Latest 2023 Neuroscience 6th Edition by Purves bank All Chapters.pdf

📚 Table of Contents

Preface

• Studying the Nervous System

Unit I. Neural Signaling

• Electrical Signals of Nerve Cells

• Voltage‑Dependent Membrane Permeability

• Ion Channels and Transporters

• Synaptic Transmission

• Neurotransmitters and Their Receptors

• Molecular Signaling within Neurons

• Synaptic Plasticity

Unit II. Sensation and Sensory Processing

• The Somatosensory System: Touch and Proprioception

• Pain

• Vision: The Eye

• Central Visual Pathways

• The Auditory System

• The Vestibular System

• The Chemical Senses

Unit III. Movement and Its Central Control

• Lower Motor Neuron Circuits and Motor Control

• Upper Motor Neuron Control of the Brainstem and Spinal Cord

• Modulation of Movement by the Basal Ganglia

• Modulation of Movement by the Cerebellum

• Eye Movements and Sensory Motor Integration

• The Visceral Motor System

Unit IV. The Changing Brain

• Early Brain Development

• Construction of Neural Circuits

• Circuit Differentiation: Intrinsic Factors and Sex Differences

• Experience‑Dependent Plasticity in the Developing Brain

• Repair and Regeneration in the Nervous System

Unit V. Complex Brain Functions and Cognitive Neuroscience

• Cognitive Functions and the Organization of the Cerebral Cortex

• Cortical States

• Attention NEW!

• Memory

• Emotion

• Thinking, Planning, and Deciding NEW!

• Speech and Language

• Development and Evolution of Cognitive Functions NEW!

Appendix: Survey of Human Neuroanatomy
Atlas: The Human Central Nervous System
Glossary
Illustration Credits
Index