Neuroscience / edited by Dale Purves, Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center [and 5 others].

Sunderland, Massachusetts : Sinauer Associates, Inc., [1997]

1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

The Organization of the Nervous System -- Neural Signaling -- Electrical Signals of Nerve Cells -- Voltage-Dependent Membrane Permeability -- Channels and Transporters -- Synaptic Transmission -- Neurotransmitters -- Neurotransmitter Receptors and Their Effects -- Intracellular Signal Transduction -- Sensation and Sensory Processing -- The Somatic Sensory System -- Pain -- Vision: The Eye -- Central Visual Pathways -- The Auditory System -- The Vestibular System -- The Chemical Senses -- Movement and Its Central Control -- Lower Motor Neuron Circuits and Motor Control -- Upper Motor Neuron Control of the Brainstem and Spinal Cord -- Modulation of Movement by the Basal Ganglia -- Modulation of Movement by the Cerebellum -- Eye Movements and Sensory Motor Integration -- The Visceral Motor System -- The Changing Brain -- Early Brain Development -- Construction of Neural Circuits -- Modification of Brain Circuits as a Result of Experience -- Plasticity of Mature Synapses and Circuits -- Complex Brain Functions -- The Association Cortices -- Language and Lateralization -- Sleep and Wakefulness -- Emotions -- Sex, Sexuality, and the Brain -- Human Memory.

Includes bibliographical references and index.