Principles of Neural Science-6판

Contents

Part I Overall Perspective

01 The Brain and Behavior

02 Genes and Behavior

03 Nerve Cells, Neural Circuitry, and Behavior

04 The Neuroanatomical Bases by Which Neural Circuits Mediate Behavior

05 The Computational Bases of Neural Circuits That Mediate Behavior

06 Imaging and Behavior

Part II Cell and Molecular Biology of Cells of the Nervous System

07 The Cells of the Nervous System

08 Ion Channels

09 Membrane Potential and the Passive Electrical Properties of the Neuron

10 Propagated Signaling: The Action Potential

Part III Synaptic Transmission

11 Overview of Synaptic Transmission

12 Directly Gated Transmission: The Nerve-Muscle Synapse

13 Synaptic Integration in the Central Nervous System

14 Modulation of Synaptic Transmission and Neuronal Excitability: Second Messengers

15 Transmitter Release

16 Neurotransmitters

Part IV Perception

17 Sensory Coding

18 Receptors of the Somatosensory System

19 Touch

20 Pain

21 The Constructive Nature of Visual Processing

22 Low-Level Visual Processing: The Retina

23 Intermediate-Level Visual Processing and Visual Primitives

24 High-Level Visual Processing: From Vision to Cognition

25 Visual Processing for Attention and Action

26 Auditory Processing by the Cochlea

27 The Vestibular System

28 Auditory Processing by the Central Nervous System

29 Smell and Taste: The Chemical Senses

Part V Movement

30 Principles of Sensorimotor Control

31 The Motor Unit and Muscle Action

32 Sensory-Motor Integration in the Spinal Cord

33 Locomotion

34 Voluntary Movement: Motor Cortices

35 The Control of Gaze

36 Posture

37 The Cerebellum

38 The Basal Ganglia

39 Brain-Machine Interfaces

Part VI The Biology of Emotion, Motivation, and Homeostasis

40 The Brain Stem

41 The Hypothalamus: Autonomic, Hormonal, and Behavioral Control of Survival

42 Emotion

43 Motivation, Reward, and Addictive States

44 Sleep and Wakefulness

Part VII Development and the Emergence of Behavior

45 Patterning the Nervous System

46 Differentiation and Survival of Nerve Cells

47 The Growth and Guidance of Axons

48 Formation and Elimination of Synapses

49 Experience and the Refinement of Synaptic Connections

50 Repairing the Damaged Brain

51 Sexual Differentiation of the Nervous System

Part VIII Learning, Memory, Language and Cognition

52 Learning and Memory

53 Cellular Mechanisms of Implicit Memory Storage and the Biological Basis of Individuality

54 The Hippocampus and the Neural Basis of Explicit Memory Storage

55 Language

56 Decision-Making and Consciousness

Part IX Diseases of the Nervous System

57 Diseases of the Peripheral Nerve and Motor Unit

58 Seizures and Epilepsy

59 Disorders of Conscious and Unconscious Mental Processes

60 Disorders of Thought and Volition in Schizophrenia

61 Disorders of Mood and Anxiety

62 Disorders Affecting Social Cognition: Autism Spectrum Disorder

63 Genetic Mechanisms in Neurodegenerative Diseases of the Nervous System

64 The Aging Brain

Index