Discovering the Brain -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Contents -- 1 The Promise of Neuroscience -- APPROACHING THE BRAIN FROM ALL ANGLES -- WHAT MAKES THIS SCIENCE NEW? -- THE DEDICATION OF A DECADE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 2 Major Structures and Functions of the Brain -- VENTRICLES -- BRAINSTEM -- THALAMUS AND HYPOTHALAMUS -- PITUITARY AND PINEAL GLANDS -- THE "LITTLE BRAIN" AT THE BACK OF THE HEAD -- RETICULAR NETWORK -- THE "EMOTIONAL BRAIN" -- HIPPOCAMPUS -- CEREBRAL CORTEX -- BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE BRAIN -- CHEMICAL AND ELECTRICAL SIGNALS -- 3 Glimpses of the Living Brain -- THE BRIGHT IMAGES OF PET -- MEDICAL IMAGES OF EMOTION -- THE X-RAY TODAY -- CREATING PICTURES FROM MAGNETIC WAVES AND SOUND WAVES -- REWARDING COMBINATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- 4 The Role of the Brain in Mental Illness -- MANIC-DEPRESSIVE ILLNESS -- OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER -- PANIC DISORDER -- ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE -- AIDS-RELATED DEMENTIA -- DISORDERS OF MOOD AND MIND -- SCHIZOPHRENIA -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 5 From Chemistry to Circuitry -- CHEMICALS AS SIGNALS -- RECEPTORS PLAY AN ACTIVE PART -- THE BRAIN'S OWN PAINKILLERS -- FOCUSING IN ON RECEPTOR SITES -- THE INTRIGUING ROLE OF THE ION CHANNELS -- THE CASE OF THE 5-SECOND MESSENGER MOLECULE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 6 The Development and Shaping of the Brain -- STUDYING THE BRAIN IN DEVELOPMENT -- MASS PRODUCTION OF BRAIN CELLS -- MIGRATION TO THE CEREBRAL CORTEX -- THE FORMATION OF SYNAPSES AND REGIONS -- CELLULAR COMPETITION -- EXPLORING NEW AREAS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- 7 From Perception to Attention -- PATHWAYS OF INFORMATION IN THE VISUAL SYSTEM -- SEEING THE PATTERNS IN VISUAL SIGNALS -- THE BRAIN'S SYSTEM FOR SPATIAL PERCEPTION -- MAKING SENSE OF MOVEMENT -- ATTENTION: A SUBJECT WORTH LOOKING AT -- THE ANATOMY OF ATTENTION -- NEURAL CIRCUITRY OF AN ATTENTION SYSTEM -- DEVELOPING PATHWAYS IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD.

PATHOLOGY IN THE ATTENTION SYSTEM AND BEYOND -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 8 Learning, Recalling, and Thinking -- A MOLECULAR ACCOUNT OF LONG-TERM MEMORY -- THE WORLD IN THE FRONT OF THE BRAIN -- NEUROTRANSMITTERS AND THE INFORMATION SYSTEM -- WHAT KIND OF COMPUTER IS THIS? -- ASSEMBLING A BRAIN IN THE LABORATORY -- THE BENEFITS OF AN ARTIFICIAL BRAIN -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 9 Sizing Up the Promise -- DEFINING THE FIELD OF INQUIRY -- SCIENCE EDUCATION AND SCIENCE ADVOCACY -- THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS SPONSOR OF RESEARCH -- PRIVATE INDUSTRY AND PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS -- A FUTURE RICH WITH CHALLENGES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Suggested Readings -- Acknowledgments -- Proclamation -- Index.