FUNDAMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE

New to this edition:

# 30% new material including new chapters on Dendritic Development and Spine Morphogenesis, Chemical Senses, Cerebellum, Eye Movements, Circadian Timing, Sleep and Dreaming, and Consciousness
# Companion website with figures, web links to additional material, and test questions
# Additional text boxes describing key experiments, disorders, methods, and concepts
# Multiple model system coverage beyond rats, mice, and monkeys
# Extensively expanded index for easier referencing

Description

This comprehensive text introduces graduate students to the full range of neuroscience, from biochemical, to cognitive, and clinical science, and covers Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Nervous System Development, Sensory Systems, Motor Systems, Regulatory Systems, and Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience. The organization of the information is transparent, easy to teach from, and follows the way that the neuroscience curriculum is generally taught. For example, the opening chapter covers neuroanatomy, which is foundational for much of neuroscience. The organization also corresponds to the specialty areas that active neuroscientists will identify themselves with (e.g., developmental neuroscience, molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience). While the book does not have a clinical focus, it does cover a wide range of disorders. This material is featured in compact, clinical text boxes distributed throughout the chapters, more directly linking the disorders to the fundamental structures and functions of the nervous system. Squire’s treatment is intended to assist the reader in establishing the connection between the basic biology and the neurological symptoms and syndromes. It places more emphasis on the science with less emphasis on clinical concepts. The third edition contains 30% new material including a new chapter on Dendritic Development. Addressing professor/lecturer’s feedback on their needs, this edition includes a companion website which will feature figures, video clips and animated diagrams.