Name: Fundamental Neuroscience By Larry Squire (University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA)
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Fundamental Neuroscience by Larry Squire (University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA)

Fundamental Neuroscience, Third Edition introduces graduate and upper-level undergraduate students to the full range of contemporary neuroscience. Addressing instructor and student feedback on the previous edition, all of the chapters are rewritten to make this book more concise and student-friendly than ever before. Each chapter is once again heavily illustrated and provides clinical boxes describing experiments, disorders, and methodological approaches and concepts. Capturing the promise and excitement of this fast-moving field, Fundamental Neuroscience, 3rd Edition is the text that students will be able to reference throughout their neuroscience careers!

About Larry Squire (University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA)

Larry R. Squire is Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Neurosciences, and Psychology at the University of California, San Diego. He is also a Research Career Scientist at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in San Diego. Squire is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a past president of the Society for Neuroscience. Floyd Bloom was the editor of Science magazine, now Brain Research.

I: NEUROSCIENCE 1: Fundamentals of Neuroscience 2: Basic Plan of the Nervous System II: CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE 3: Cellular Components of Nervous Tissue 4: Subcellular Organization of the Nervous System: Organelles and Their Functions 5: Electrotonic Properties of Axons and Dendrites 6: Membrane Potential and Action Potential 7: Neurotransmitters 8: Release of Neurotransmitters 9: Neurotransmitter Receptors 10: Intracellular Signaling 11: Postsynaptic Potentials and Synaptic Integration 12: Complex Information Processing in Dendrites 13: Brain Energy Metabolism III: NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT 14: Neural Induction and Pattern Formation 15: Cellular Determination 16: Neurogenesis and Migration 17: Growth Cones and Axon Pathfinding 18: Target Selection, Topographic Maps, and Synapse Formation 19: Programmed Cell Death and Neurotrophic Factors 20: Synapse Elimination 21: Dendritic Development 22: Early Experience and Sensitive Periods IV: SENSORY SYSTEMS 23: Fundamentals of Sensory Systems 24: Chemical Senses: Taste and Olfaction 25: Somatosensory System 26: Audition 27: Vision V: MOTOR SYSTEMS 28: Fundamentals of Motor Systems 29: The Spinal and Peripheral Motor System 30: Descending Control of Movement 31: The Basal Ganglia 32: Cerebellum 33: Eye Movements VI: REGULATORY SYSTEMS 34: The Hypothalamus: An Overview of Regulatory Systems 35: Central Control of Autonomic Functions: Organization of the Autonomic Nervous System 36: Neural Regulation of the Cardiovascular System 37: Neural Control of Breathing Chapter 38: Food Intake and Metabolism 39: Water Intake and Body Fluids 40: Neuroendocrine Systems 41: Circadian Timekeeping 42: Sleep, Dreaming, and Wakefulness 43: Reward, Motivation, and Addiction VII: BEHAVIORAL AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE 44: Human Brain Evolution 45: Cognitive Development and Aging 46: Visual Perception of Objects 47: Spatial Cognition 48: Attention 49: Learning and Memory: Basic Mechanisms 50: Learning and Memory: Brain Systems 51: Language and Communication 52: The Prefrontal Cortex and Executive Brain Functions 53: Consciousness Index

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Fundamental Neuroscience by Larry Squire (University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA)

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Larry Squire (University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA)

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20080402

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