Neuroscience
By: Alan Longstaff
Edition: 3rd ed.
Series: Bios instant notes
Publisher: Garland Science
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 379
ISBN-13: 9780415607698
Subjects: Neurosciences; Outlines, syllabi
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Organization of the nervous system. Neurons -- Glial cells -- Organization of the peripheral nervous system -- Organization of the central nervous system -- Meninges and cerebrospinal fluid -- Blood-brain barrier -- Neuron excitation. Membrane potentials -- Voltage-dependent ion channels -- Action potential conduction -- Synapses. Synapse structure and function -- Neurotransmitter release -- Postsynaptic responses -- Neurotransmitter inactivation -- Neural integration -- Neurotransmitters. Ligand-gated ion channel receptors -- G-protein-coupled receptors -- Amino acid transmitters -- Dopamine -- Noradrenaline (norepinephrine) -- Serotonin -- Acetylcholine -- Purines and peptides -- Elements of neural computing. Rate coding -- Coding of modality and location -- Elementary neural circuits -- Temporal coding -- Somatosensory systems. Sensory receptors -- Touch -- Pain -- Pain pathology -- Balance -- Vision. Attributes of vision -- Eye and visual pathways -- Photoreceptors -- Retinal processing -- Early visual processing -- Parallel processing in the visual system -- Oculomotor control and visual attention -- Hearing. Acoustics and audition  -- Anatomy and physiology of the ear -- Peripheral auditory processing -- Central auditory processing -- Smell and taste. Olfactory receptor neurons -- Olfactory pathways -- Taste -- Taste pathways -- Motor function : spinal cord and brainstem. Nerve-muscle synapse -- Motor units and motor pools -- Elementary motor reflexes -- Spinal motor function -- Brainstem postural reflexes -- Movement : cortex, cerebellum, and basal ganglia. Cortical control of voluntary movement -- Motor lesions -- Anatomy of the cerebellum -- Cerebellar cortex circuitry -- Cerebellar function -- Anatomy of the basal ganglia -- Basal ganglia function -- Neuroendocrinology and autonomic functions. Anatomy and connections of the hypothalamus -- Posterior pituitary function -- Neuroendocrine control of metabolism and growth -- Neuroendocrine control of reproduction -- Autonomic nervous system (ANS) function -- Control of vital functions -- Brain and behavior. Emotion -- Motivation and addiction -- Control of feeding -- Brain biological clocks -- Sleep -- Learning and memory. Types of learning -- Working memory -- Hippocampus and episodic learning -- Long-term potentiation -- Motor learning in the cerebellum : LTD -- Neuroscience methods. Neuroimaging -- Noninvasive electrophysiology -- Classical electrophysiology -- Neuroanatomy imaging technologies -- Optogenetics.