Part I: Overall Perspective -- Part I: Overall Perspective -- Chapter 1: The Brain and Behavior -- Chapter 2: Genes and Behavior -- Chapter 3: Nerve Cells, Neural Circuitry, and Behavior -- Chapter 4: The Neuroanatomical Bases by Which Neural Circuits Mediate Behavior -- Chapter 5: The Computational Bases of Neural Circuits That Mediate Behavior -- Chapter 6: Imaging and Behavior -- Part II: Cell and Molecular Biology of Cells of the Nervous System -- Part II: Cell and Molecular Biology of Cells of the Nervous System -- Chapter 7: The Cells of the Nervous System -- Chapter 8: Ion Channels -- Chapter 9: Membrane Potential and the Passive Electrical Properties of the Neuron -- Chapter 10: Propagated Signaling: The Action Potential -- Part III: Synaptic Transmission -- Part III: Synaptic Transmission -- Chapter 11: Overview of Synaptic Transmission -- Chapter 12: Directly Gated Transmission: The Nerve-Muscle Synapse -- Chapter 13: Synaptic Integration in the Central Nervous System -- ^Chapter 14: Modulation of Synaptic Transmission and Neuronal Excitability: Second Messengers -- Chapter 15: Transmitter Release -- Chapter 16: Neurotransmitters -- Part IV: Perception -- Part IV: Perception -- Chapter 17: Sensory Coding -- Chapter 18: Receptors of the Somatosensory System -- Chapter 19: Touch -- Chapter 20: Pain -- Chapter 21: The Constructive Nature of Visual Processing -- Chapter 22: Low-Level Visual Processing: The Retina -- Chapter 23: Intermediate-Level Visual Processing and Visual Primitives -- Chapter 24: High-Level Visual Processing: From Vision to Cognition -- Chapter 25: Visual Processing for Attention and Action -- Chapter 26: Auditory Processing by the Cochlea -- Chapter 27: The Vestibular System -- Chapter 28: Auditory Processing by the Central Nervous System -- Chapter 29: Smell and Taste: The Chemical Senses -- Part V: Movement -- Part V: Movement -- Chapter 30: Principles of Sensorimotor Control -- Chapter 31: The Motor Unit and Muscle Action -- ^Chapter 32: Sensory-Motor Integration in the Spinal Cord -- Chapter 33: Locomotion -- Chapter 34: Voluntary Movement: Motor Cortices -- Chapter 35: The Control of Gaze -- Chapter 36: Posture -- Chapter 37: The Cerebellum -- Chapter 38: The Basal Ganglia -- Chapter 39: Brain-Machine Interfaces -- Part VI: The Biology of Emotion, Motivation, and Homeostasis -- Part VI: The Biology of Emotion, Motivation, and Homeostasis -- Chapter 40: The Brain Stem -- Chapter 41: The Hypothalamus: Autonomic, Hormonal, and Behavioral Control of Survival -- Chapter 42: Emotion -- Chapter 43: Motivation, Reward, and Addictive States -- Chapter 44: Sleep and Wakefulness -- Part VII: Development and the Emergence of Behavior -- Part VII: Development and the Emergence of Behavior -- Chapter 45: Patterning the Nervous System -- Chapter 46: Differentiation and Survival of Nerve Cells -- Chapter 47: The Growth and Guidance of Axons -- Chapter 48: Formation and Elimination of Synapses -- ^Chapter 49: Experience and the Refinement of Synaptic Connections -- Chapter 50: Repairing the Damaged Brain -- Chapter 51: Sexual Differentiation of the Nervous System -- Part VIII: Learning, Memory, Language and Cognition -- Part VIII: Learning, Memory, Language and Cognition -- Chapter 52: Learning and Memory -- Chapter 53: Cellular Mechanisms of Implicit Memory Storage and the Biological Basis of Individuality -- Chapter 54: The Hippocampus and the Neural Basis of Explicit Memory Storage -- Chapter 55: Language -- Chapter 56: Decision-Making and Consciousness -- Part IX: Diseases of the Nervous System -- Part IX: Diseases of the Nervous System -- Chapter 57: Diseases of the Peripheral Nerve and Motor Unit -- Chapter 58: Seizures and Epilepsy -- Chapter 59: Disorders of Conscious and Unconscious Mental Processes -- Chapter 60: Disorders of Thought and Volition in Schizophrenia -- Chapter 61: Disorders of Mood and Anxiety -- ^Chapter 62: Disorders Affecting Social Cognition: Autism Spectrum Disorder -- Chapter 63: Genetic Mechanisms in Neurodegenerative Diseases of the Nervous System -- Chapter 64: The Aging Brain.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.