PART I: Overall Perspective1. The Brain and Behavior2. Nerve Cells and Behavior3. Genes and Behavior4. Circuits and BehaviorPART II: Cell and Molecular Biology of the Neuron5. The Cells of the Nervous System6. Ion Channels7. Propagated Signaling: The Action PotentialPART III: Overview: Synaptic Transmission8. Overview of Synaptic Transmission9. Signaling at the Nerve Muscle Synapse: Directly Gated Transmission10. Synaptic Integration in the Central Nervous System11. Modulation of Synaptic Transmission: Second Messengers12. Transmitter Release13. NeurotransmittersPART IV: Perception14. Sensory Coding15. The Somatosensory System: Receptors and Central Pathways16. Touch17. Pain18. The Constructive Nature of Visual Processing19. Low-Level Visual Processing: The Retina20. Intermediate-Level Visual Processing: Visual Primitives21. High-Level Visual Processing: Cognitive Influences22. Visual Processing and Action23. The Inner Ear24. The Vestibular System25. The Auditory Central Nervous System26. Smell and Taste: The Chemical SensesPART V: Movement27. The Organization and Planning of Movement28. The Motor Unit, Muscle Action, and Spinal Reflexes29. Locomotion30. Voluntary Movement31. The Control of Gaze32. Posture33. The Cerebellum34. The Basal GangliaPART VI: The Unconscious and Conscious Processing of Neural Information35. The Brain Stem36. The Autonomic Motor System and the Hypothalamus37. Emotions and Feelings38. Homeostasis, Motivation, and Addictive States39. Seizures and Epilepsy40. Sleep and DreamingPART VII: Development and the Emergence of Behavior41. Patterning the Nervous System42. Differentiation and Survival of Nerve Cells43. The Growth and Guidance of Axons44. Formation and Elimination of Synapses45. Experience and the Refinement of Synaptic Connections46. Repairing the Damaged Brain47. Sexual Differentiation of the Nervous SystemPART VIII: Language, Thought, Affect, and Learning48. From Nerve Cells to Cognition Internal Representations for Space and Action49. Language50. Learning and Memory51. Cellular Mechanisms of Implicit Memory Storage52. Prefrontal Cortex, Hippocampus, and the Biology of Explicit Memory Storage53. Navigation and Spatial MemoryPART IX: Neurologic Disorders54. Diseases of the Nerve and Motor Unit55. Disorders of Conscious and Unconscious Mental Processes56. Disorders of Thought and Volition: Schizophrenia57. Disorders of Mood and Anxiety58. Autism and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders Affecting Cognition59. Genetic Mechanisms of Neurodegenerative Diseases60. The Aging BrainAppendicesA. Functional Imaging of CognitionB. Review of Basic Circuit TheoryC. The Neurological Examination of the PatientD. Circulation of the BrainE. The Blood-Brain Barrier, Choroid Plexus, and Cerebrospinal FluidF. Neural Networks; "As in previous editions, the goal of this sixth edition of Principles of Neural Science is to provide readers with insight into how genes, molecules, neurons and the circuits they form give rise to mind""-- Provided by publisher."