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Tables of Contents for Essentials of Neural Science and Behavior
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Authors
vi
Contents
vii
Box Features
xiii
Preface
xv
Acknowledgments
xix
How to Use This Book
xxi
Section I Introduction
1
40
Brain and Behavior
5
16
Nerve Cells and Behavior
21
20
Section II Cell Biology, Anatomy, and Development of the Nervous System
41
70
The Neuron
45
12
Neuronal Proteins
57
14
The Nervous System
71
18
Development of the Nervous System
89
22
Section III Signaling Within Nerve Cells
111
68
Ion Channels
115
18
Membrane Potential
133
16
Local Signaling: Passive Electrical Properties of the Neuron
149
12
Propagated Signaling: The Action Potential
161
18
Section IV Signaling Between Nerve Cells
179
138
An Introduction to Synaptic Transmission
183
14
Transmission at the Nerve-Muscle Synapse
197
22
Synaptic Integration
219
24
Modulation of Synaptic Transmission: Second-Messenger Systems
243
26
Transmitter Release
269
24
Neurotransmitters
293
14
A Clinical Example: Myasthenia Gravis
307
10
Section V Cognitive Neural Science
317
48
From Nerve Cells to Cognition
321
26
Cognition and the Cortex
347
18
Section VI Perception
365
120
The Sensory Systems
369
18
Construction of the Visual Image
387
20
Visual Processing by the Retina
407
18
Perception of Form and Motion
425
28
Color
453
16
Sensory Experience and the Formation of Visual Circuits
469
16
Section VII Action
485
66
An Introduction to Movement
489
12
Muscles and Muscle Receptors
501
14
Spinal Reflexes
515
14
Voluntary Movement
529
22
Section VIII Genes, Emotions, and Instincts
551
78
Genes and Behavior
555
24
Sex and the Brain
579
16
Emotional States
595
18
Motivation
613
16
Section IX Language, Learning, and Memory
629
66
Language
633
18
Learning and Memory
651
16
Cellular Mechanisms of Learning and Memory
667
28
Figure Sources
695
6
Glossary
701
16
Index
717