Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part I: Getting Started with Neurobiology 5
Chapter 1: Welcome to the World of Neurobiology 7
Chapter 2: Building Neurons from Molecules 23
Chapter 3: Gating the Membrane: Ion Channels and Membrane Potentials 47
Chapter 4: Sending Signals: Chemical Release and Electrical Activation 67
Part II: Neuroanatomy: Organizing the Nervous System 83
Chapter 5: Movement Basics: Muscles and Motor Neurons 85
Chapter 6: The Spinal Cord and the Autonomic Nervous System 101
Chapter 7: The Busy Brain: Brainstem, Limbic System, Hypothalamus, and Reticular Formation 123
Chapter 8: Generating Behavior: Basal Ganglia, Thalamus, Motor Cor tex, and Frontal Cor tex 145
Chapter 9: Topping It Off: The Neocortex 159
Part III: Perceiving the World, Thinking, Learning, and Remembering 183
Chapter 10: Looking at Vision and Hearing 185
Chapter 11: Feeling, Smelling, and Tasting 211
Chapter 12: Memory and Learning 233
Chapter 13: The Frontal Lobes and Executive Brain 253
Chapter 14: Language, Intelligence, Emotions, and Consciousness 265
Part IV: Developmental, Neurological, and Mental Disorders and Treatments 283
Chapter 15: Developing the Brain and Nervous System 285
Chapter 16: Movement Disorders 309
Chapter 17: Brain Dysfunction and Mental Illness 325
Chapter 18: Making Better Brains 341
Part V: The Part of Tens 355
Chapter 19: The Ten Most Important Brain Circuits 357
Chapter 20: Ten Technologies Revolutionizing Brain Science 365
Index 373
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