LEADER 04200nam 22004934a 450 001 9910777714003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-76092-3 010 $a9786610760923 010 $a0-19-802646-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000755869 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24085120 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3053467 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3053467 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10317748 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL76092 035 $a(OCoLC)922954320 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000755869 100 $a20020201d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 200 10$aBrain architecture$b[electronic resource] $eunderstanding the basic plan /$fLarry W. Swanson 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 263 p. )$cill 311 $a0-19-510505-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. How the Brain Works: Structure and Function; 2. The Simplest Nervous Systems: Neurons, Nerve Nets, and Behaviour; 3. Centralization and Symmetry: Ganglia and Nerves; 4. The Basic Vertebrate Plan: Nervous System Topology; 5. Brain and Behaviour: A Four Systems Network Model; 6. The Motor System: Coordinating External and Internal Behaviours; 7. The Behavioural State System: Intrinsic Control of Sleep and Wakefulness; 8. The Cognitive System: Thinking and Voluntary Control of Behaviour; 9. The Sensory System: Inputs from the Environment and the Body; 10. Modifiability: Learning, Stress, Cycles, and Damage Repair; 11. Gene Networks: Relationship to Neural Networks; APPENDICES; A. DESCRIBING POSITION IN THE ANIMAL BODY; B. NAMING AND CLASSIFYING NERVOUS SYSTEM PARTS; C. METHODS FOR ANALYZING BRAIN ARCHITECTURE 330 $aThis work surveys 2500 years of scientific thinking about the brain from the perspective of fundamental architectural principles. It proposes a model for the basic plan of neural systems organization based on an explosion of structural data from the neuroanatomy revolution of the 1970's. 330 $bDepending on your point of view the brain is an organ, a machine, a biological computer, or simply the most important component of the nervous system. How does it work as a whole? What are its major parts and how are they interconnected to generate thinking, feelings, and behavior? This book surveys 2,500 years of scientific thinking about these profoundly important questions from the perspective of fundamental architectural principles, and then proposes a new model for the basic plan of neural systems organization based on an explosion of structural data emerging from the neuroanatomy revolution of the 1970's The importance of a balance between theoretical and experimental morphology is stressed throughout the book. Great advances in understanding the brain's basic plan brain have come especially from two traditional lines of biological thought- evolution and embryology, because each begins with the simple and progresses to the more complex. Understanding the organization of brain circuits, which contain thousands of links or pathways, is much more difficult. It is argued here that a four-system network model can explain the structure-function organization of the brain. Possible relationships between neural networks and gene networks revealed by the human genome project are explored in the final chapter. The book is written in clear and sparkling prose, and it is profusely illustrated. It is designed to be read by anyone with an interest in the basic organization of the brain, from neuroscience to philosophy to computer science to molecular biology. It is suitable for use in neuroscience core courses because it presents basic principles of the structure of the nervous system in a systematic way. 606 $aBrain 606 $aNeural circuitry 606 $aNeuroanatomy 615 0$aBrain. 615 0$aNeural circuitry. 615 0$aNeuroanatomy. 676 $a573.8/6 700 $aSwanson$b Larry W$0907677 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777714003321 996 $aBrain architecture$93828358 997 $aUNINA