Traditional textbooks are too big, too detailed, too indigestible, and too expensive. Biomedical information accumulates faster than students can handle. Students are learning more and more about less and less. Emphasis in this book is on how to manage, integrate, and apply neuroscience information. That requires identification and understanding of the basic principles.
This book is for everyone who needs to be informed by neuroscience but doesn't want to invest a huge commitment to learn what they need. Principles of neuroscience are explained in easily understood, concise summaries. Each of 75 modules features a concise statement of the core idea, definition of relevant terms, explanation of the core idea, examples, links to related core ideas, general references, and classic references. Illustrations and examples aid in understanding the material. Study questions are also included in each chapter. It's a small book that gives the big picture, with emphasis on big ideas, not minutia. A given idea is completely covered in about four to 8 on-screen pages.
Don't spend over $100 for a neuroscience textbook, when you can get the understanding of the core ideas for only $9.95.
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Contents
List of Neuroscience Principles
Overview
Behavior
Brain Size
Circuit Design
Homeostatic Regulation Hierarchical Control Modularity
Neurohormonal Control Neuron Numbers and Types Neuron: Operational Unit Stochastic & Deterministic
Properties
Symmetry & Hemispheric Lateralization Topographical Mapping
Cell Biology
Action Potentials Allosterism
Calcium & Transmitter Release
Electrotonus
Ending Neurotransmission Ion Channels
Membrane Receptors Neurochemical Transmission Nodal Point
Receptor Binding Second Messengers Transport
Two Basic Actions
Senses
Feature Extraction & Binding
Frequency Tuning
Sensory Coding Sensory Modalities & Channels
Sensory Selectivity Receptive Field Transduction
Information Processing
Combinatorial Pattern Coding
Cortical Columns Emergent Properties Feedback & Re-entry From Input to Output Information Carriers Information Modification Inhibitory Routing Inhibition
Parallel, Multi-level
Processing Reciprocal Action Reflex Action Rhythmicity &
Synchronicity
States of Consciousness
Cognition
Conscious Awareness Dreaming
Pain Perception Readiness Response Selective Attention Sleep
Emotions
Motivation
Neural Origin of Emotions Reinforcement
Learning & Memory
Ensembles of Dynamic Neural Networks
Learning & Habituation Long-term Post-tetanic Potentiation
Memory Consolidation Memory Kinds Reflect
Memory Mechanisms Memory Processes
Motor Activity & Control
Coordination
Final Common Path Fixed Action Patterns Motor Preparation Visceral Control
Development
Early Death
Epigenetics
Migration
Neuron Division Neural Induction & Trophism
Neuronal Targets Plasticity
Programmed Development
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