Neuroscientists and scholars have charted the stream of findings in Scientific American and Scientific American Mind. Divided into three sections, this volume includes their articles on psychological disorders, addictions, and other topics related to the interaction between body and brain.
Fundamental Neuroscience, 3rd Edition introduces graduate and upper-level undergraduate students to the full range of contemporary neuroscience. Addressing instructor and student feedback on the previous edition, all of the chapters are rewritten to make this book more concise and student-friendly than ever before. Each chapter is once again heavily illustrated and provides clinical boxes describing experiments, disorders, and methodological approaches and concepts. A companion web site contains test questions, and an imagebank of the figures for ready use in presentations, slides, and handouts.Capturing the promise and excitement of this fast-moving field, Fundamental Neuroscience, 3rd Edition is the text that students will be able to reference throughout their neuroscience careers!New to this edition:* 30% new material including new chapters on Dendritic Development and Spine Morphogenesis, Chemical Senses, Cerebellum, Eye Movements, Circadian Timing, Sleep and Dreaming, and Consciousness* Companion website with figures, web links to additional material, and test questions* Additional text boxes describing key experiments, disorders, methods, and concepts* Multiple model system coverage beyond rats, mice, and monkeys* Extensively expanded index for easier referencing
In addition to updating each chapter and including a new discussion of the gaseous neuromodulators nitric oxide and carbon monoxide, the authors have dropped a formerly featured chapter on metabolism in the CNS and incorporated most of this material into a new chapter on the genetic basis ofneurological and psychiatric diseases. With the almost bi-weekly discovery of genes that appear to be involved in diseases of the nervous system, this area has the potential for providing a revolutionary kind of therapy, and it has been accorded greater attention. This versatile text continues to bethe first choice for basic neuropharmacology and neuroscience courses in medical schools and at the undergraduate level, pharmacy schools, graduate pharmacology programs, and residency programs in psychiatry and neurology.
Brain, Mind and Behavior examines the basic physiology of the nervous system and the revolutionary developments taking place in the understanding of how cellular events in the brain underlie behaviours and mental activity.
This volume provides a lively and lucid account of neurotransmitters and their relation to drug action. It features two new chapters on molecular neurobiology and neuromodulation, and all other chapters have been updated. It is a useful book for a wide variety of students and professionals, including neuroscientists, clinical neurologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, biochemists, and pharmacologists.