Neuroscience

by David Fitzpatrick, Dale Purves (Editor), George J. Augustine (Editor)

Overview

A classy introductory text to how the nervous system works highlighting the challenges, controversies, and uncertainties in neuroscience. The 15 contributors (neurobiology, Duke U. Medical Center) extend both their talents in neuroscience and teaching in a systematic outline of the nervous system's organization, neural signaling, sensation and sensory processing, movement and its central control, brain development, and complex brain function including discussions of cognition, sleep, and sexuality. Includes quality color illustrations and photographs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780878937424
Publisher:	Sinauer Associates, Incorporated
Publication date:	01/15/2001
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	681
Product dimensions:	8.66(w) x 11.42(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Dale Purves is Director of the Neuroscience and Behavioural Disorders program at Duke's Graduate Medical School and Executive Director of the Neuroscience Research Partnership at A*STAR (both located in Singapore).

George J. Augustine is Professor of Neurobiology at the Duke University School of Medicine.

David Fitzpatrick is Chief Executive Officer and Scientific Director of the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience.

William C. Hall is Professor of Neurobiology at the Duke University School of Medicine.

Anthony-Samuel LaMantia is Professor of Pharmacology & Physiology at The George Washington University and Director of the GW Institute for Neuroscience.

Leonard E. White is Associate Professor in the Department of Neurobiology at the Duke University School of Medicine.

Table of Contents

1	The Organization of the Nervous System	1
Unit I	Neural Signaling
2	Electrical Signals of Nerve Cells	43
3	Voltage-Dependent Membrane Permeability	57
4	Channels and Transporters	77
5	Synaptic Transmission	99
6	Neurotransmitters	117
7	Neurotransmitter Receptors and Their Effects	141
8	Intracellular Signal Transduction	165
Unit II	Sensation and Sensory Processing
9	The Somatic Sensory System	189
10	Pain	209
11	Vision: The Eye	223
12	Central Visual Pathways	251
13	The Auditory System	275
14	The Vestibular System	297
15	The Chemical Senses	317
Unit III	Movement and Its Central Control
16	Lower Motor Neuron Circuits and Motor Control	347
17	Upper Motor Neuron Control of the Brainstem and Spinal Cord	369
18	Modulation of Movement by the Basal Ganglia	391
19	Modulation of Movement by the Cerebellum	409
20	Eye Movements and Sensory Motor Integration	427
21	The Visceral Motor System	443
Unit IV	The Changing Brain
22	Early Brain Development	471
23	Construction of Neural Circuits	493
24	Modification of Brain Circuits as a Result of Experience	519
25	Plasticity of Mature Synapses and Circuits	535
Unit V	Complex Brain Functions
26	The Association Cortices	565
27	Language and Lateralization	587
28	Sleep and Wakefulness	603
29	Emotions	625
30	Sex, Sexuality, and the Brain	645
31	Human Memory	665

Editorial Reviews

3 Stars from Doody

A text/CD-ROM for undergraduates, medical students, and graduate students in the neurosciences, highlighting the excitement and uncertainties of the field. Contains units on neural signaling, sensation and sensory processing, movement and its central control, the changing brain, and complex brain functions. The CD-ROM contains an interactive atlas of the human nervous system which can function as a stand-alone atlas and as a tool for visualizing the neuroanatomical structures described in the text. The interactive atlas features images of a whole brain and sections, animations, and MRIs of a living brain. Author information is not given. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

Reviewer: Celso Agner, MD, MS, MSc (Michigan Neurology Partners)
Description: Neurophysiology is a constantly changing field. Upgrades are needed at all times and the ability to explain the new molecular findings in a natural and yet readable form remains a challenge faced by whoever writes these books.
Purpose: The purpose of this book is to address the current physiological understanding acquired over the most recent research experiments. Those are worthy objectives fully met by the authors.
Audience: Neurologists, graduate students, medical students, and neurosurgeons are the main target for this book. In my view, those audiences have been well served by this book. The authors are definite authorities in the field.
Features: Multiple authors contribute 30 chapters to this book. The contents of each chapter reflect the most modern understanding of the neurophysiology of the brain and the potential applications of neuroscience into the daily clinical understanding of functions such as sleep, pain, sensory modulation, and behavior. Until now, it is very much like other classic textbooks in the field. The drawings and charts are, however, more self-explanatory than they are in many of the other books I have seen. This represents a definite contribution to graduate and medical student, who need to quickly understand complex concepts in a short amount of time.
Assessment: This is an important purchase for general medical libraries.

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