Introduction to neuroscience [[electronic resource] /] / Gary G. Matthews

• Autore: Matthews Gary G. <1949->
• Pubblicazione: Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, c2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (243 p.)
• Disciplina: 573.8; 612.80076
• Soggetto topico: Neurophysiology
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction to Neuroscience, 11th Hour; CONTENTS; 11TH HOUR GUIDE TO SUCCESS; PREFACE; Unit I: ORGANIZATION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; 1: The Vertebrate Nervous System; TOPIC 1: THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; TOPIC 2: THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; 2: Development of the Vertebrate Nervous System; TOPIC 1: NEURAL INDUCTION IN THE EARLY EMBRYO; TOPIC 2: EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; TOPIC 3: NEURONAL PROLIFERATION AND MIGRATION; Unit II: ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF NERVE CELLS; 3: Origin of Electrical Membrane Potential; TOPIC 1: IONIC EQUILIBRIUM; TOPIC 2: STEADY-STATE MEMBRANE POTENTIAL ; 4: The Action PotentialTOPIC 1: CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ACTION POTENTIAL; TOPIC 2: VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT ION CHANNELS; 5: Synaptic Transmission; TOPIC 1: PRESYNAPTIC EVENTS IN SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TOPIC 2: POSTSYNAPTIC EVENTS IN SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; Unit III: SENSORY SYSTEMS; 6: General Characteristics of Sensory Systems; TOPIC 1: SENSORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; TOPIC 2: PROCESSING SENSORY INFORMATION; 7: The Somatic Senses; TOPIC 1: SOMATOSENSORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; TOPIC 2: SPINAL CORD AND BRAIN STEM PATHWAYS FOR SOMATOSENSORY INFORMATION ; TOPIC 3: THALAMOCORTICAL PROCESSING OF SOMATOSENSORY INFORMATION8: The Visual System; TOPIC 1: PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; TOPIC 2: SYNAPTIC ORGANIZATION OF THE RETINA; TOPIC 3: HIGHER VISUAL PROCESSING; 9: The Auditory System; TOPIC 1: HAIR CELLS AND THE COCHLEA; TOPIC 2: THE AUDITORY SYSTEM OF THE BRAIN; 10: Chemical Senses; TOPIC 1: THE OLFACTORY SYSTEM; TOPIC 2: THE GUSTATORY SYSTEM; EXAM: First Midterm Exam; Unit IV: MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEMS; 11: Neural Control of Muscle Contraction; TOPIC 1: EXCITATION-CONTRACTION COUPLING; TOPIC 2: NEURAL CONTROL OF MUSCLE CONTRACTION ; 12: Spinal Cord Motor MechanismsTOPIC 1: REFLEXES CONTROLLING MUSCLE LENGTH, MUSCLE TENSION, AND LIMB POSITION; TOPIC 2: SPINAL CIRCUITS CONTROLLING LOCOMOTION; 13: Brain Motor Mechanisms; TOPIC 1: CORTICAL AND BRAIN STEM MOTOR SYSTEMS; TOPIC 2: BASAL GANGLIA, THALAMUS, AND CEREBELLUM; 14: The Autonomic Nervous System; TOPIC 1: SYMPATHETIC AND PARASYMPATHETIC DIVISIONS OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TOPIC 2: BRAIN SYSTEMS CONTROLLING THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; 15: Translating Sensory Information into Motor Signals; TOPIC 1: VESTIBULO-OCULAR REFLEX ; TOPIC 2: BRAIN SYSTEMS CONTROLLING VOLUNTARY EYE MOVEMENTSUnit V: HIGHER NEURAL FUNCTIONS; 16: The Limbic System: Homeostasis, Motivation, and Emotion; TOPIC 1: ANATOMY OF THE LIMBIC SYSTEM; TOPIC 2: FUNCTIONAL ROLES OF THE HYPOTHALAMUS; 17: Language and Cognition; TOPIC 1: LANGUAGE; TOPIC 2: OTHER COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; 18: Learning and Memory; TOPIC 1: LONG-TERM POTENTIATION IN THE HIPPOCAMPUS; TOPIC 2: MODIFICATION OF SYNAPTIC STRENGTH IN REFLEX CIRCUITS; Unit VI: MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE; 19: Molecular Aspects of Neural Development; TOPIC 1: CELL ADHESION MOLECULES AND NEURITE OUTGROWTH ; TOPIC 2: NEUROTROPHIC FACTORS AND SYNAPSE FORMATION
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• Titolo autorizzato: Introduction to neuroscience
• ISBN: 1-282-18896-8; 9786612188961; 1-4443-1320-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778484603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: 11th hour (Malden, Mass.)