List of Autors Contents Box Features Preface Acknowledgments How to Use This Book SectionⅠ Introduction 1 Brain and Behavior 2 Nerve Cells and Behavior SectionⅡ Cell Billogy,Anatomy,and Development of the Nervous System 3 The Neuron 4 Neuronal Proteins 5 The Nervous System 6 Development of the Nervous System SectionⅢ Signaling Within Nerve Cells 7 Ion Channels 8 Membrane Potential 9 Local Signaling:Passive Electrical Proberties of the Neuron 10 Propagated Signaling:The Action Potential SectionⅣ Signaling Between Nerve Cells 11 An Introduction to Synaptic Transmission 12 Transmission at the Nerve-Muscle Synapse 13 Synaptic Integration 14 Modulation of Synaptic Transmission:Second-Messenger System 15 Transmitter Release 16 Neurotransmitters 17 A Clinlcal Example:Myasthenia Gravis SectionⅤ Cognitive Neural Science 18 From Nerve Cells to Cognition 19 Cognition and the Cortex SectionⅥ Perception 20 The Sensory Systems 21 Construction of the Visual Image 22 Visual Processing by the Retina 23 Perception of Form and Motion 24 Color 25 Sensory Experience and the Formation of Visual Circuits SectionⅦ Action 26 An Introduction to Movement 27 Muscles and Muscle Receptors 28 Spinal Reflexes 29 Voluntary Movement SectionⅧ Genes,Emotions,and Instincts 30 Genes and Behavior 31 Sex and the Brain 32 Emotional States 33 Motivation SectionⅨ Language,Learning,and Memory 34 Language 35 Learning and Memory 36 Cellular Mechanisms of Learning and Memory Figure Sources Glossary Index