Principles of Neural Science

The gold standard of neuroscience texts—updated with hundreds of brand-new images and fully revised content in every chapter 

With 300 new illustrations, diagrams, and radiology studies including PET scans, Principles of Neural Science, 6th Edition is the definitive guide for neuroscientists, neurologists, psychiatrists, students, and residents. Highly detailed chapters on stroke, Parkinson’s, and MS build your expertise on these critical topics. Radiological studies the authors have chosen explain what’s most important to know and understand for each type of stroke, progressive MS, or non-progressive MS.

Features

• 2,200 images, including 300 new color illustrations, diagrams, and radiology studies (including PET scans)
• NEW: This edition now features only two contributors per chapter and are mostly U.S.-based
• NEW: Number of chapters streamlined down from 67 to 60
• NEW: Chapter on Navigation and Spatial Memory
• NEW: New images in every chapter!

Part I: Overall Perspective
Chapter 1: The Brain and Behavior
Chapter 2: Genes and Behavior
Chapter 3: Nerve Cells, Neural Circuitry, and Behavior
Chapter 4: The Neuroanatomical Bases by Which Neural Circuits Mediate Behavior
Chapter 5: The Computational Bases of Neural Circuits That Mediate Behavior
Chapter 6: Imaging and Behavior

Part II: Cell and Molecular Biology of Cells of the Nervous System
Chapter 7: The Cells of the Nervous System
Chapter 8: Ion Channels
Chapter 9: Membrane Potential and the Passive Electrical Properties of the Neuron
Chapter 10: Propagated Signaling: The Action Potential

Part III: Synaptic Transmission
Chapter 11: Overview of Synaptic Transmission
Chapter 12: Directly Gated Transmission: The Nerve-Muscle Synapse
Chapter 13: Synaptic Integration in the Central Nervous System
Chapter 14: Modulation of Synaptic Transmission and Neuronal Excitability: Second Messengers
Chapter 15: Transmitter Release
Chapter 16: Neurotransmitters

Part IV: Perception
Chapter 17: Sensory Coding
Chapter 18: Receptors of the Somatosensory System
Chapter 19: Touch
Chapter 20: Pain
Chapter 21: The Constructive Nature of Visual Processing
Chapter 22: Low-Level Visual Processing: The Retina
Chapter 23: Intermediate-Level Visual Processing and Visual Primitives
Chapter 24: High-Level Visual Processing: From Vision to Cognition
Chapter 25: Visual Processing for Attention and Action
Chapter 26: Auditory Processing by the Cochlea
Chapter 27: The Vestibular System
Chapter 28: Auditory Processing by the Central Nervous System
Chapter 29: Smell and Taste: The Chemical Senses

Part V: Movement
Chapter 30: Principles of Sensorimotor Control
Chapter 31: The Motor Unit and Muscle Action
Chapter 32: Sensory-Motor Integration in the Spinal Cord
Chapter 33: Locomotion
Chapter 34: Voluntary Movement: Motor Cortices
Chapter 35: The Control of Gaze
Chapter 36: Posture
Chapter 37: The Cerebellum
Chapter 38: The Basal Ganglia
Chapter 39: Brain–Machine Interfaces

Part VI: The Biology of Emotion, Motivation, and Homeostasis
Chapter 40: The Brain Stem
Chapter 41: The Hypothalamus: Autonomic, Hormonal, and Behavioral Control of Survival
Chapter 42: Emotion
Chapter 43: Motivation, Reward, and Addictive States
Chapter 44: Sleep and Wakefulness

Part VII: Development and the Emergence of Behavior
Chapter 45: Patterning the Nervous System
Chapter 46: Differentiation and Survival of Nerve Cells
Chapter 47: The Growth and Guidance of Axons
Chapter 48: Formation and Elimination of Synapses
Chapter 49: Experience and the Refinement of Synaptic Connections
Chapter 50: Repairing the Damaged Brain
Chapter 51: Sexual Differentiation of the Nervous System

Part VIII: Learning, Memory, Language and Cognition
Chapter 52: Learning and Memory
Chapter 53: Cellular Mechanisms of Implicit Memory Storage and the Biological Basis of Individuality
Chapter 54: The Hippocampus and the Neural Basis of Explicit Memory Storage
Chapter 55: Language
Chapter 56: Decision-Making and Consciousness

Part IX: Diseases of the Nervous System
Chapter 57: Diseases of the Peripheral Nerve and Motor Unit
Chapter 58: Seizures and Epilepsy
Chapter 59: Disorders of Conscious and Unconscious Mental Processes
Chapter 60: Disorders of Thought and Volition in Schizophrenia
Chapter 61: Disorders of Mood and Anxiety
Chapter 62: Disorders Affecting Social Cognition: Autism Spectrum Disorder
Chapter 63: Genetic Mechanisms in Neurodegenerative Diseases of the Nervous System
Chapter 64: The Aging Brain
 

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