TY  - BOOK
AU  - Purves, Dale.
AU  - Purves,Dale
TI  - Neuroscience
SN  - 9780878936977 (hardcover)
AV  - QP355.2 .N487 2008
U1  - 612.8 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Sunderland, Mass.
PB  - Sinauer
KW  - Neurosciences
KW  - Nervous System Physiology
KW  - Neurochemistry
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Studying the nervous system -- Electrical signals of nerve cells -- Voltage-dependent membrane permeability -- Channels and transporters -- Synaptic transmission -- Neurotransmitters and thier receptors -- Molecular signaling within neurons -- Synaptic plasticity -- The somatic sensory system: touch and proprioception -- Pain -- Vision: the eye -- Central visual pathways -- The auditory system -- The vestibular system -- The chemical senses -- Lower motor neuron circuits and motor control -- Upper motor neuron control of the brainstem and spinal cord -- Modulation of movement by the basal ganglia -- Modulation of movement by the cerebellum -- Eye movements and sensory motor integration -- The visceral motor system -- Early brain development -- Contruction of neural circuits -- Modification of brain circuits as a result of experience -- Repair and regeneration in the nervous system -- The association cortices -- Speech and language -- Sleep and wakefulness -- Emotions -- Sex, sexuality, and the brain -- Memory
ER  -