Preface Acknowledgments Contributors Contents Part Ⅰ Overall Perspective 1 The Brain and Behavior 2 Genes and Behavior 3 Nerve Cells, Neural Circuitry, and Behavior 4 The Neuroanatomical Bases by Which Neural Circuits Mediate Behavior 5 The Computational Bases of Neural Circuits That Mediate Behavior 6 Imaging and Behavior Part Ⅱ Cell and Molecular Biology of Cells of the Nervous System 7 The Cells of the Nervous System 8 Ion Channels 9 Membrane Potential and the Passive Electrical Properties of the Neuron 10 Propagated Signaling: The Action Potential Part Ⅲ Synaptic Transmission 11 Overview of Synaptic Transmission 12 Directly Gated Transmission: The Nerve-Muscle Synapse 13 Synaptic Integration in the Central Nervous System 14 Modulation of Synaptic Transmission and Neuronal Excitability: Second Messengers 15 Transmitter Release 16 Neurotransmitters Part Ⅳ Perception 17 Sensory CodIng 18 Receptors of the Somatosensory System 19 Touch 20 Pain 21 The Constructive Nature of Visual Processing 22 Low-Level Visual Processing: The Retina 23 Intermediate-Level Visual Processing and Visual Primitives 24 High-Level Visual Processing: From Vision to Cognition 25 Visual Processing for Attention and Action 26 Auditory Processing by the Cochlea 27 The Vestibular System 28 Auditory Processing by the Central Nervous System 29 Smell and Taste: The Chemical Senses
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