Main description:

Principles of Neurobiology presents the major concepts of neuroscience with an emphasis on how we know what we know. The text is organized around a series of key experiments to illustrate how scientific progress is made and helps upper-level undergraduate and graduate students discover the relevant primary literature. Written by a single author in a clear and consistent writing style, each topic builds in complexity from electrophysiology to molecular genetics to systems level in a highly integrative approach. Students can fully engage with the content via thematically linked chapters and will be able to read the book in its entirety in a semester-long course. Principles of Neurobiology is accompanied by a rich package of online student and instructor resources including animations, journal club suggestions, figures in PowerPoint, and a Question Bank for adopting instructors.

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Contents:

1. An Invitation to Neurobiology
2. Signaling within Neurons
3. Signaling across Synapses
4. Vision
5. Wiring of the Visual System
6. Olfaction, Taste, Audition, and Somatosensation
7. Wiring of the Nervous System
8. Motor and Regulatory Systems
9. Sexual Behavior
10. Memory, Learning, and Synaptic Plasticity
11. Brain Disorders
12. Evolution of the Nervous System
13. Ways of Exploring