Fundamental Neuroscience 3/e

Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgments
I Neuroscience
1 Fundamentals of Neuroscience
2 The Architecture of Nervous Systems
II Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
3 Cellular Components of Nervous Tissue
4 Subcellular Organization of the Nervous System: Organelles and Their Functions
5 Electrotonic Properties of Axons and Dendrites
6 Membrane Potential and Action Potential
7 Neurotransmitters
8 Release of Neurotransmitters
9 Neurotransmitter Receptors
10 Intracellular Signaling
11 Postsynaptic Potentials and Synaptic Integration
12 Information Processing in Complex Dendrites
13 Brain Energy Metabolism
III Nervous System Development
14 Neural Induction and Pattern Formation
15 Neurogenesis and Migration
16 Cellular Determination
17 Growth Cones and Axon Pathfinding
18 Target Selection, Topographic Maps, and Synapse Formation
19 Programmed Cell Death and Neurotrophic Factors
20 Synapse Elimination
21 Early Experience and Critical Periods
IV Sensory Systems
22 Fundamentals of Sensory Systems
23 Sensory Transduction
24 Chemical Senses: Taste and Olfaction
25 The Somatosensory System
26 Audition
27 Vision
V Motor Systems
28 Fundamentals of Motor Systems
29 The Spinal Cord, Muscle, and Locomotion
30 Descending Control of Movement
31 The Basal Ganglia
32 Cerebellum
33 Eye Movements
VI Regulatory Systems
34 The Hypothalamus: An Overview of Regulatory Systems
35 Central Control of Autonomic Functions: Organization of the Autonomic Nervous System
36 Neural Regulation of the Cardiovascular System
37 Neural Control of Breathing
38 Food Intake and Metabolism
39 Water Intake and Body Fluids
40 Neuroendocrine Systems
41 Circadian Timing
42 Sleep, Dreaming, and Wakefulness
43 Motivation and Reward
44 Drug Reward and Addiction
VII Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience
45 Human Brain Evolution
46 Cognitive Development and Aging
47 Visual Perception of Objects
48 Spatial Cognition
49 Attention
50 Learning and Memory: Basic Mechanisms
51 Learning and Memory: Brain Systems
52 Language and Communication
53 The Prefrontal Cortex and Executive Brain Functions
54 Executive Control and Thought
Permissions
Contributors
Index


Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgments
I Neuroscience
1 Fundamentals of Neuroscience
2 The Architecture of Nervous Systems
II Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
3 Cellular Components of Nervous Tissue
4 Subcellular Organization of the Nervous System: Organelles and Their Functions
5 Electrotonic Properties of Axons and Dendrites
6 Membrane Potential and Action Potential
7 Neurotransmitters
8 Release of Neurotransmitters
9 Neurotransmitter Receptors
10 Intracellular Signaling
11 Postsynaptic Potentials and Synaptic Integration
12 Information Processing in Complex Dendrites
13 Brain Energy Metabolism
III Nervous System Development
14 Neural Induction and Pattern Formation
15 Neurogenesis and Migration
16 Cellular Determination
17 Growth Cones and Axon Pathfinding
18 Target Selection, Topographic Maps, and Synapse Formation
19 Programmed Cell Death and Neurotrophic Factors
20 Synapse Elimination
21 Early Experience and Critical Periods
IV Sensory Systems
22 Fundamentals of Sensory Systems
23 Sensory Transduction
24 Chemical Senses: Taste and Olfaction
25 The Somatosensory System
26 Audition
27 Vision
V Motor Systems
28 Fundamentals of Motor Systems
29 The Spinal Cord, Muscle, and Locomotion
30 Descending Control of Movement
31 The Basal Ganglia
32 Cerebellum
33 Eye Movements
VI Regulatory Systems
34 The Hypothalamus: An Overview of Regulatory Systems
35 Central Control of Autonomic Functions: Organization of the Autonomic Nervous System
36 Neural Regulation of the Cardiovascular System
37 Neural Control of Breathing
38 Food Intake and Metabolism
39 Water Intake and Body Fluids
40 Neuroendocrine Systems
41 Circadian Timing
42 Sleep, Dreaming, and Wakefulness
43 Motivation and Reward
44 Drug Reward and Addiction
VII Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience
45 Human Brain Evolution
46 Cognitive Development and Aging
47 Visual Perception of Objects
48 Spatial Cognition
49 Attention
50 Learning and Memory: Basic Mechanisms
51 Learning and Memory: Brain Systems
52 Language and Communication
53 The Prefrontal Cortex and Executive Brain Functions
54 Executive Control and Thought
Permissions
Contributors
Index