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• I. From Donors Wish to Program Design. II. A Budding Field Begins to Flourish. III. A Recipe for Success. Appendices.
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The book is a history of the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience and an assessment of its effectiveness in advancing neuroscience. The book discusses the Fund's early and steady commitment to basic science as well as it's tradition of leveraging relatively modest dollars to make a big difference in careers and the field overall. The fund exists strictly to give awards and create a community of peers through an annual conference dedicated to research. In near unison, scientists who have received awards say they were able to test a risky idea, get their career off the ground, or make a significant change in their career because of McKnight's flexible dollars. The book consists of three parts: (1) origins--including both the funder and the scientists who shaped the program; (2) a review of the science to show how McKnight awardees have advanced the field; and (3) 10 keys to success. We also have an interview with Julius Axelrod (one of the early advisors, done shortly before his death in 2004) and stories of how awardees used their McKnight grants, plus other information.
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• New chapters:
• 1. Induction and patterning of the Brain (can focus on the telencephalon and/or cortex)
• Shubha Tole, Jean Hebert, Ed Monuki
• 2. Generation of neuronal diversity-- General
• Qin Shen, Sally Temple 3. Transcription Factors in the generation of neural cell types
• Zhengang Yang, Jane Johnson, Kenneth Campbell
• 4. Gene Regulatory Networks in Brain Development
• Diane Dickel, Alexander Nord, Marc Ekker
• 5. Posttranscription Regulation in Brain Development
• Carina Hanashima, Debra Silver
• 6. Neurogenesis of the Cerebral Cortex Projection Neurons
• Robert Hevner, Shen-Ju Chou, Bin Chen, Tomasz Nowakowski , Michele Studer
• 7. Neurogenesis of Cortical Local Circuit Neurons
• Stewart Anderson, Renata Batista-Brito
• 8. Neurogeneis in the Spinal Cord
• Michael P. Matise, Martyn Goulding
• 9. Generation of Astrocytes, Oligodendrocytes and Microglia Glia
• Stephen Fancy, Anna Molofsky, Tom Arnold
• 10. Brain organoids as a model system for human neurodevelopment in health and disease
• Sergiu P. Pasca, Bjoern Schwer, Wieland Huttner
• 11. Generation of Axons and Dendrites
• Julie L. Lefebvre, Le Ma, Franck Polleux
• 12., Axon Guidance
• R. Jeroen Pasterkamp, Frederick Charron, Artur Kania
• 13. Cell Migration
• Laurent Nguyen, Orly Reiner, Kazunori Nakajima, Sam Pleasure14. Synapse Formation
• Kimberley McAllister, Cagla Eroglu, Peter Scheiffele, Ann Marie Craig
• 15. Maturation of Neurophysioligcal Properties
• Angie Ribera, Nicholas Spitzer
• 16. Myelination Jonah R Chan, Klaus-Armin Nave .
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• Changes in Biophysical Properties of Slo1 Channels Induced by Slo1 β-Subunits

Edited and authored by a wealth of international experts in neuroscience and related disciplines, this key new resource aims to offer medical students and graduate researchers around the world a comprehensive introduction and overview of modern neuroscience. Neuroscience research is certain to prove a vital element in combating mental illness in its various incarnations, a strategic battleground in the future of medicine, as the prevalence of mental disorders is becoming better understood each year. Hundreds of millions of people worldwide are affected by mental, behavioral, neurological and substance use disorders. The World Health Organization estimated in 2002 that 154 million people globally suffer from depression and 25 million people from schizophrenia; 91 million people are affected by alcohol use disorders and 15 million by drug use disorders. A more recent WHO report shows that 50 million people suffer from epilepsy and 24 million from Alzheimer's and other dementias. Because neuroscience takes the etiology of disease-the complex interplay between biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors-as its object of inquiry, it is increasingly valuable in understanding an array of medical conditions. A recent report by the United States' Surgeon General cites several such diseases: schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, early-onset depression, autism, attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder, anorexia nervosa, and panic disorder, among many others. Not only is this volume a boon to those wishing to understand the future of neuroscience, it also aims to encourage the initiation of neuroscience programs in developing countries, featuring as it does an appendix full of advice on how to develop such programs. With broad coverage of both basic science and clinical issues, comprising around 150 chapters from a diversity of international authors and including complementary video components, Neuroscience in the 21st Century in its third edition serves as a comprehensive resource to students and researchers alike.
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• Section 1 Basic Neuroscience
• Part 1 Biophysics
• 1Water, ions, membranes, pumps and transporters
• 2 Voltage-gated ion channels.- 3 Ionotropic glutamate receptors
• 4 Signal transduction-dependent channels
• 5 Membrane Potentials
• Part 2 Development
• 6 Stem cells: Neural stem cells in cerebral cortex development
• 7Adult neurogenesis
• 8 Dendrites: a key structural element of neurons
• Part 3 Cell Biology of neurons and glia
• 9 Dendritic function
• 10 Axonal transport
• 11 Cell biology of the synapse
• 12 Molecular regulation of synaptic release
• 13 The postsynaptic density
• 14 Gap junctions, electric synapses
• 15 Glial cells
• 16 Immune system cells
• 17 Psychoneuroimmune phenomena: Neuroimmune interactions
• Part 4 Sensory Systems (Neuroanatomy and Physiology)
• 18 Retina: Neuroanatomy and physiology
• 19 The superior colliculus and visual thalamus
• 20 Cortical processing of visual signals
• 21 Audition: Hearing and Deafness
• 22 Somatosensation: end organs for tactile sensation
• 3 Taste
• 24 Olfaction
• 25 Visuomotor Integration
• 26 Vestibular inputs: The Vestibular System
• 27 Kinesthetic inputs
• 28 PainPart 5
• Motor Control
• 29 Spinal motoneurons
• 30 Spinal interneurons
• 31 Systems descending from the brainstem: Basic principles
• 32 Systems descending from the brainstem: Functional recovery following damage
• 33 Basal ganglia: Basic principles
• 34 Dystonia
• 35 Cerebellum
• Anatomy and Function
• 36 The Cerebellum: Eye Movements
• 37 Cortical motor control
• 38 Locomotion: Circuits and Physiology
• 39 PosturePart 6
• Neurophysiology of Other, Specific CNS Regions and Networks
• 40Basic principles of mammalian CNS systems
• 41Frontal cortex
• 42 Limbic cortex: The functional neuroanatomy of emotion and hedonic processing
• 43 Hypothalamus
• 44 Autonomic nervous systems
• 45
• Respiration
• 46 Spinal reflexes Part 7
• Neurochemistry, Neuropharmacology
• 47 Transmitters and peptides: Basic principles
• 48 Transmitter and peptide receptors: Basic principles
• 49 Opioid peptides
• 50 Trophic factors: Neurotrophic factors
• 51 Brain Energy Metabolism
• 52 Blood Brain Barrier
• Part 8 Neuroendocrinology
• 53 Brain control over pituitary gland hormones
• 54 Hormone effects on behavior
• 55 Critical periods during development: Hormonal influences on neurobehavioral transitions across the lifespan
• 56 Mechanisms of homeostatically regulated behaviors
• 57 Mechanisms of behaviors related to reproduction
• 58 Seasonal rhythms in behavior
• Part 9 Regulation of Natural Behaviors
• 59 Circadian physiology
• 60 The suprachiasmatic nucleus and the circadian timekeeping system of the body
• 61 Sleep regulation and insomnia
• 62 Genomic imprinting and brain function
• 63 Epigenetic mechanisms: DNA methylation and histone protein modification
• 64 Stress research: past, present and future
• 65 Fear
• 66 Aggression
• 67 Emotions studied by imaging of the human brain: The somatic and emotional motor systems
• 68 Parental behavior
• 69 Sexual behavior
• 70 Social behavior
• Part 10
• Cognitive Neuroscience
• 71 Elementary CNS arousal
• 72 Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
• 73 Cognitive Functions as Revealed by Imaging of the Human Brain
• 74 Aging of the brain
• Part 11 Computational Neuroscience
• 75 Computational neuroscience of synapses and neurons
• 76 Computational neuroscience of neuronal networks
• 77 Biological Modeling
• Section 2 Clinical Neuroscience
• Part 12 Developmental Disorders
• 78 Prader-Willi and Angelman Syndromes
• 79 Fragile X-Associated Disorders
• 80 Fetal alcohol syndrome
• 81 Autism
• 82 Anorexia nervosa and bulimia
• Part 13 Systems Disorders
• 83 Sleep disorders
• 84
• Traumatic brain damage
• 85 Spinal cord damage
• 86 Ischemic Stroke
• Basic pathophysiology and clinical implication
• Part 14 Pain
• 87 Non-migrainous headache
• 88 Migraine
• 89 Central mechanisms of pain suppression
• Part 15 Neuroimmune Disorders
• 90 Multiple sclerosis
• 91 Myasthenia gravis
• 92
• Infections of the nervous system
• Part 16 Addictive Disorders
• 93 Psychostimulants and addiction
• 94 Neurobiology of Alcohol Addiction
• 95 Internet addiction
• 96 Abuse of performance enhancing drugs
• 97 Food addiction.
• Part 17 Degenerative Diseases
• 98 Motor neuron disease: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• 99 Parkinson's disease
• 100 Huntington's disease.
• 101 Problems during aging (Alzheimer's, et al.).
• Part 18 Gender Identity
• 102 Sexual differentiation of the human brain in relation to gender-identity, sexual orientation and neuropsychiatric disorders
• Part 19
• Psychiatric Disorders
• 103 Depressive disorders
• 104 The Neurobiology of Bipolar Disorder
• 105 Schizophrenia BM Appendix Seven Steps to Setting up a Neuroscience Program in a Developing Country
• Index.

Edited and authored by a wealth of international experts in neuroscience and related disciplines, the aim behind this key new resource is to offer medical students and graduate researchers around the world a comprehensive introduction and overview of modern neuroscience. Neuroscience research is certain to prove a vital element in combating mental illness in its various incarnations, a strategic battleground in the future of medicine, as the prevalence of mental disorders is becoming better understood each year. Hundreds of millions of people worldwide are affected by mental, behavioral, neurological and substance use disorders. The World Health Organization estimated in 2002 that 154 million people globally suffer from depression and 25 million people from schizophrenia; 91 million people are affected by alcohol use disorders and 15 million by drug use disorders. A more recent WHO report shows that 50 million people suffer from epilepsy and 24 million from Alzheimer's and other dementias. Because neuroscience takes the etiology of disease--the complex interplay between biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors--as its object of inquiry, it is increasingly valuable in understanding an array of medical conditions. A recent report by the United States' Surgeon General cites several such diseases: schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, early-onset depression, autism, attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder, anorexia nervosa, and panic disorder, among many others. Not only is this volume a boon to those wishing to understand the future of neuroscience, it also aims to encourage the initiation of neuroscience programs in developing countries, featuring as it does an appendix full of advice on how to develop such programs. -- Provided by publisher.

• List of Contributors ix Preface Gary Marcus and Jeremy Freeman xi MAPPING THE BRAIN Building Atlases of the Brain 3 Mike Hawrylycz with Chinh Dang, Christof Koch, and Hongkui Zeng Whole Brain Neuroimaging and Virtual Reality 17 Misha B. Ahrens Project MindScope 25 Christof Koch with Clay Reid, Hongkui Zeng, Stefan Mihalas, Mike Hawrylycz, John Philips, Chinh Dang, and Allan Jones The Connectome as a DNA Sequencing Problem 40 Anthony Zador Rosetta Brain 50 George Church with Adam Marblestone and Reza Kalhor COMPUTATION Understanding the Cortex through Grid Cells 67 May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser Recording from Many Neurons Simultaneously: From Measurement to Meaning 78 Krishna V. Shenoy Network Neuroscience 90 Olaf Sporns Large-Scale Neuroscience: From Analytics to Insight 100 Jeremy Freeman SIMULATING THE BRAIN Whole Brain Simulation 111 Sean Hill Building a Behaving Brain 125 Chris Eliasmith LANGUAGE The Neurobiology of Language 139 David Poeppel Translating the Genome in Human Neuroscience 149 Simon E. Fisher Color plates follow p. 160 SKEPTICS Consciousness, Big Science, and Conceptual Clarity 161 Ned Block From Circuits to Behavior: A Bridge Too Far? 177 Matteo Carandini Lessons from Evolution 186 Leah Krubitzer Lessons from the Genome 194 Arthur Caplan with Nathan Kunzler The Computational Brain 205 Gary Marcus IMPLICATIONS Neurotechnology 219 John Donoghue The Miswired Brain, Genes, and Mental Illness 234 Kevin J. Mitchell Neural Dust: An Untethered Approach to Chronic Brain-Machine Interfaces 243 Michel M. Maharbiz with Dongjin Seo, Jose M. Carmena, Jan M. Rabaey, and Elad Alon AFTERWORD Neuroscience in
• 2064: A Look at the Last Century 255 Christof Koch and Gary Marcus Glossary 271 Index 275.
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Including a chapter by 2014 Nobel laureates May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser An unprecedented look at the quest to unravel the mysteries of the human brain, The Future of the Brain takes readers to the absolute frontiers of science. Original essays by leading researchers such as Christof Koch, George Church, Olaf Sporns, and May-Britt and Edvard Moser describe the spectacular technological advances that will enable us to map the more than eighty-five billion neurons in the brain, as well as the challenges that lie ahead in understanding the anticipated deluge of data and the prospects for building working simulations of the human brain. A must-read for anyone trying to understand ambitious new research programs such as the Obama administration's BRAIN Initiative and the European Union's Human Brain Project, The Future of the Brain sheds light on the breathtaking implications of brain science for medicine, psychiatry, and even human consciousness itself. Contributors include: Misha Ahrens, Ned Block, Matteo Carandini, George Church, John Donoghue, Chris Eliasmith, Simon Fisher, Mike Hawrylycz, Sean Hill, Christof Koch, Leah Krubitzer, Michel Maharbiz, Kevin Mitchell, Edvard Moser, May-Britt Moser, David Poeppel, Krishna Shenoy, Olaf Sporns, Anthony Zador.
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• The birth of a new science.-Unlocking the key to neuroscience terminology.- What is the Mind and Brain?.- Learning from brain damaged individuals.- Neuroimaging technologies.- Modeling the Brain.- Neurons and Neurotransmitters.- Brain structures.- Brain Pathways.- Neural Networks: How Neurons Think and Learn.- Evolution of the Brain over Ions of Time.- Brain Development through the Life Span.- Neuroplasticity and Neurogenesis: Changing Moment-by-Moment.- Principles for incorporating the Brain into Treatment.- Working with Attention.- Regulating Emotions.- Reconsolidating Memory.- Maximizing the Social Brain.- How Psychotherapy Changes the Brain.- Relieving Anxiety.- Finding a Better Balance for Depression and Bipolar Disorder.- Recovering from Addiction.
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This book fills the need for an introductory text that opens the field up to the beginner and takes them to higher-level thinking about neuroscience. Neuroscience has captured the interest of students, professionals, and the general public. In fact it is so new, that there are very few books that gather it together in one text. Neuroscience is an amalgamation of many fields: psychology, cognitive science, chemistry, biology, engineering, philosophy, mathematics, and statistics. People who are new to the discipline have to be able to find their way through all of these fields together. In addition, they need to understand the highly technical lexicon, modeling methods, and theoretical assumptions used to describe brain structure, function, and the interaction between them. This book helps readers navigate the conventions used to describe the brain that developed through the years. The authors crystallize the complex modeling methods and technologies so that readers understand what they are saying and how to use them. They address the important underlying principles and important issues of neuroscience, with the debates and discussions that are ongoing as the field evolves. They also include many salient fine-grained details so that the book is not just an overview, but also a useful guide for many levels of readers.
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• THE WAY WE LIVE NOW
• 1. Introducing the brain supremacy
• 2. The many powers of science
• 3. Could we read minds?
• 4. Bring on the designer minds?
• THE KEYS TO POWER
• 5. Seeing the brain through many eyes
• 6. To physics, with thanks
• 7. When science meets journalism
• 8. The subatomic chorus
• 9. When currents flow
• 10. Neuroscience goes quantum
• 11. Poke it and see what happens
• 12. Poking people
• 13. Chemical control
• 14. Tweaking genes
• NEUROSCIENCE AND THE FUTURE
• 15. The problems of neurotech
• 16. Creating the brain supremacy
• GLOSSARY
• LIST OF WEBSITES
• BIBLIOGRAPHY.
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In a world full of science, the balance of power between sciences is changing. Advances in physics, chemistry, and other natural sciences have given us extraordinary control over our world. Now the younger sciences of brain and mind are applying the scientific method not only to our environments, but to us. In recent years funding and effort poured into brain research. We are entering the era of the brain supremacy. What will the new science mean for us, as individuals, consumers, parents and citizens? Should we be excited, or alarmed, by the remarkable promises we read about in the media - promises of drugs that can boost our brain power, ever more subtle marketing techniques, even machines that can read minds? What is the neuroscience behind these claims, and how do scientists look inside living human brains to get their astonishing results? The Brain Supremacy is a lucid and rational guide to this exciting new world. Using recent examples from the scientific literature and the media, it explores the science behind the hype, revealing how techniques like fMRI actually work and what claims about using them for mindreading really mean. The implications of this amazingly powerful new research are clearly and entertainingly presented. Looking to the future, the book sets current neuroscience in its social and ethical context, as an increasingly important influence on how all of us live our lives.
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• Studying the Nervous System UNIT I. NEURAL SIGNALING Electrical Signals of Nerve Cells Voltage-Dependent Membrane Permeability Ion Channels and Transporters Synaptic Transmission Neurotransmitters and Their Receptors Molecular Signaling within Neurons Synaptic Plasticity UNIT II. SENSATION AND SENSORY PROCESSING The Somatic Sensory System Pain Vision: The Eye Central Visual Pathways The Auditory System The Vestibular System The Chemical Senses UNIT III. MOVEMENT AND ITS CENTRAL CONTROL Lower Motor Neuron Circuits and Motor Control Upper Motor Neuron Control of the Brainstem and Spinal Cord Modulation of Movement by the Basal Ganglia Modulation of Movement by the Cerebellum Eye Movements and Sensory Motor Integration The Visceral Motor System UNIT IV. THE CHANGING BRAIN Early Brain Development Construction of Neural Circuits Modification of Neural Circuits as a Result of Experience Repair and Regeneration in the Nervous System UNIT V. COMPLEX BRAIN FUNCTIONS The Association Cortices Speech and Language Sleep and Wakefulness Emotions Sex, Sexuality, and the Brain Memory Appendix: Survey of Human Neuroanatomy Atlas: The Human Central Nervous System.
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Neuroscience is a comprehensive textbook created primarily for medical, premedical, and undergraduate students. In a single concise and approachable volume, the text guides students through the challenges and excitement of this rapidly changing field. The book's concise length and accessible writing are a successful combination that has proven to work equally well for medical students and in undergraduate neuroscience courses. NEW TO THIS EDITION Thoroughly revised and updated text * All chapters are fully updated to reflect current research * Substantial revisions have been made to: - Chapter 4, Ion Channels and Transporters - Chapter 6, Neurotransmitters and Their Receptors - Chapter 8, Synaptic Plasticity - ALL chapters in Unit IV, The Changing Brain - ALL chapters in Unit V, Complex Brain Functions Expanded full colour art * A completely new colour palette with digital enhancements. STUDENT SUPPLEMENTS Companion Website (sites.sinauer.com/neuroscience5e) The Neuroscience companion website features review and study tools to help students master the material presented in the neuroscience course. Access to the site is free of charge and requires no access code. The site includes: * Chapter Summaries: Concise overviews of the important topics covered in each chapter. * Animations: Detailed animations depict many of the key topics presented in the textbook. Topics such as synaptic transmission, resting membrane potential, information processing in the eye, the stretch reflex, and many others are presented in a dynamic manner that helps students visualize and better understand many of the complex processes of neuroscience. * Flashcards and Key Terms: Flashcard activities help students master the extensive vocabulary of neuroscience. Each chapter's set of flashcards includes all the key terms introduced in that chapter. Sylvius: An Interactive Atlas and Visual Glossary of Human Neuroanatomy S. Mark Williams, Leonard E. White, and Andrew C. Mace Sylvius provides a unique computer-based learning environment for exploring and understanding the structure of the human central nervous system. Sylvius features fully annotated surface views of the human brain, as well as interactive tools for dissecting the central nervous system and viewing fully annotated cross-sections of preserved specimens and living subjects imaged by magnetic resonance. Much more than a conventional atlas, Sylvius incorporates a comprehensive, visually rich, searchable database of more than 500 neuroanatomical terms that are concisely defined and visualized in photographs, magnetic resonance images, and illustrations fromthe main Neuroscience text. LECTURER SUPPLEMENTS (Only available for confirmed adopters of the textbook - see details below) Instructor's Resource Library The Neuroscience Instructor's Resource Library includes a variety of resources, including: *Textbook Figures and Tables: All the figures and tables from the textbook are provided in JPEG format (both high- and low-resolution), reformatted and relabelled for optimal readability. *PowerPoint(R) Presentations: A PowerPoint presentation that includes all figures and tables is included for each chapter, making it easy to add figures to your own presentations. *Atlas Images: All of the images from the book's Atlas of the Human Central Nervous System (which are from Sylvius) are included in PowerPoint format, for use in lecture. *Animations: All of the animations from the companion website are included for use in lecture and other course-related activities. *Quiz Questions: All of the questions from the new companion website's online quizzes are provided in Microsoft(R) Word(R) format. *Review Questions: A set of short-answer review questions is provided for each chapter of the textbook (Microsoft Word format), along with a list of chapter-specific key terms. Lecturers Supplements are available to confirmed adopters of the textbook. To request, please email lecturerservices@palgrave.com with the title and ISBN of the required supplement together with your academic details: Supplement requested ISBN Your name Your Job Title Your academic address Your academic email Module name Module start date Module student numbers.
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The Neuroscientific Turn brings together 19 scholars from a variety of fields to reflect on the promises of and challenges facing emergent "neurodisciplines" such as neuroethics, neuroeconomics, and neurohistory. In the aftermath of the Decade of the Brain, neuroscience has become one of the hottest topics of study---not only for scientists but also, increasingly, for scholars from the humanities and social sciences. While the popular press has simultaneously lauded and loathed the coming "neurorevolution, " the academy has yet to voice any collective speculations about whether there is any coherence to this neuroscientific turn; what this turn will and should produce; and what implications it has for inter- or transdisciplinary inquiry. Melissa M. Littlefield and Jenell M. Johnson provide an initial framework for this most recent of "turns" by bringing together 14 original essays by scholars from the humanities, social sciences, and neurosciences. The resulting collection will appeal to neuroscientists curious about their colleagues' interest in their work; scholars and students both in established neurodisciplines and in disciplines such as sociology or English wondering about how to apply neuroscience findings to their home disciplines; and to science, technology, and society scholars and students interested in the roles of interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity in the construction of knowledge.
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• Studying the Nervous Systems of Humans and Other Animals PART ONE: NEURAL SIGNALING Electrical Signals of Nerve Cells Voltage- dependent Membrane Permeability Channels and Transporters Synaptic Transmission Neurotransmitters, Receptors and Their Effects Molecular Signaling within Neurons Synaptic Plasticity PART TWO: SENSATION AND SENSORY PROCESSING The Somatic Sensory System Pain Vision: The Eye Central Visual Pathways The Auditory System The Vestibular System The Chemical Senses PART THREE: MOVEMENT AND ITS CENTRAL CONTROL Lower Motor Neuron Circuits and Motor Control Upper Motor Neuron Control of the Brainstem and Spinal Cord Modulation of Movement by the Basil Ganglia Modulation of Movement by the Cerebellum Eye Movements and Sensory Motor Integration The Visceral Motor System PART FOUR: THE CHANGING BRAIN Early Brain Development Construction of Neural Circuits Modification of Brain Circuits as a Result of Experience Repair and Regeneration in the Nervous System PART FIVE: COMPLEX BRAIN FUNCTIONS The Association Cortices Speech and Language Sleep and Wakefulness Emotions Sex, Sexuality, and the Brain Memory Appendix: Survey of Human Neuroanatomy.
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Neuroscience guides students through the challenges and excitement of this rapidly changing field. The book's length and accessibility of its writing are a successful combination that has proven to work equally well for medical students and in undergraduate neuroscience courses. NEW TO THIS EDITION * Thoroughly revised and updated, including substantial revisions of chapters on: The Somatic Sensory System, The Visual System, The Chemical Senses, Upper Motor Neuron Control, The Basal Ganglia, and Sex and Sexuality. * New chapter on Synaptic Plasticity * New chapter on Repair and Regeneration in the Nervous System * Free Sylvius 4.0 download included with every book (see below) * New appendix presenting an illustrated narrative of human neuroanatomy * Revised and expanded full colour art STUDENT SUPPLEMENTS * Companion Website at www.sinauer.com/neuroscience4e: Offers a range of study tools including Chapter Summaries, Animations, Online Quizzes, and Flashcards. * Sylvius 4.0: Interactive Atlas and Visual Glossary of the Human Central Nervous System By S. Mark Williams, Leonard E. White, and Andrew C. Mace The new Sylvius 4.0 provides a unique computer-based learning environment for exploring and understanding the structure of the human central nervous system. Sylvius 4.0 features fully annotated surface views of the human brain, as well as interactive tools for dissecting the central nervous system and viewing fully annotated cross-sections of preserved specimens and living subjects imaged by magnetic resonance. This newly expanded and reconfigured Sylvius 4.0 is more than a conventional atlas; it incorporates a comprehensive, visually rich, searchable database of more than 500 neuroanatomical terms that are concisely defined and visualized in photographs, magnetic resonance images, and illustrations from Neuroscience, Fourth Edition. For users familiar with its predecessors, this version of Sylvius unites the atlas content and utility of SylviusPro (and earlier versions of Sylvius) with the reference content of SylviusVG (and Sylvius for Neuroscience), making this version of Sylvius a single source for teaching and understanding the organization of the human central nervous system. The new Sylvius 4.0 is an excellent resource for neuroscience educators, medical students, physical therapy students, other postgraduate and professional learners, as well as undergraduate pre-medical and biological psychology students. LECTURER SUPPLEMENTS (Only available for confirmed adopters of the textbook - see details below) * Instructor's Resource Library (978-0-87893-701-1): Includes a variety of resources to help in developing your course and delivering your lectures, such as Textbook Figures and Tables in JPEG format and PowerPoint presentations, Sylvius Image Library, Animations, Quiz Questions, and Review Questions. * Online Quizzing is available at the Companion Website www.sinauer.com/neuroscience4e Lecturers Supplements are available to confirmed adopters of the textbook. To request, please email lecturerservices@palgrave.com with the title and ISBN of the required supplement together with your academic details: Supplement requested ISBN Your name Your Job Title Your academic address Your academic email Module name Module start date Module student numbers.
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• Preface.
• Chapter 1. Historical introduction.
• Chapter 2. Structure of the brain and central nervous system.
• Chapter 3. Physiological techniques.
• Chapter 4. Excitable membranes.
• Chapter 5. The neuromuscular junction.
• Chapter 6. Central neurotransmission.
• Chapter 7. Muscle.
• Chapter 8. Sensory systems.
• Chapter 9. Visual psychophysics.
• Chapter 10. The eye.
• Chapter 11. Central visual processing.
• Chapter 12. Hearing: the auditory system.
• Chapter 13. Somatosensory system.
• Chapter 14. Pain.
• Chapter 15. Smell and taste.
• Chapter 16. Vestibular system.
• Chapter 17. Position and movement sense.
• Chapter 18. The posterior parietal cortex: active touch and active sight.
• Chapter 19. Motor control.
• Chapter 20. Muscle receptors and spinal cord reflexes.
• Chapter 21. Posture and locomotion.
• Chapter 22. The cerebellum.
• Chapter 23. The basal ganglia.
• Chapter 24. The motor cortical areas.
• Chapter 25. The prefrontal cortex.
• Chapter 26. Eye movements.
• Chapter 27. Extrapyramidal pathways.
• Chapter 28. The electroencephalogram: reticular system, sleep and arousal.
• Chapter 29. Drives, reward, emotions and mental disorder.
• Chapter 30. The hypothalamus: body weight, temperature and fluid balance.
• Chapter 31. Autonomic nervous system.
• Chapter 32. Development, learning and memory.
• Chapter 33. Hemispheric specialization: handedness, speech and reading.Glossary.Bibliography.Index.
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This engaging book will serve as an introductory text in neuroscience. It conveys important ideas in neuroscience, without overburdening the student with unnecessary detail. Drawing from his 35 years of teaching experience of teaching at Oxford University, the author concentrates on concepts and observations that students find difficult, amusing, interesting or exciting. Starting with a brief history of neuroscience, it covers cellular and biophysical aspects, sensory systems, motor systems, the hypothalamus, the automatic nervous system, learning and memory and speech and reading.
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• Theoretical Approaches in Physiology * Introduction to Dynamics in Nonlinear Difference and Differential Equations * Bifurcations Involving Fixed Points and Limit Cycles in Biological Systems * Dynamics of Excitable Cells * Resetting and Entraining Biological Rhythms * Effects of Noise on Nonlinear Dynamics * Reentry in Excitable Media * Cell Replication and Control * Pupil Light Reflex: Delays and Oscillations * Data Analysis and Mathematical Modeling of Human Tremor * An Introduction to XPP * An Introduction to Matlab * Time Series Analysis * Bibliography * Index.
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Introduces concepts from nonlinear dynamics using an almost exclusively biological setting for motivation, and includes examples of how these concepts are used in experimental investigations of biological and physiological systems. One novel feature of the book is the inclusion of classroom-tested computer exercises. This book will appeal to students and researchers working in the natural and physical sciences wanting to learn about physiological systems from a mathematical perspective.
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• Introduction:
• 1. Fundamentals of Neuroscience.
• 2. Organization of Nervous Systems. Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience:
• 3. The Cellular Components of Nervous Tissue.
• 4. Subcellular Organization of the Nervous System: Organelles and Their Functions.
• 5. Electrotonic Properties of Axons and Dendrites.
• 6. Membrane Potential and Action Potential.
• 7. Release of Neurotransmitters.
• 8. Neurotransmitters.
• 9. Neurotransmitter Receptors.
• 10. Intracellular Signaling.
• 11. Cell-Cell Communication via Gap Junctions.
• 12. Postsynaptic Potentials and Synaptic Integration.
• 13. Information Processing in Dendrites.
• 14. Brain Energy Metabolism. Nervous System Development:
• 15. Neural Induction and Pattern Formation.
• 16. Neurogenesis and Migration.
• 17. Cellular Determination.
• 18. Growth Cones and Axon Pathfinding.
• 19. Synapse Formation and Elimination.
• 20. Programmed Cell Death.
• 21. Neurotrophic Factors.
• 22. Early Experience and Critical Periods. Sensory Systems:
• 23. Fundamentals of Sensory Systems.
• 24. Sensory Transduction.
• 25. Chemical Senses: Taste and Olfaction.
• 26. Somatosensory Sensation.
• 27. Audition. 28 Vision. Motor Systems:
• 29. Fundamentals of Motor Systems.
• 30. Muscle, Motor Neurons, and Motor Neuron Pools.
• 31. Spinal Motor Control, Reflexes and Locomotion.
• 32. Supraspinal Descending Control: The Medial "Postural" System.
• 33. Voluntary Descending Control.
• 34. Basal Ganglia.
• 35. Cerebellum.
• 36. Eye Movements. Regulatory Systems:
• 37. The Hypothalamus: An Overview of Regulatory Systems.
• 38. Central Control of Autonomic Functions: the Organization of the Autonomic Nervous System.
• 39. Cardiovascular System.
• 40. Neural Control of Breathing.
• 41. Food Intake and Metabolism.
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Fundamental Neuroscience is the only comprehensive text that defines the full scope of neuroscience. Developed in accordance with results of extensive reviews by neuroscience instructors, and in cooperation with the Association of Neuroscience Departments and Programs (ANDP), this text is divided into seven integrated sections. Each section may be used for a specific course, or the full text may be adopted to provide a broad-based curriculum that will carry the student from molecular to cognitive neuroscience.
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• Introduction
• Past: Heart
• Forces
• Electricity
• Function
• Evolution
• Inhibition
• Neurons
• Machines
• Control
• Present: Memory
• Circuits
• Computers
• Chemistry
• Localisation
• Consciousness
• Future