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Neuroscience : exploring the brain
- Title
- Neuroscience : exploring the brain / Mark F. Bear, Barry W. Connors, Michael A. Paradiso.
- Author
- Bear, Mark F.
- Publication
- Baltimore, Md. : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ©2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | QP355.2 .B425 2001 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxix, 855 p. : col. ill.; 28 cm.
- Summary
- This book "surveys the organization and function of the human nervous system [and presents] material at the cutting edge of neuroscience, in a way that is accessible to both science and nonscience students alike."--Preface.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 831-841) and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. Introduction to neuroscience -- Ch. 2. Neurons and glia -- Ch. 3. The neuronal membrane at rest -- Ch. 4. The action potential -- Ch. 5. Synaptic transmission -- Ch. 6. Neurotransmitter systems -- Ch. 7. The structure of the nervous system -- Ch. 8. The chemical senses -- Ch. 9. The eye -- Ch. 10. The central visual system -- Ch. 11. The auditory and vestibular systems -- Ch. 12. The somatic sensory system -- Ch. 13. Spinal control of movement -- Ch. 14. Brain control of movement -- Ch. 15. Chemical control of the brain and behavior -- Ch. 16. Motivation -- Ch. 17. Sex and the brain -- Ch. 18. Brain mechanisms of emotion -- Ch. 19. Rhythms of the brain -- Ch. 20. Language and attention -- Ch. 21. Mental illness -- Ch. 22. Wiring the brain -- Ch. 23. Memory systems -- Ch. 24. Molecular mechanisms of learning and memory.
- ISBN
- 0683305964
- 9780683305968
- 0781732557
- 9780781732550
- 0781739446
- 9780781739443
- LCCN
- 00046513
- OCLC
- ocm45015888
- 45015888
- SCSB-1149788
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library