ABSTRACT

The second edition of Instant Notes in Neuroscience covers neuroanatomy, cellular and molecular neuroscience, systems neuroscience, behavior, development of the nervous system, learning, memory, and common brain disorders. It gives rapid and easy access to the core of the subject in an affordable and manageable-sized text.

chapter |5 pages

Section A – Organization of the nervous system

STRUCTURE

chapter |3 pages

GLIAL

CELLS AND MYELINATION

chapter |13 pages

ORGANIZATION

PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

chapter |4 pages

BRAIN

IMAGING

chapter |4 pages

MENINGES

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID

chapter |3 pages

BLOOD–BRAIN

BARRIER

chapter |4 pages

Section B – Neuron excitation

POTENTIALS

chapter |3 pages

ACTION

POTENTIALS

chapter |4 pages

VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT

CHANNELS

chapter |4 pages

CHANNEL

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

chapter |3 pages

ACTION

POTENTIAL CONDUCTION

chapter |3 pages

Section C

SYNAPSES

chapter |3 pages

OVERVIEW

FUNCTION

chapter |5 pages

POSTSYNAPTIC

EVENTS

chapter |2 pages

NEURAL

INTEGRATION

chapter |6 pages

NEUROTRANSMITTER

RELEASE

chapter |2 pages

CALCIUM

CHANNELS

chapter |3 pages

NEUROTRANSMITTER

INACTIVATION

chapter |4 pages

Section D – Neurotransmitters

RECEPTORS

chapter |6 pages

METABOTROPIC

RECEPTORS

chapter |3 pages

AMINO

chapter |4 pages

DOPAMINE

chapter |4 pages

NORADRENALINE (NOREPINEPHRINE)

chapter |3 pages

SEROTONIN

chapter |3 pages

ACETYLCHOLINE

chapter |3 pages

PURINES

chapter |2 pages

Section E – Neural coding

REPRESENTATION BY NEURONS

chapter |2 pages

FREQUENCY

CODING

chapter |3 pages

LOCATION

CODING

chapter |3 pages

MODALITY

chapter |4 pages

ELEMENTARY

NEURAL CIRCUITS

chapter |6 pages

Section F – Somatosensory systems

RECEPTORS

chapter |4 pages

TOUCH

chapter |13 pages

PAIN

chapter |7 pages

BALANCE

chapter |10 pages

Section G – Vision

chapter |5 pages

RETINA

chapter |4 pages

PHOTOTRANSDUCTION

chapter |6 pages

RETINAL

PROCESSING

chapter |5 pages

EARLY

VISUAL PROCESSING

chapter |5 pages

PARALLEL

PROCESSING IN

chapter |7 pages

OCULOMOTOR

CONTROL

chapter |2 pages

Section H – Hearing

chapter |5 pages

ANATOMY

chapter |2 pages

PERIPHERAL

AUDITORY PROCESSING

chapter |7 pages

CENTRAL

AUDITORY PROCESSING

chapter |5 pages

Section I – Smell and taste

RECEPTOR NEURONS

chapter |5 pages

TASTE

chapter |5 pages

MOTOR

UNITS AND MOTOR POOLS

chapter |7 pages

ELEMENTARY

MOTOR REFLEXES

chapter |6 pages

SPINAL

MOTOR FUNCTION

chapter |5 pages

BRAINSTEM

POSTURAL REFLEXES

chapter |7 pages

Section K – Movement: cortex, cerebellum and basal ganglia

CONTROL OF VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT

chapter |4 pages

MOTOR

LESIONS

chapter |5 pages

ANATOMY

CEREBELLUM

chapter |5 pages

SUBDIVISIONS

CEREBELLUM

chapter |8 pages

CEREBELLAR

CORTEX CIRCUITRY

chapter |5 pages

ANATOMY

GANGLIA

chapter |4 pages

BASAL

GANGLIA FUNCTION

chapter |5 pages

Section L – Neuroendocrinology and autonomic functions

CONNECTIONS OF THE HYPOTHALAMUS

chapter |5 pages

POSTERIOR

PITUITARY FUNCTION

chapter |14 pages

NEUROENDOCRINE

CONTROL GROWTH

chapter |6 pages

AUTONOMIC

NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION

chapter |6 pages

CONTROL

FUNCTION

chapter |6 pages

Section M – Brain and behavior

chapter |5 pages

MOTIVATION

chapter |6 pages

CONTROL

chapter |4 pages

BRAIN

BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS

chapter |9 pages

SLEEP

chapter |7 pages

Section N – Developmental neurobiology

PATTERNING OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

chapter |7 pages

CELL

DETERMINATION

chapter |4 pages

CORTICAL

DEVELOPMENT

chapter |6 pages

AXON

PATHFINDING

chapter |5 pages

SYNAPTOGENESIS

DEVELOPMENTAL PLASTICITY

chapter |6 pages

NEUROTROPHIC

FACTORS

chapter |5 pages

BRAIN

SEXUAL DIFFERENTIATION

chapter |5 pages

Section O – Memory and cognition

chapter |10 pages

PHYSIOLOGICAL

PSYCHOLOGY OF MEMORY

chapter |9 pages

CELL

PHYSIOLOGY OF LEARNING

chapter |4 pages

AROUSAL

chapter |6 pages

LANGUAGE

chapter |7 pages

Section P – Brain disorders

chapter |4 pages

DEPRESSION

chapter |4 pages

STROKES

chapter |5 pages

EPILEPSY

chapter |5 pages

PARKINSON’S

DISEASE

chapter |7 pages

ALZHEIMER’S

DISEASE

chapter |6 pages

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