Principles of Neural Science

16The most authoritative introduction to the brain, its structure, function, development, and control of behavior available today. Presents both a comprehensive summary of the state of the science and a full discussion of historical issues in the study of the brain. Neuroanatomy, cell and molecular mechanisms, mechanisms, of signaling, and development are thoroughly described in the context of the cognitive approaches to behavior. Thoroughly revised, with a new full-color art program, this text was re-designed to be more user friendly. Also featured is an expanded treatment of the development of the nervous system, the genetic basis of neurological and psychiatric diseases, the cognitive neuroscience of perception, and icon channel mechanisms04From the ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. Contributors. Part I: The Neurology of Behavior. Part II: Cell and Molecular Biology of the Neuron. Part III: Elementary Interactions Between Neurons: Synaptic Transmission. Part IV: The Neural Basis of Cognition. Part Part V: Perception. Part VI: Movement. Part VII: Arousal, Emotion, and Behavior Homeostasis. Part VIII: The Development of the Nervous System. Part IX: Language, Thought, Mood, and Learning and Memory. Appendices. Index.01Eric Kandel, geboren 1929 in Wien, ist einer der bedeutendsten Neurowissenschaftler des 20. Jahrhunderts. Er emigrierte 1939 in die USA, studierte Geschichte und Literatur an der Harvard University und danach Medizin an der New York University. Seit 1974 ist Kandel, der sich vor allem mit den biologischen Grundlagen des Gedächtnisses beschäftigt, Professor an der Columbia University in New York.