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Fundamental neuroscience
- Title
- Fundamental neuroscience / edited by Larry Squire ... [et al.].
- Publication
- Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier / Academic Press, c2008.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JBF 18-473 | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
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- Additional Authors
- Squire, Larry R.
- Description
- xx, 1256 p. : ill. (some col.); 29 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Fundamentals of neuroscience -- Basic plan of the nervous system -- Cellular components of nervous tissue -- Subcellular organization of the nervous system: organelles and their functions -- Electrotonic properties of axons and dendrites -- Membrane potential and action potential -- Neurotransmitters -- Release of neurotransmitters -- Neurotransmitter receptors -- Intracellular signaling -- Postsynaptic potentials and synaptic integration -- Complex information processing in dendrites -- Brain energy metabolism -- Neural induction and pattern formation -- Cellular determination -- Neurogenesis and migration -- Growth cones and axon pathfinding -- Target selection, topographic maps, and synapse formation -- Programmed cell death and neurotrophic factors -- Synapse elimination -- Dendritic development -- Early experience and sensitive periods -- Fundamentals of sensory systems -- Chemical senses: taste and olfaction -- Somatosensory system -- Audition --
- Vision -- Fundamentals of motor systems -- The spinal and peripheral motor system -- Descending control of movement -- The basal ganglia -- Cerebellum -- Eye movements -- The hypothalamus: an overview of regulatory systems -- Central control of autonomic functions: organization of the autonomic nervous system -- Neural regulation of the cardiovascular system -- Neural control of breathing -- Food intake and metabolism -- Water intake and body fluids -- Neuroendocrine systems -- Circadian timekeeping -- Sleep, dreaming, and wakefulness -- Reward, motivation, and addiction -- Human brain evolution -- Cognitive development and aging -- Visual perception of objects -- Spatial cognition -- Attention -- Learning and memory: basic mechanisms -- Learning and memory: brain systems -- Language and communication -- The prefrontal cortex and executive brain functions -- The neuroscience of consciousness.
- Call Number
- JBF 18-473
- ISBN
- 9780123740199 (alk. paper)
- 0123740193 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008001747
- OCLC
- 190867431
- Title
- Fundamental neuroscience / edited by Larry Squire ... [et al.].
- Imprint
- Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier / Academic Press, c2008.
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Squire, Larry R.
- Research Call Number
- JBF 18-473