ABSTRACT

BIOS Instant Notes in Neuroscience, 3rd edition, has been reorganized and some detail removed from both text and figures in order to make it a more effective resource for students. While concentrating on core themes, areas where there have been significant advances, especially learning, memory, and cognition, have been thoroughly updated. There will be a separate section on methods allowing students to separate results from methodology.

section Section A|24 pages

Organization of the Nervous System

chapter A1|4 pages

Neurons

chapter A2|2 pages

Glial cells

chapter A4|6 pages

Organization of the central nervous system

chapter A5|4 pages

Meninges and cerebrospinal fluid

chapter A6|2 pages

Blood-brain barrier

section Section B|15 pages

Neuron Excitation

chapter B1|5 pages

Membrane potentials

chapter B2|6 pages

Voltage-dependent ion channels

chapter B3|4 pages

Action potential conduction

section Section C|20 pages

Synapses

chapter C1|5 pages

Synapse structure and function

chapter C2|6 pages

Neurotransmitter release

chapter C3|4 pages

Postsynaptic responses

chapter C4|3 pages

Neurotransmitter inactivation

chapter C5|2 pages

Neural integration

section Section D|30 pages

Neurotransmitters

chapter D1|5 pages

Ligand-gated ion channel receptors

chapter D2|6 pages

G-protein-coupled receptors

chapter D3|3 pages

Amino acid transmitters

chapter D4|4 pages

Dopamine

chapter D5|3 pages

Noradrenaline (norepinephrine)

chapter D6|3 pages

Serotonin

chapter D7|3 pages

Acetylcholine

chapter D8|3 pages

Purines and peptides

section Section E|15 pages

Elements of Neural Computing

chapter E1|4 pages

Rate coding

chapter E2|4 pages

Coding of modality and location

chapter E3|3 pages

Elementary neural circuits

chapter E4|4 pages

Temporal coding

section Section F|25 pages

Somatosensory Systems

chapter F1|4 pages

Sensory receptors

chapter F2|4 pages

Touch

chapter F3|7 pages

Pain

chapter F4|5 pages

Pain pathology

chapter F5|5 pages

Balance

section Section G|41 pages

Vision

chapter G1|4 pages

Attributes of vision

chapter G2|6 pages

Eye and visual pathways

chapter G3|6 pages

Photoreceptors

chapter G4|6 pages

Retinal processing

chapter G5|5 pages

Early visual processing

chapter G6|5 pages

Parallel processing in the visual system

chapter G7|9 pages

Oculomotor control and visual attention

section Section H|14 pages

Hearing

chapter H1|2 pages

Acoustics and audition

chapter H2|4 pages

Anatomy and physiology of the ear

chapter H3|2 pages

Peripheral auditory processing

chapter H4|6 pages

Central auditory processing

section Section I|10 pages

Smell and Taste

chapter I1|2 pages

Olfactory receptor neurons

chapter I2|3 pages

Olfactory pathways

chapter I3|3 pages

Taste

chapter I4|2 pages

Taste pathways

section Section J|25 pages

Motor Function: Spinal Cord and Brainstem

chapter J1|3 pages

Nerve-muscle synapse

chapter J2|4 pages

Motor units and motor pools

chapter J3|7 pages

Elementary motor reflexes

chapter J4|6 pages

Spinal motor function

chapter J5|5 pages

Brainstem postural reflexes

section Section K|33 pages

Movement: Cortex, Cerebellum, and Basal Ganglia

chapter K1|6 pages

Cortical control of voluntary movement

chapter K2|4 pages

Motor lesions

chapter K3|6 pages

Anatomy of the cerebellum

chapter K4|4 pages

Cerebellar cortex circuitry

chapter K5|4 pages

Cerebellar function

chapter K6|5 pages

Anatomy of the basal ganglia

chapter K7|4 pages

Basal ganglia function

section Section L|31 pages

Neuroendocrinology and Autonomic Functions

chapter L2|4 pages

Posterior pituitary function

chapter L4|6 pages

Neuroendocrine control of reproduction

chapter L5|4 pages

Autonomic nervous system (ANS) function

chapter L6|6 pages

Control of vital functions

section Section M|25 pages

Brain and Behavior

chapter M1|5 pages

Emotion

chapter M2|5 pages

Motivation and addiction

chapter M3|5 pages

Control of feeding

chapter M4|3 pages

Brain biological clocks

chapter M5|7 pages

Sleep

section Section N|26 pages

Learning and Memory

chapter N1|6 pages

Types of learning

chapter N2|2 pages

Working memory

chapter N3|5 pages

Hippocampus and episodic learning

chapter N4|10 pages

Long-term potentiation

chapter N5|3 pages

Motor learning in the cerebellum: LTD

section Section O|23 pages

Neuroscience Methods

chapter O1|4 pages

Neuroimaging

chapter O2|3 pages

Noninvasive electrophysiology

chapter O3|5 pages

Classical electrophysiology

chapter O4|7 pages

Neuroanatomy imaging technologies

chapter O5|4 pages

Optogenetics