Neuroscience : exploring the brain
Title:
Neuroscience : exploring the brain
Author:
Bear, Mark F.
ISBN:
9780781776073
9780781760034
Personal Author:
Edition:
3rd ed.
Publication Information:
Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2007.
Physical Description:
xxxviii, 857 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Contents:
1. Neuroscience : past, present, and future -- 2. Neurons and glia -- 3. The neuronal membrane at rest -- 4. The action potential -- 5. Synaptic transmission -- 6. Neurotransmitter systems -- 7. The structure of the nervous system -- 8. The chemical senses -- 9. The eye -- 10. The central visual system -- 11. The auditory and vestibular systems -- 12. The somatic sensory system -- 13. Spinal control of movement -- 14. Brain control of movement -- 15. Chemical control of the brain and behavior -- 16. Motivation -- 17. Sex and the brain -- 18. Brain mechanisms of emotion -- 19. Brain rhythms and sleep -- 20. Language -- 21. Attention -- 22. Mental illness -- 23. Wiring the brain -- 24. Memory systems -- 25. Molecular mechanisms of learning and memory.
Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip064/2005034900.htmlPublisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0835/2005034900-d.html