Contents in Brief // 1 // UNIT I // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 // 7 // 8 // UNIT II 9 // 10 // 11 // 12 // 13 // 14 // 15 // UNIT III // 16 // 17 // 18 // 19 // 20 21 // UNIT IV 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // UNIT V // 27 // 28 // 29 // 30 // 31 // 32 // 33 // Studying the Nervous System 1 // Neural Signaling 31 // Electrical Signals of Nerve Cells 33 Voltage-Dependent Membrane Permeability 47 Ion Channels and Transporters 61 Synaptic Transmission 79 Neurotransmitters and Their Receptors 105 Molecular Signaling within Neurons 137 Synaptic Plasticity 159 // Sensation and Sensory Processing 179 // The Somatosensory System: // Touch and Proprioception 181 Pain 201 // Vision: The Eye 219 Central Visual Pathways 245 The Auditory System 265 The Vestibular System 287 The Chemical Senses 303 // Movement and Its Central Control 335 // Lower Motor Neuron Circuits and Motor Control 337 Upper Motor Neuron Control of the Brainstem and Spinal Cord 359 // Modulation of Movement by the Basal Ganglia 385 Modulation of Movement by the Cerebellum 403 Eye Movements and Sensorimotor Integration 421 The Visceral Motor System 437 // The Changing Brain 461 // Early Brain Development 463 Construction of Neural Circuits 491 Circuit Development: Intrinsic Factors and Sex Differences 521 // Experience-Dependent Plasticity in the Developing Brain 541 // Repair and Regeneration in the Nervous System 563 // Complex Brain Functions and Cognitive Neuroscience 591 // Cognitive Functions and the Organization of the Cerebral
Cortex 593 Cortical States 609 Attention 633 Memory 645 Emotion 665 // Thinking, Planning, and Deciding 687 Speech and Language 705 // Appendix A1 // Atlas: The Human Central Nervous System ATI