Main description:

Neuroscience is, by definition, a multidisciplinary field: some scientists study genes and proteins at the molecular level while others study neural circuitry using electrophysiology and high-resolution optics. A single topic can be studied using techniques from genetics, imaging, biochemistry, or electrophysiology. Therefore, it can be daunting for young scientists or anyone new to neuroscience to learn how to read the primary literature and develop their own experiments.

This volume addresses that gap, gathering multidisciplinary knowledge and providing tools for understanding the neuroscience techniques that are essential to the field, and allowing the reader to design experiments in a variety of neuroscience disciplines.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Whole Brain Imaging
Chapter 2: Animal Behavior
Chapter 3: Stereotaxic Surgeries and In vivo techniques
Chapter 4: Electrophysiology
Chapter 5: Microscopy
Chapter 6: Visualizing Nervous System Structure
Chapter 7: Visualizing Nervous System Function
Chapter 8: Manipulating Neural Activity
Chapter 9: Identifying Genes and Proteins of Interest
Chapter 10: Molecular Cloning and Recombinant DNA Technology
Chapter 11: Gene Delivery Strategies
Chapter 12: Making and using transgenic organisms
Chapter 13: Manipulating endogenous genes
Chapter 14: Cell culture techniques
Chapter 15: Biochemical assays and intracellular signaling