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Essentials of Modern Neuroscience

Essentials of Modern Neuroscience

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By Franklin Amthor and W. Anne Burton Theibert and David Standaert and Erik Roberson
ISBN10: 007184905X
ISBN13: 9780071849050
Copyright: 2020
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part I: Cellular Neuroscience

1. Neurohistology

2. Origin of the membrane potential

3. Action potential

4. Single ion channels and gating mechanisms

5. Ion channel structure-function

6. Ion channel diversity and regulation

7. Ion channel diseases

8. Fundamentals of synaptic transmission

9. Synaptic plasticity

10. Neurotransmitter release

11. Neurotransmitter reuptake

Part II: Molecular & Developmental Neuroscience

1. Axon guidance

2. Synapse formation

3. Dendrite formation

4. Gliogenesis

5. Corticogenesis

6. Neuronal migration

7. Neurogenesis and neuronal stem cells

Part III: Sensory & Systems Neuroscience

1. Genes, circuits and behavior

2. Human neurogenetics

3. Visual systems

4. Auditory systems

5. Olfactory systems

6. Motor systems

7. Pain and somatosensory

8. Learning

9. Cognitive neuroscience

10. Affective disorders

About the Author

Franklin Amthor

Franklin R. Amthor, MD
Professor and Interim Director of Behavioral Sciences
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

W. Anne Burton Theibert

W. Anne Burton Theibert, MD
Department of Neurobiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

David Standaert

Erik Roberson

Erik Roberson
Co-Chair
Department of Neurology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama