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|Description:||xxiv, 648 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm|
|Contents:||Part 1 Elements of neurobiology: introduction to the nervous system; cellular building blocks; the structure of nervous systems. Part 2 Cellular communication: the electrical potential of a resting neuron; the nerve impulse; synaptic transmission; the biology of neurotransmitters; integration of synaptic action. Part 3 Sensory systems: organization of sensory systems; the coding and control of sensory information; the visual system; hearing; the chemical senses; somatic and other senses. Part 4 Motor systems: muscle and its control; reflexes and pattern generation; sensory influence on motor output; the brain and motor output. Part 5 Integrating systems - the neural basis of behaviour: mechanisms of escape behaviour; analysis of simple behaviour; neural basis of complex behaviour. Part 6 The malleability of nervous systems: development; developmental plasticity; behavioural plasticity - learning; hormones and the nervous system.|