Main description:

This 5000-page masterwork is literally the last word on the topic and will be an essential resource for many. Unique in its breadth and detail, this encyclopedia offers a comprehensive and highly readable guide to a complex and fast-expanding field. The five-volume reference work gathers more than 10,000 entries, including in-depth essays by internationally known experts, and short keynotes explaining essential terms and phrases. In addition, expert editors contribute detailed introductory chapters to each of 43 topic fields ranging from the fundamentals of neuroscience to fascinating developments in the new, inter-disciplinary fields of Computational Neuroscience and Neurophilosophy. Some 1,000 multi-color illustrations enhance and expand the writings.

Feature:

Comprehensive: Includes more than 10,000 entries - keynotes, in-depth essays and reviews - covering 43 topic fields, plus some 1,000 color figures

Complete: Covers the full range of modern neuroscience, from molecular neurobiology to brain architecture and from neurogenetics to neurophilosophy

Intelligently structured, accessible and user-friendly: A-Z format, clear, concise language and uniform essay structure provides easy access to content both for experts and newcomers

Authoritative: More than 1,000 expert contributors, under the guidance of more than 40 field editors, promise accurate and up-to-the-minute information

Convenient: Available both in print and as a fully searchable and hyperlinked electronic online edition