Research Catalog

Title

Neuroscience : exploring the brain / Mark F. Bear, Barry W. Connors, Michael A. Paradiso.

Author

Bear, Mark F.

Publication

Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Connors, Barry W.
• Paradiso, Michael A.

Description

xxxviii, 857 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 29 cm. +

Summary

Accompanying compact disc titled "Student CD-ROM to accompany Neuroscience : exploring the brain" includes animations, videos, exercises, glossary, and answers to review questions in Adobe Acrobat PDF and other file formats.

Subjects

• Neurology
• CD-ROMs
• Ruggenmerg
• Hersenen
• Neurowetenschappen
• Spinal Cord
• Brain
• Neurosciences

Genre/Form

CD-ROMs.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [817]-836) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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.

ISBN

• 0781776074 (alk. paper)
• 0781760038
• 9780781760034

LCCN

^^2005034900

OCLC

• 62509134
• SCSB-10366904

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library