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Neurons and networks : an introduction to behavioral neuroscience / John E. Dowling.

Title
Neurons and networks : an introduction to behavioral neuroscience / John E. Dowling.
Author
Dowling, John E.
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. ; Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2001.

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Description
xxi, 563 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Nervous System
  • Nerve Net
  • Neurons
  • Neurophysiology
  • Cognitive neuroscience
  • Neural networks (Neurobiology)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
  • Pt. 1. Neurons: Cellular Neuroscience -- 1. Probing the Brain -- 2. Cells and Synapses -- 3. Membranes and the Resting Potential -- 4. Action Potentials and Their Propagation -- 5. Synaptic Potentials -- 6. The Chemistry of Synaptic Transmission -- 7. Receptors and Receptor Potentials -- 8. Membrane Channels and Receptor Proteins -- Pt. 2. Networks: Systems Neuroscience -- 9. Invertebrate Nervous Systems -- 10. Control of Rhythmic Motor Behavior -- 11. Synaptic Plasticity: An Invertebrate Model of Memory and Learning -- 12. The Vertebrate Brain -- 13. Motor Control in Vertebrates -- 14. Retinal Processing of Visual Information -- 15. Cortical Processing of Visual Information -- 16. The Architecture of the Visual Cortex -- 17. The Development of the Brain -- Pt. 3. Brain to Mind: Cognitive Neuroscience -- 18. Higher Levels of Cortical Function -- 19. Language and the Human Brain -- 20. Learning the Memory -- 21. Emotions and Rationality.
  • 22. Reinforcing Behaviors, Homeostasis Regulation, and Motivation -- 23. Sleep, Clocks, and Consciousness -- App. Electrical Charge and Circuits.
ISBN
0674004620 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^^00065134^
OCLC
45376066
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library