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Principles of neurobiology / Liqun Luo. -- 2nd ed. -- Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2021. – (59.59 /L964 /2nd ed.) |
Contents
Chapter
1 An Invitation to Neurobiology
PRELUDE:
NATURE AND NURTURE IN BRAIN FUNCTION AND BEHAVIOR
HOW IS
THE NERVOUS SYSTEM ORGANIZED?
GENERAL
METHODOLOGY
SUMMARY
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2 Signaling within Neurons
CELL
BIOLOGICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF NEURONS
HOW DO
ELECTRICAL SIGNALS PROPAGATE FROM THE NEURONAL CELL BODY TO ITS AXON TERMINALS?
SUMMARY
OPEN
QUESTIONS
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3 Signaling across Synapses
HOW DOES
NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE AT THE PRESYNAPTIC TERMINAL OCCUR?
HOW DO
NEUROTRANSMITTERS ACT ON POSTSYNAPTIC NEURONS?
SUMMARY
OPEN
QUESTIONS
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4 Vision
HOW DO
RODS AND CONES DETECT LIGHT SIGNALS?
HOW ARE
SIGNALS FROM RODS AND CONES ANALYZED IN THE RETINA?
HOW IS
VISUAL INFORMATION PROCESSED BEYOND THE RETINA?
SUMMARY
OPEN
QUESTIONS
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5 Wiring the Visual System
HOW DO
RETINAL GANGLION CELL AXONS FIND THEIR TARGETS?
HOW DO EXPERIENCE
AND NEURONAL ACTIVITY CONTRIBUTE TO WIRING?
HOW DO
MOLECULAR DETERMINANTS AND NEURONAL ACTIVITY COOPERATE?
VISUAL
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT IN DROSOPHILA: LINKING CELL FATE TO WIRING SPECIFICITY
SUMMARY
OPEN
QUESTIONS
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6 Olfaction, Taste, Audition, and Somatosensation
HOW DO
WE SENSE ODORS?
HOW DO
WORMS AND FLIES SENSE ODORS?
TASTE:
TO EAT, OR NOT TO EAT?
AUDITION:
HOW DO WE HEAR AND LOCALIZE SOUNDS?
SOMATOSENSATION:
HOW DO WE SENSE BODY MOVEMENT, TOUCH, TEMPERATURE, AND PAIN?
SUMMARY
OPEN
QUESTIONS
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7 Constructing the Nervous System
HOW DOES
WIRING SPECIFICITY ARISE IN THE DEVELOPING NERVOUS SYSTEM?
ASSEMBLY
OF OLFACTORY CIRCUITS: HOW DO NEURAL MAPS FORM?
HOW DO
-20,000 GENES SPECIFY -1014 CONNECTIONS?
SUMMARY
OPEN
QUESTIONS
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Chapter
8 Motor Systems
SUMMARY
OPEN
QUESTIONS
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9 Regulatory Systems
HOW DOES
THE BRAIN REGULATE INTERNAL ORGANS?
HOW ARE
EATING AND DRINKING REGULATED?
HOW ARE
CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS AND SLEEP REGULATED?
SUMMARY
OPEN
QUESTIONS
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10 Sexual Behavior
HOW DO
GENES SPECIFY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN THE FLY?
HOW ARE
MAMMALIAN SEXUAL BEHAVIORS REGULATED?
SUMMARY
OPEN
QUESTIONS
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11 Memory, Learning, and Synaptic Plasticity
PRELUDE:
WHAT IS MEMORY AND HOW IS IT ACQUIRED BY LEARNING?
HOW IS
SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY ACHIEVED?
WHAT IS
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEARNING AND SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY?
WHERE
DOES LEARNING OCCUR, AND WHERE IS MEMORY STORED IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM?
SUMMARY
OPEN
QUESTIONS
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12 Brain Disorders
NEURODEGENERATIVE
DISORDERS
PSYCHIATRIC
DISORDERS
NEURODEVELOPMENTAL
DISORDERS
SUMMARY
OPEN
QUESTIONS
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13 Evolution of the Nervous System
GENERAL
CONCEPTS AND APPROACHES IN EVOLUTIONARY ANALYSIS
EVOLUTION
OF NEURONAL COMMUNICATION
EVOLUTION
OF SENSORY SYSTEMS
EVOLUTION
OF NERVOUS SYSTEM STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT
SUMMARY
OPEN
QUESTIONS
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Chapter
14 Ways of Exploring
ANIMAL
MODELS IN NEUROBIOLOGY RESEARCH
GENETIC AND
MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES
ANATOMICAL
TECHNIQUES
RECORDING
AND MANIPULATING NEURONAL ACTIVITY
BEHAVIORAL
ANALYSIS
THEORY
AND MODELING
SUMMARY
AND PERSPECTIVES
OPEN
QUESTIONS
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GLOSSARY
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