ListofAutors
Contents
BoxFeatures
Preface
Acknowledgments
HowtoUseThisBook
SectionⅠ
Introduction
1BrainandBehavior
2NerveCellsandBehavior
SectionⅡ
CellBillogy,Anatomy,andDevelopmentoftheNervousSystem
3TheNeuron
4NeuronalProteins
5TheNervousSystem
6DevelopmentoftheNervousSystem
SectionⅢ
SignalingWithinNerveCells
7IonChannels
8MembranePotential
9LocalSignaling:PassiveElectricalProbertiesoftheNeuron
10PropagatedSignaling:TheActionPotential
SectionⅣ
SignalingBetweenNerveCells
11AnIntroductiontoSynapticTransmission
12TransmissionattheNerve-MuscleSynapse
13SynapticIntegration
14ModulationofSynapticTransmission:Second-MessengerSystem
15TransmitterRelease
16Neurotransmitters
17AClinlcalExample:MyastheniaGravis
SectionⅤ
CognitiveNeuralScience
18FromNerveCellstoCognition
19CognitionandtheCortex
SectionⅥ
Perception
20TheSensorySystems
21ConstructionoftheVisualImage
22VisualProcessingbytheRetina
23PerceptionofFormandMotion
24Color
25SensoryExperienceandtheFormationofVisualCircuits
SectionⅦ
Action
26AnIntroductiontoMovement
27MusclesandMuscleReceptors
28SpinalReflexes
29VoluntaryMovement
SectionⅧ
Genes,Emotions,andInstincts
30GenesandBehavior
31SexandtheBrain
32EmotionalStates
33Motivation
SectionⅨ
Language,Learning,andMemory
34Language
35LearningandMemory
36CellularMechanismsofLearningandMemory
FigureSources
Glossary
Index