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TITLE: Neuroscience, 6th edition (2018)
AUTHOR: Dale Purves, George J. Augustine, David Fitzpatrick, William C. Hall, Anthony-Samuel LaMantia, Richard D. Mooney, Michael L. Platt and Leonard E. White
ISBN-13: 9781605353807
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PITCH: «This comprehensive textbook provides a balance of animal and human studies to discuss the dynamic field of neuroscience from cellular signaling to cognitive function. The book's length and accessible writing style make it suitable for both medical students and undergraduate neuroscience courses. Each new book includes a one-year subscription to Sylvius 4 Online.»

NEW to this Edition:
* An expanded Cognitive Neuroscience unit includes new chapters on Attention, Decision Making, and Evolution of Cognitive Functions
* Reorganization across the book enhances continuity
* The Neural Signaling unit has been expansively updated
* Clinical Applications boxes have been added
* Web Essays provide novel or historical topics for special discussion

BRIEF CONTENTS:
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ToC
.01 Studying the Nervous System
UNIT I - Neural Signaling
.02 Electrical Signals of Nerve Cells
.03 Voltage-Dependent Membrane Permeability
.04 Ion Channels and Transporters
.05 Synaptic Transmission
.06 Neurotransmitters and Their Receptors
.07 Molecular Signaling within Neurons
.08 Synaptic Plasticity
UNIT II - Sensation and Sensory Processing
.09 The Somatosensory System: Touch and Proprioception
.10 Pain
.11 Vision: The Eye
.12 Central Visual Pathways
.13 The Auditory System
.14 The Vestibular System
.15 The Chemical Senses
UNIT III - Movement and Its Central Control
.16 Lower Motor Neuron Circuits and Motor Control
.17 Upper Motor Neuron Control of the Brainstem and Spinal Cord
.18 Modulation of Movement by the Basal Ganglia
.19 Modulation of Movement by the Cerebellum
.20 Eye Movements and Sensorimotor Integration
.21 The Visceral Motor System
UNIT IV - The Changing Brain
.22 Early Brain Development
.23 Construction of Neural Circuits
.24 Circuit Development: Intrinsic Factors and Sex Differences
.25 Experience-Dependent Plasticity in the Developing Brain
.26 Repair and Regeneration in the Nervous System
UNIT V - Complex Brain Functions and Cognitive Neuroscience
.27 Cognitive Functions and the Organization of the Cerebral Cortex
.28 Cortical States
.29 Attention
.30 Memory
.31 Emotion
.32 Thinking, Planning and Deciding
.33 Speech and Language
.34 Development and Evolution of Cognitive Functions
APPENDIX: Survey of Human Neuroanatomy
ATLAS: The Human Central Nervous System
Glossary
References
INDEX

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