Fundamental neuroscience. (©2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Larry Squire [and five others].
• Other Names: Squire, Larry R
• 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.
• Edition: 3rd ed
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (xx, 1256 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 612.8; Neurosciences; Nervous System Physiological Phenomena; Neurosciences; Neurosciences; MEDICAL -- Neuroscience; PSYCHOLOGY -- Neuropsychology; Neurosciences; Neurowetenschappen; Neurophysiologie; Neuropsychologie; Neurologi; Electronic books; Lehrbuch
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080561028; 0080561020
• Related ISBNs: 9780123740199; 0123740193
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.