Part Ⅰ The Neurobiology of Behavior

1 The Brain and Behavior

2 Nerve Cells and Behavior

3 Genes and Behavior

Part Ⅱ Cell and Molecular Biology of the Neuron

4 The Cytology of Neurons

5 Synthesis and Trafficking of Neuronal Protein

6 Ion Channels

7 Membrane Potential

8 Local Signaling:Passive Electrical Properties of the Neuron

9 Propagated Signaling:The Action Potential

Part Ⅲ Elementary Interactions Between Neurons:Synaptic Transmission

10 Overview of Synaptic Transmission

11 Signaling at the Nerve-Muscle Synapse:Directly Gated Transmission

12 Synaptic Integration

13 Modulation of Synaptic Transmission:Second Messengers

14 Transmitter Release

15 Neurotransmitters

16 Diseases of Chemical Transmission at the Nerve-Muscle Synapse:Myasthenia Gravis

Part Ⅳ The Neural Basis of Cognition

17 The Anatomical Organization of the Central Nervous System

18 The Functional Organization of Perception and Movement

19 Integration of Sensory and Motor Function:The Association Areas of the Cerebral Cortex and the Cognitive Capabilities of the Brain

20 From Nerve Cells to Cognition:The Internal Cellular Representation Required for Perception and Action

Part Ⅴ Perception

21 Coding of Sensory Information

22 The Bodily Senses

23 Touch

24 The Perception of Pain

25 Constructing the Visual Image

26 Visual Processing by the Retina

27 Central Visual Pathways

28 Perception of Motion,Depth,and Form

29 Color Vision

30 Hearing

31 Sensory Transduction in the Ear

32 Smell and Taste:The Chemical Senses

33 The Organization of Movement

Part Ⅵ Movement

34 The Motor Unit and Muscle Action

35 Diseases of the Motor Unit

36 Spinal Reflexes

37 Locomotion

38 Voluntary Movement

39 The Control of Gaze

40 The Vestibular System

41 Posture

42 The Cerebellum

43 The Basal Ganglia

Part Ⅶ Arousal,Emotion,and Behavior Homeostasis

44 Brain Stem,Reflexive Behavior,and the Cranial Nerves

45 Brain Stem Modulation of Sensation,Movement,and Consciousness

46 Seizures and Epilepsy

47 Sleep and Dreaming

48 Disorders of Sleep and Wakefulness

49 The Autonomic Nervous System and the Hypothalamus

50 Emotional States and Feelings

51 Motivational and Addictive States

Part Ⅷ The Development of the Nervous System

52 The Induction and Patterning of the Nervous System

53 The Generation and Survival of Nerve Cells

54 The Guidance of Axons to Their Targets

55 The Formation and Regeneration of Synapses

56 Sensory Experience and the Fine-Tuning of Synaptic Connections

57 Sexual Differentiation of the Nervous System

58 Aging of the Brain and Dementia of the Alzheimer Type

59 Language and the Aphasias

Part Ⅸ Language,Thought,Mood,and Learning,and Memory

60 Disorders of Thought and Volition:Schizophrenia

61 Disorders of Mood:Depression,Mania,and Anxiety Disorders

62 Learning and Memory

63 Cellular Mechanisms of Learning and the Biological Basis of Individuality

Appendices

A Current Flow in Neurons

B Ventricular Organization of Cerebrospinal Fluid:Blood-Brain Barrier,Brain Edema,and Hydrocephalus

C Circulation of the Brain

D Consciousness and the Neurobiology of the Twenty-First Century

Index