Principles of neural science / edited by Eric R. Kandel, James H. Schwartz, Thomas M. Jessell.

Contents
1. The brain and behavior
2. Nerve cells and behavior
3. Genes and behavior
4. The cytology of neurons
5. Synthesis and trafficking of neuronal protein
6. Ion channels
7. Membrane potential
8. Local signaling: passive electrical properties of the neuron
9. Propagated signaling: the action potential
10. Overview of synaptic transmission.
11. Signaling at the nerve-muscle synapse: directly gated transmission
12. Synaptic integration
13. Modulation of synaptic transmission: second messengers
14. Transmitter release
15. Neurotransmitters
16. Diseases of chemical transmission at the nerve-muscle synapse: myasthenia gravis
17. The anatomical organization of the central nervous system
18. The functional organization of perception and movement.
19. Integration of sensory and motor function: the association areas of the cerebral cortex and the cognitive capabilities of the brain
20. From nerve cells to cognition: the internal cellular representation required for perception and action
21. Coding of sensory information
22. The bodily senses
23. Touch
24. The perception of pain
25. Constructing the visual image
26. Visual processing by the retina
27. Central visual pathways
28. Perception of motion, depth, and form.
29. Color vision
30. Hearing
31. Sensory transduction in the ear
32. Smell and taste: the chemical senses
33. The organization of movement
34. The motor unit and muscle action
35. Diseases of the motor unit
36. Spinal reflexes
37. Locomotion
38. Voluntary movement
39. The control of gaze
40. The vestibular system
41. Posture
42. The cerebellum
43. The basal ganglia.
44. Brain stem, reflexive behaviour, and the cranial nerves
45. Brain stem modulation of sensation, movement, and consciousness
46. Seizures and epilepsy
47. Sleep and dreaming
48. Disorders of sleep and wakefulness
49. The autonomic nervous system and the hypothalamus
50. Emotional states and feelings
51. Motivational and addictive states
52. The induction and patterning of the nervous system
53. The generation and survival of nerve cells.
54. The guidance of axons to their targets
55. The formation and regeneration of synapses
56. Sensory experience and the fine-tuning of synaptic connections
57. Sexual differentiation of the nervous system
58. Aging of the brain and dementia of the Alzheimer type
59. Language and aphasias.

Includes bibliographical references and index.