Widely praised for its student-friendly style and exceptional artwork and pedagogy, Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain is a leading undergraduate textbook on the biology of the brain and the systems that underlie behavior. This edition provides increased coverage of taste and smell, circadian rhythms, brain development, and developmental disorders and includes new information on molecular mechanisms and functional brain imaging. Path of Discovery boxes, written by leading researchers, highlight major current discoveries. In addition, readers will be able to assess their knowledge of neuroanatomy with the Illustrated Guide to Human Neuroanatomy, which includes a perforated self-testing workbook.

This edition's robust ancillary package includes a bound-in student CD-ROM, an Instructor's Resource CD-ROM, and resources online.

FOUNDATIONS

Neuroscience: Past, Present, and Future

Neurons and Glia

The Neuronal Membrane at Rest

The Action Potential

Synaptic Transmission

Neurotransmitter Systems

The Structure of the Nervous System

Appendix: An Illustrated Guide to Human Neuroanatomy

SENSORY AND MOTOR SYSTEMS

The Chemical Senses

The Eye

The Central Visual System

The Auditory and Vestibular Systems

The Somatic Sensory System

Spinal Control of Movement

Brain Control of Movement

THE BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR

Chemical Control of the Brain and Behavior

Motivation

Sex and the Brain

Brain Mechanisms of Emotion

Brain Rhythms and Sleep

Language

Attention

Mental Illness

THE CHANGING BRAIN

Wiring the Brain

Memory Systems

Molecular Mechanisms of Learning and Memory

Glossary

References

Index