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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814114903321

Autore

Carter Matt

Titolo

Guide to research techniques in neuroscience / / Matt Carter, Jennifer Shieh ; acquisition editor Natalie Farra ; designer Greg Harris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : , : Academic Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-12-800597-1

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (417 p.) : illustrasjoner

Disciplina

616.85

Soggetti

Neurosciences - Research - Methodology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Cover""; ""Guide to Research Techniques in Neuroscience""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword to the Second Edition""; ""Foreword to the First Edition""; ""Preface to the Second Edition""; ""Preface to the First Edition""; ""Introduction""; ""LEVELS OF INVESTIGATION""; ""METHODS OF STUDYING THE NERVOUS SYSTEM""; ""UNDERSTANDING TECHNIQUES IN NEUROSCIENCE""; ""Chapter 1 - Whole-Brain Imaging""; ""STRUCTURAL BRAIN IMAGING TECHNIQUES""; ""FUNCTIONAL BRAIN IMAGING TECHNIQUES""; ""FUNCTIONAL IMAGING EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS""; ""CONCLUSION""

""SUGGESTED READING AND REFERENCES""""Books""; ""Review Articles""; ""Primary Research Articles�Interesting Examples from the Literature""; ""Protocols""; ""Websites""; ""Chapter 2 - Animal Behavior""; ""CONSIDERATIONS FOR CHOOSING AND PERFORMING A BEHAVIORAL ASSAY""; ""RODENT BEHAVIORAL PARADIGMS""; ""DROSOPHILA BEHAVIORAL PARADIGMS""; ""CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS BEHAVIORAL PARADIGMS""; ""NONHUMAN PRIMATE BEHAVIORAL PARADIGMS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""SUGGESTED READING AND REFERENCES""; ""Books and Review Articles""

""A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF NEURONS""""THE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY RIG""; ""CATEGORIES OF ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY RECORDINGS""; ""ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY TISSUE PREPARATIONS""; ""MANIPULATING NEURAL ACTIVITY DURING ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY



EXPERIMENTS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""SUGGESTED READING AND REFERENCES""; ""Books""; ""Review Articles""; ""Primary Research Articles�Interesting Examples from the Literature""; ""Protocols""; ""Chapter 5 - Microscopy""; ""ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLES OF MICROSCOPY""; ""LIGHT MICROSCOPY""; ""FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY""; ""ELECTRON MICROSCOPY""

""PREPARING AND INTERPRETING MICROSCOPY DATA""""CONCLUSION""; ""SUGGESTED READING AND REFERENCES""; ""Books""; ""Review Articles""; ""Primary Research Articles�Interesting Examples from the Literature""; ""Protocols""; ""Websites""; ""Chapter 6 - Visualizing Neural Structure""; ""TISSUE PREPARATION""; ""VISUALIZING MORPHOLOGY""; ""VISUALIZING GENE AND PROTEIN EXPRESSION""; ""VISUALIZING CIRCUITRY""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""SUGGESTED READING AND REFERENCES""; ""Books""; ""Review Articles""; ""Primary Research Articles�Interesting Examples from the Literature""; ""Protocols""; ""Websites""

""Chapter 7 - Visualizing Neural Function""

Sommario/riassunto

Neuroscience is, by definition, a multidisciplinary field: some scientists study genes and proteins at the molecular level while others study neural circuitry using electrophysiology and high-resolution optics. A single topic can be studied using techniques from genetics, imaging, biochemistry, or electrophysiology. Therefore, it can be daunting for young scientists or anyone new to neuroscience to learn how to read the primary literature and develop their own experiments.   This volume addresses that gap, gathering multidisciplinary knowledge and providing tools for understanding the neuroscience techniques that are essential to the field, and allowing the reader to design experiments in a variety of neuroscience disciplines.