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Table of Contents Contents ix Preface xxxv Acknowledgments xxxvii Contributors xxxix Part I The Neurobiology of Behavior  1 The Brain and Behavior 5 2 Nerve Cells and Behavior 19 3 Genes and Behavior 36 Part II Cell and Molecular Biology of the Neuron  4 The Cytology of Neurons 67 5 Synthesis and Trafficking of Neuronal Protein 88 6 Ion Channels 105 7 Membrane Potential 125 8 Local Signaling: Passive Electrical Properties of the Neuron 140 9 Propagated Signaling: The Action Potential 150 Part III Elementary Interactions Between Neurons: Synaptic Transmission  10 Overview of Synaptic Transmission 175 11 Signaling at the Nerve-Muscle Synapse: Directly Gated Transmission 187 12 Synaptic Integration 207 13 Modulation of Synaptic Transmission: Second Messengers 229 14 Transmitter Release 253 15 Neurotransmitters 280 16 Diseases of Chemical Transmission at the Nerve-Muscle Synapse: Myasthenia Gravis 298 Part IV The Neural Basis of Cognition  17 The Anatomical Organization of the Central Nervous System 317 18 The Functional Organization of Perception and Movement 337 19 Integration of Sensory and Motor Function: The Association Areas of the Cerebral Cortex and the Cognitive Capabilities of the Brain 349 20 From Nerve Cells to Cognition: The Internal Cellular Representation Required for Perception and Action 381 Part V Perception  21 Coding of Sensory Information 411 22 The Bodily Senses 430 23 Touch 451 24 The Perception of Pain 472 25 Constructing the Visual Image 492 26 Visual Processing by the Retina 507 27 Central Visual Pathways 523 28 Perception of Motion, Depth, and Form 548 29 Color Vision 572 30 Hearing 590 31 Sensory Transduction in the Ear 614 32 Smell and Taste: The Chemical Senses 625 Part VI Movement  33 The Organization of Movement 653 34 The Motor Unit and Muscle Action 674 35 Diseases of the Motor Unit 695 36 Spinal Reflexes 713 37 Locomotion 737 38 Voluntary Movement 756 39 The Control of Gaze 782 40 The Vestibular System 801 41 Posture 816 42 The Cerebellum 832 43 The Basal Ganglia 853 Part VII Arousal, Emotion, and Behavior Homeostasis  44 Brain Stem, Reflexive Behavior, and the Cranial Nerves 873 45 Brain Stem Modulation of Sensation, Movement, and Consciousness 889 46 Seizures and Epilepsy 910 47 Sleep and Dreaming 936 48 Disorders of Sleep and Wakefulness 948 49 The Autonomic Nervous System and the Hypothalamus 960 50 Emotional States and Feelings 982 51 Motivational and Addictive States 998 Part VIII The Development of the Nervous System  52 The Induction and Patterning of the Nervous System 1019 53 The Generation and Survival of Nerve Cells 1041 54 The Guidance of Axons to Their Targets 1063 55 The Formation and Regeneration of Synapses 1087 56 Sensory Experience and the Fine-Tuning of Synaptic Connections 1115 57 Sexual Differentiation of the Nervous System 1131 58 Aging of the Brain and Dementia of the Alzheimer Type 1149 Part IX Language, Thought, Mood, and Learning, and Memory  59 Language and the Aphasias 1169 60 Disorders of Thought and Volition: Schizophrenia 1188 61 Disorders of Mood: Depression, Mania, and Anxiety Disorders 1209 62 Learning and Memory 1227 63 Cellular Mechanisms of Learning and the Biological Basis of Individuality 1247 Appendices  A Current Flow in Neurons 1280 B Ventricular Organization of Cerebrospinal Fluid: Blood-Brain Barrier, Brain Edema, and Hydrocephalus 1288 C Circulation of the Brain 1302 D Consciousness and the Neurobiology of the Twenty-First Century 1317 Index 1321Find Related Items Browse Books * Medicine * Scienceskip navigationSearch Related SubjectsNonfiction Nervous system diseases Neurochemistry Neurology Neurons Neurophysiology Neurosciences