Foundations of neurobiology

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Foundations of neurobiology

Fred Delcomyn

W.H. Freeman, c1998

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Includes bibliographical references and index

"Foundations of neurobiology 1.0 student CD-ROM" in pocket

Errata paper inserted

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9780716726272

Description

This neurobiology text caters for students from diverse academic backgrounds. Covering all the main areas of vertebrate and invertibrate neurobiology, the author gives user-friendly descriptions of experiments to illustrate principles, supported by real experimental data. He reveals how neuroscience works and how neuroscientists investigate the world by combining surgery, electrophysiology, histochemistry and immunology.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Elements of neurobiology: introduction to the nervous system
  • cellular building blocks
  • the structure of nervous systems. Part 2 Cellular communication: the electrical potential of a resting neuron
  • the nerve impulse
  • synaptic transmission
  • the biology of neurotransmitters
  • integration of synaptic action. Part 3 Sensory systems: organization of sensory systems
  • the coding and control of sensory information
  • the visual system
  • hearing
  • the chemical senses
  • somatic and other senses. Part 4 Motor systems: muscle and its control
  • reflexes and pattern generation
  • sensory influence on motor output
  • the brain and motor output. Part 5 Integrating systems - the neural basis of behaviour: mechanisms of escape behaviour
  • analysis of simple behaviour
  • neural basis of complex behaviour. Part 6 The malleability of nervous systems: development
  • developmental plasticity
  • behavioural plasticity - learning
  • hormones and the nervous system.
Volume

: CD-ROM enclosed book ISBN 9780716732952

Description

Foundations of Neurobiology is the first book on the subject conceived and written exclusively for undergraduate biology students--a concise, principles-oriented text that spans the entire field of neurobiology from molecules to the mind. With only general biology as a prerequisite, the book takes a broad, conceptual, comparative approach, introducing the principles of vertebrate and invertebrate neural function in all sensory systems.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA3743727X
  • ISBN
    • 0716726270
    • 0716732955
    • 0716732386
  • LCCN
    97010864
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxiv, 648 p.
  • Size
    29 cm
  • Classification
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