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Acknowledgments
Image Credits
Introduction
1. What is Neuroscience?
2. The Generic "Brain Cell"
3. Cells of the Nervous System: The Neuron
4. Cells of the Nervous System: Glia
5. The Plasma Membrane - the most important organelle
6. Ion Channels
7. The Resting Membrane Potential – when resting isn’t restful
8. The Nerve Impulse – not as important as you might think
9. The Synapse
10. An overview of synaptic signaling
11. Presynaptic Details
12. Post-Synaptic Details
13. Introduction to Small Molecule Neurotransmitters
14. Neurotransmitters: Acetylcholine
15. Neurotransmitters: Amino Acid Neurotransmitters (Glutamate, GABA, Glycine)
16. Neurotransmitters: Biogenic Amines (Serotonin, Histamine)
17. Neurotransmitters: Catecholamines (Dopamine, Norepinephrine, Epinephrine)
18. Neurotransmitters: Atypical Neurotransmitters
19. Drug and Toxin Effects
20. Synaptic Plasticity
21. Anatomical Terminology
22. The Early Development of the Nervous System
23. Brain Anatomy
24. Additional Structures of the Nervous System
25. Imaging the Living Brain
26. Spinal Cord Structure
27. Peripheral Nervous System
28. General Principles of Sensory Systems
29. Visual System: The Eye
30. Visual System: Central Processing
31. Auditory System: The Ear
32. Auditory System: Central Processing
33. Vestibular System
34. Gustatory System
35. Olfactory System
36. Somatosensory Systems
37. Touch: The Skin
38. Touch: Central Processing
39. Pain and Nociception
40. Spinal Motor Control and Proprioception
41. Spinal Reflexes
42. Central Pattern Generators
43. Planning of Movement
44. Execution of Movement
45. Basal Ganglia
46. Neurodegenerative Diseases: Motor
47. Motivation and Reward
48. Memory Systems
49. Molecular Mechanisms of Memory: Aplysia
50. Molecular Mechanisms of Memory: Hippocampus
Cover design provided by Clark Lindgren.
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