Neuroscience : exploring the brain / Mark F. Bear, Ph.D., Picower Professor of Neuroscience, The Picower Insititute for Learning and Memory, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Insitute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Barry W. Connors, Ph. D., L. Herbert Ballou University Professor, Professor of Neuroscience and Chair, Department of Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, Michael A. Paradiso, Ph. D., Sidney A. Fox and Dorothea Doctors Fox Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Department of Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
By: Bear, Mark F [author.].
Contributor(s): Connors, Barry W [author.] | Paradiso, Michael A [author.].
Publisher: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Edition: Fourth edition.Description: xlii, 975 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780781778176 (hardback : alk. paper).Subject(s): Brain | Neurosciences | Spinal CordGenre/Form: Print books.Summary: "Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain surveys the organization and function of the human nervous system. We present material at the cutting edge of neuroscience in a way that is accessible to both science and nonscience students alike. The level of the material is comparable to an introductory college text in general biology. The book is divided into four parts: Part I, Foundations; Part II, Sensory and Motor Systems; Part III, The Brain and Behavior; and Part IV, The Changing Brain. We begin Part I by introducing the modern field of neuroscience and tracing some of its historical antecedents. Then we take a close look at the structure and function of individual neurons, how they communicate chemically, and how these building blocks are arranged to form a nervous system. In Part II, we go inside the brain to examine the structure and function of the systems that serve the senses and command voluntary movements. In Part III, we explore the neurobiology of human behavior, including motivation, sex, emotion, sleep, language, attention, and mental illness. Finally, in Part IV, we look at how the environment modifies the brain, both during development and in adult learning and memory"--Provided by publisher.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 925-052) and index.
"Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain surveys the organization and function of the human nervous system. We present material at the cutting edge of neuroscience in a way that is accessible to both science and nonscience students alike. The level of the material is comparable to an introductory college text in general biology. The book is divided into four parts: Part I, Foundations; Part II, Sensory and Motor Systems; Part III, The Brain and Behavior; and Part IV, The Changing Brain. We begin Part I by introducing the modern field of neuroscience and tracing some of its historical antecedents. Then we take a close look at the structure and function of individual neurons, how they communicate chemically, and how these building blocks are arranged to form a nervous system. In Part II, we go inside the brain to examine the structure and function of the systems that serve the senses and command voluntary movements. In Part III, we explore the neurobiology of human behavior, including motivation, sex, emotion, sleep, language, attention, and mental illness. Finally, in Part IV, we look at how the environment modifies the brain, both during development and in adult learning and memory"--Provided by publisher.