Now in resplendent color, the new edition continues to define the latest in the scientific understanding of the brain, the nervous system, and human behavior. Each chapter is thoroughly revised and includes the impact of molecular biology in the mechanisms underlying developmental processes and in the pathogenesis of disease. Important features to this edition include a new chapter - Genes and Behavior; a complete updating of development of the nervous system; the genetic basis of neurological and psychiatric disease; cognitive neuroscience of perception, planning, action, motivation and memory; ion channel mechanisms; and much more.
Review quote:
"This is a simply wonderful book that makes accessible in one place all the details of how the neuron and brain work. The writing is clear. The drawings are elegant and educational. The book is a feast for both the eye and mind. The richness, the beauty, and the complexity of neuroscience is all captured in this superb book." "5 Stars!"
Table of contents:
Contents. Preface. Acknowledgments. Contributors. Part I: The Neurology of Behavior. Part II: Cell and Molecular Biology of the Neuron. Part III: Elementary Interactions Between Neurons: Synaptic Transmission. Part IV: The Neural Basis of Cognition. Part Part V: Perception. Part VI: Movement. Part VII: Arousal, Emotion, and Behavior Homeostasis. Part VIII: The Development of the Nervous System. Part IX: Language, Thought, Mood, and Learning and Memory. Appendices. Index.
The most authoritative introduction to the brain, its structure, function, development, and control of behavior available today. Presents both a comprehensive summary of the state of the science and a full discussion of historical issues in the study of the brain. Neuroanatomy, cell and molecular mechanisms, mechanisms of signaling, and development are thoroughly described in the context of the cognitive approaches to behavior. Thoroughly revised, with a new full-color art program, this text was re-designed to be more user friendly. Also featured is an expanded treatment of the development of the nervous system, the genetic basis of neurological and psychiatric diseases, the cognitive neuroscience of perception, and ion channel mechanisms.
Review quote:
"This is a simply wonderful book that makes accessible in one place all the details of how the neuron and brain work. The writing is clear. The drawings are elegant and educational. The book is a feast for both the eye and mind. The richness, the beauty, and the complexity of neuroscience is all captured in this superb book." "5 Stars!"
Table of contents:
Contents. Preface. Acknowledgments. Contributors. Part I: The Neurology of Behavior. Part II: Cell and Molecular Biology of the Neuron. Part III: Elementary Interactions Between Neurons: Synaptic Transmission. Part IV: The Neural Basis of Cognition. Part Part V: Perception. Part VI: Movement. Part VII: Arousal, Emotion, and Behavior Homeostasis. Part VIII: The Development of the Nervous System. Part IX: Language, Thought, Mood, and Learning and Memory. Appendices. Index.
The most authoritative introduction to the brain, its structure, function, development, and control of behavior available today. Presents both a comprehensive summary of the state of the science and a full discussion of historical issues in the study of the brain. Neuroanatomy, cell and molecular mechanisms, mechanisms of signaling, and development are thoroughly described in the context of the cognitive approaches to behavior. Thoroughly revised, with a new full-color art program, this text was re-designed to be more user friendly. Also featured is an expanded treatment of the development of the nervous system, the genetic basis of neurological and psychiatric diseases, the cognitive neuroscience of perception, and ion channel mechanisms.