Neurociencia: La exploración del cerebro

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Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2016-07-19
Publisher(s): Jones & Bartlett Learning
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Summary

Neurociencia: la exploración del cerebro es una obra clásica entre los estudiantes y profesionales de las ciencias del comportamiento y de la salud. Desde su primera edición, esta obra ha destacado por la claridad con la que presenta su contenido, al utilizar una variedad amplia de herramientas que facilitan la asimilación y retención de conceptos. Esta edición tiene un enfoque más profundo en las bases biológicas de la conducta y su contenido se ha actualizado por completo con los descubrimientos más recientes en genética humana, ingeniería genética y diagnóstico por imagen.

Table of Contents

PART ONE Foundations 
 
CHAPTER ONE Neuroscience: Past, Present, and Future 
CHAPTER TWO Neurons and Glia 
CHAPTER THREE The Neuronal Membrane at Rest 
CHAPTER FOUR The Action Potential 
CHAPTER FIVE Synaptic Transmission 
CHAPTER SIX Neurotransmitter Systems 
CHAPTER SEVEN The Structure of the Nervous System 
 
Appendix: An Illustrated Guide to Human Neuroanatomy 
 
PART TWO Sensory and Motor Systems 
 
CHAPTER EIGHT The Chemical Senses 
CHAPTER NINE The Eye 
CHAPTER TEN The Central Visual System 
CHAPTER ELEVEN The Auditory and Vestibular Systems 
CHAPTER TWELVE The Somatic Sensory System 
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Spinal Control of Movement 
CHAPTER FOURTEEN Brain Control of Movement 
 
PART THREE The Brain and Behavior 
 
CHAPTER FIFTEEN Chemical Control of the Brain and Behavior 
CHAPTER SIXTEEN Motivation 
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Sex and the Brain 
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Brain Mechanisms of Emotion 
CHAPTER NINETEEN Brain Rhythms and Sleep 
CHAPTER TWENTY Language 
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE The Resting Brain, Attention, and Consciousness 
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Mental Illness 
 
PART FOUR The Changing Brain 
 
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE Wiring the Brain 
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR Memory Systems 
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE Molecular Mechanisms of Learning and Memory 

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