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

Author:: Bear, Mark F.
Published:: Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [date of publication not identified][2007]
Copyright Date:: ©2007
Edition:: 3rd ed.
Physical Description:: xxxviii, 857 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Additional Creators:: Connors, Barry W. and Paradiso, Michael A.

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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.

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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.

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ISBN:

0781776074 (alk. paper)
9780781776073 (alk. paper)
0781760038
9780781760034
0781766184
9780781766180

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 817-836) and index.

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