer Associates, an imprint of Oxford University Press. This comprehensive textbook has been created primarily for medical, premedical, and undergraduate students. In a single concise and approachable volume, the text guides students through the challenges and excitement of this rapidly changing field.
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Unit I. Neural signaling. Electrical signals of nerve cells --
Voltage-dependent membrane permeability --
Ion channels and transporters --
Synaptic transmission --
Neurotransmitters and their receptors --
Molecular signaling with neurons --
Synaptic plasticity --
Unit II. Sensation and sensory processing. The somatosensory system: touch and proprioception --
Pain --
Vision: the eye --
Central visual pathways --
The auditory system --
The vestibular system --
The chemical senses --
Unit III. Movement and its central control. Lower motor neuron circuits and motor control --
Upper motor neuron control of the brainstem and spinal cord --
Modulation of movement by the basal ganglia --
Modulation of movement by the cerebellum --
Eye movements and sensorimotor integration --
The visceral motor system --
Unit IV. The changing brain. Early brain development --
Construction of neural circuits --
Circuit development: intrinsic factors and sex differences --
Experience-dependent plasticity in the developing brain --
Repair and regeneration in the nervous system --
Unit V. Complex brain functions and cognitive neuroscience. Cognitive functions and the organization of the cerebral cortex --
Cortical states --
Attention --
Memory --
Emotion --
Thinking, planning, and deciding --
Speech and language --
Development and evolution of cognitive functions.

Published by Sinauer Associates, an imprint of Oxford University Press. This comprehensive textbook has been created primarily for medical, premedical, and undergraduate students. In a single concise and approachable volume, the text guides students through the challenges and excitement of this rapidly changing field.

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