神経系入門 An Introduction to Nervous Systems

Greenspan, Ralph J.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,U.S.（2007/02発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 184 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780879697570
• DDC分類 573.8

Full Description

"An Introduction to Nervous Systems" is a brief introduction to the principles of neurobiology from an evolutionary perspective - from single-celled organisms to complex invertebrates such as flies - ideal for use as supplemental textbook. Greenspan presents the mechanisms that allow behavior to become ever more sophisticated - from simple avoidance behavior of Paramecium through to the complex cognitive behaviors of the honeybee - and shows how these mechanisms produce the increasing neural complexity found in these organisms. The book ends with a discussion of what is universal about nervous systems and what may be required, neurobiologically, to be human. This is a novel and highly accessible approach to the presentation of fundamental principles of neurobiology, in a book designed to be accessible to undergraduate and graduate students not already steeped in the subject.

Contents

Preface Introduction: What Are Brains for? 1. Avoidance and the Single Cell: Ionic Signals 2. You Can't Run but Maybe You Can Hide: Chemical Signals 3. Truth for the Jellyfish: Coordination to Fit the Occasion 4. Modulation: The Spice of Neural Life 5. An Internal Wake-up Call 6. Wanderlust 7. Love on the Fly 8. The World as We Find It 9. Are All Brains Alike? Are All Brains Different? Bibliography Glossary Index