FUNDAMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE. 4TH EDITION

List of Boxes
Preface to the Fourth Edition
About the Editors
Contributors
I: Fundamental Neuroscience
Chapter 1. Fundamentals of Neuroscience
Chapter 2. Basic Plan of the Nervous System
II: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Chapter 3. Cellular Components of Nervous Tissue
Chapter 4. Subcellular Organization of the Nervous System: Organelles and Their Functions
Chapter 5. Membrane Potential and Action Potential
Chapter 6. Neurotransmitters
Chapter 7. Release of Neurotransmitters
Chapter 8. Neurotransmitter Receptors
Chapter 9. Intracellular Signaling
Chapter 10. Postsynaptic Potentials and Synaptic Integration
Chapter 11. Information Processing in Dendrites and Spines
Chapter 12. Brain Energy Metabolism
III: Nervous System Development
Chapter 13. Neural Induction and Pattern Formation
Chapter 14. Cellular Determination
Chapter 15. Neurogenesis and Migration
Chapter 16. Growth Cones and Axon Pathfinding
Chapter 17. Synapse Formation
Chapter 18. Programmed Cell Death and Neurotrophic Factors
Chapter 19. Synapse Elimination
Chapter 20. Dendritic Development
Chapter 21. Early Experience and Sensitive Periods
IV: Sensory Systems
Chapter 22. Fundamentals of Sensory Systems
Chapter 23. Chemical Senses: Taste and Olfaction
Chapter 24. The Somatosensory System
Chapter 25. Audition
Chapter 26. Vision
V: Motor Systems
Chapter 27. Fundamentals of Motor Systems
Chapter 28. The Spinal and Peripheral Motor System
Chapter 29. Control of Movement
Chapter 30. The Basal Ganglia
Chapter 31. Cerebellum
Chapter 32. Eye Movements
VI: Regulatory Systems
Chapter 33. The Hypothalamus: An Overview of Regulatory Systems
Chapter 34. Central Control of Autonomic Functions: Organization of the Autonomic Nervous System
Chapter 35. Neural Control of Respiratory and Cardiovascular Functions
Chapter 36. Food Intake and Metabolism
Chapter 37. Water and Salt Intake and Body Fluid Homeostasis
Chapter 38. Neuroendocrine Systems
Chapter 39. Circadian Timekeeping
Chapter 40. The Neurobiology of Sleep and Dreaming
Chapter 41. Reward, Motivation, and Addiction
VII: Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience
Chapter 42. Human Brain Evolution
Chapter 43. Cognitive Development and Aging
Chapter 44. Visual Perception of Objects
Chapter 45. Spatial Cognition
Chapter 46. Attention
Chapter 47. Learning and Memory: Basic Mechanisms
Chapter 48. Learning and Memory: Brain Systems
Chapter 49. Language
Chapter 50. The Prefrontal Cortex and Executive Brain Functions
Chapter 51. The Neuroscience of Consciousness
Index

The fourth edition of Fundamental Neuroscience reinvents itself as an engrossing and comprehensive presentation of the discipline of neuroscience, from molecules to cognition. Thorough but succinct, and lavishly illustrated, the book builds from an introductory section that includes fundamental neuroanatomy and goes on to cover cellular and molecular neuroscience, development, sensory systems, motor systems, regulatory systems, and behavioral and cognitive neuroscience. The book has been retooled to better serve its audience in the neuroscience and medical communities.
The chapters include more than 100 boxes describing clinical conditions, techniques, and other special topics. Each chapter went through a thorough review process, giving the book an evenness of tone. The chapters are authored by outstanding working scientists who are experts on the topics they cover.

Features:
• Selected for inclusion in Doody's Core Titles 2013, an essential collection development tool for health sciences libraries
• 30% new material including new chapters on dendritic development and spine morphogenesis, chemical senses, cerebellum, eye movements, circadian timing, sleep and dreaming, and consciousness
• Accompanying website for students and instructors
• Additional text boxes describing key experiments, disorders, methods, and concepts
• More than 650 four-color illustrations, micrographs, and neuroimages
• Multiple model system coverage beyond rats, mice, and monkeys
• Extensively expanded index for easier referencing

Authors
• Larry Squire, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
• Darwin Berg, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
• Floyd E. Bloom, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.
• Sascha du Lac, The Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.
• Anirvan Ghosh, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
• Nicholas C. Spitzer, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA