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BL
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588368
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b417587
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| Title & Author
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Neuroscience /\ edited by Dale Purves ... [et al.].
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| Publication Statement
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Sunderland, Mass. :: Sinauer Associates,, c1997.
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1 v. (various pagings) :: ill. (some col.) ;; 29 cm.
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| ISBN
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0878937471 (alk. paper)
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: 9780878937479 (alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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The Organization of the Nervous System -- Neural Signaling -- Electrical Signals of Nerve Cells -- Voltage-Dependent Membrane Permeability -- Channels and Transporters -- Synaptic Transmission -- Neurotransmitters -- Neurotransmitter Receptors and Their Effects -- Intracellular Signal Transduction -- Sensation and Sensory Processing -- The Somatic Sensory System -- Pain -- Vision: The Eye -- Central Visual Pathways -- The Auditory System -- The Vestibular System -- The Chemical Senses -- Movement and Its Central Control -- Lower Motor Neuron Circuits and Motor Control -- Upper Motor Neuron Control of the Brainstem and Spinal Cord -- Modulation of Movement by the Basal Ganglia -- Modulation of Movement by the Cerebellum -- Eye Movements and Sensory Motor Integration -- The Visceral Motor System -- The Changing Brain -- Early Brain Development -- Construction of Neural Circuits -- Modification of Brain Circuits as a Result of Experience -- Plasticity of Mature Synapses and Circuits -- Complex Brain Functions -- The Association Cortices -- Language and Lateralization -- Sleep and Wakefulness -- Emotions -- Sex, Sexuality, and the Brain -- Human Memory.
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Neurosciences.
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Neurophysiology.
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Neurology.
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Nervous System Physiological Phenomena.
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Neurochemistry.
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| LC Classification
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QP355.2.N487 1997
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| Added Entry
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Purves, Dale.
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