Fundamental neuroscience. (©2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Larry R. Squire [and 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 -- Membrane Potential and Action Potential -- Neurotransmitters -- Release of Neurotransmitters -- Neurotransmitter Receptors -- Intracellular Signaling -- Postsynaptic Potentials and Synaptic Integration -- Information Processing in Dendrites and Spines -- Brain Energy Metabolism -- Neural Induction and Pattern Formation -- Cellular Determination -- Neurogenesis and Migration -- Growth Cones and Axon Pathfinding -- 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 -- The Somatosensory System -- Audition -- Vision -- Fundamentals of Motor Systems -- The Spinal and Peripheral Motor System -- 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 Control of Respiratory and Cardiovascular Functions -- Food Intake and Metabolism -- Water and Salt Intake and Body Fluid Homeostasis -- Neuroendocrine Systems -- Circadian Timekeeping -- The Neurobiology of Sleep and Dreaming -- 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 -- The Prefrontal Cortex and Executive Brain Functions -- The Neuroscience of Consciousness.
• Edition: 4th ed
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Copyright Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxiv, 1127 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 612.8; Neurosciences; Neurosciences; Health and Wellbeing; Neurosciences; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780123858719; 0123858712
• Related ISBNs: 9780123858702; 0123858704
• 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.