Neuroscience For Dummies

Höfundur: Frank Amthor (Útgáfa: 3)
Neuroscience For Dummies

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Heillandi innsýn í það sem fer fram í höfðinu á okkur. Neuroscience For Dummies er inngangur að hinum umfangsmiklu og flóknu fræðum um mannsheilann. Bókin fylgir efnistökum dæmigerðs inngangsnámskeiðs í taugavísindum á háskólastigi og hentar jafnframt öllum sem vilja vita hvað fær okkur til að hugsa, finna og bregðast við. Ný tækni og gríðarleg fjölgun rannsókna hafa gerbreytt skilningi okkar á minni, þunglyndi, tengslum hugar og líkama, námi og erfðafræði.

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Útgefandi
Wiley Professional Development (P&T)
ISBN
9781394171231
Print ISBN
9781394171217
Format
ePub
Útgáfa
3
Höfundar
Frank Amthor
Tungumál
English
Útgefið
2023-04-14
Prent takmörkun á líftíma
100
Prent takmörkun
10
Afritunar takmörkun
2

Kaflar

  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Introduction
  • About This Book
  • Foolish Assumptions
  • Icons Used in This Book
  • Beyond This Book
  • Where to Go from Here
  • Part 1: Introducing the Nervous System
  • Chapter 1: A Quick Trip through the Nervous System
  • Understanding the Evolution of the Nervous System
  • Looking at How the Nervous System Works
  • Looking at the Basic Functions of the Nervous System
  • When Things Go Wrong: Neurological and Mental Illness
  • Revolutionizing the Future: Advancements in Various Fields
  • Chapter 2: All about the Brain and Spinal Cord
  • Looking Inside the Skull: The Brain and Its Parts
  • The Spinal Cord: The Intermediary between Nervous Systems
  • Fighting or Fleeing: The Autonomic Nervous System
  • How We Know What We Know about Neural Activity
  • Chapter 3: Understanding How Neurons Work
  • Neuron Basics: Not Just Another Cell in the Body
  • How Shocking! Neurons as Electrical Signaling Devices
  • Moving Around with Motor Neurons
  • Non-neuronal Cells: Glial Cells
  • Recording Techniques
  • Part 2: Translating the Internal and External Worlds through Your Senses
  • Chapter 4: Feeling Your Way: The Skin Senses
  • How Do You Feel? The Lowdown on the Skin and Its Sensory Neurons
  • Skin Receptors, Local Spinal Circuits, and Projections to the Brain
  • Understanding the Complex Aspects of Pain
  • Chapter 5: Looking at Vision
  • The Eyes Have It: A Quick Glance at Your Eyes
  • From the Eyes to the Vision Centers of the Brain
  • Impaired Vision and Visual Illusions
  • Chapter 6: Sounding Off: The Auditory System
  • The Ear: Capturing and Decoding Sound Waves
  • Making Sense of Sounds: Central Auditory Projections
  • Locating Sound
  • I Can’t Hear You: Deafness and Tinnitus
  • Chapter 7: Odors and Taste
  • What’s That Smell?
  • Having Good Taste
  • The Role of Learning and Memory in Taste and Smell
  • Lacking Taste and Smelling Badly
  • Part 3: Moving Right Along: Motor Systems
  • Chapter 8: Movement Basics
  • Identifying Types of Movement
  • Controlling Movement: Central Planning and Hierarchical Execution
  • Pulling the Load: Muscle Cells and Their Action Potentials
  • Muscle and Muscle Motor Neuron Disorders
  • Chapter 9: Coordinating Things More: The Spinal Cord and Pathways
  • The Withdrawal Reflex: An Open-Loop Response
  • Hold Your Position! Closed-Loop Reflexes
  • The Modulating Reflexes: Balance and Locomotion
  • Correcting Errors without Feedback: The Cerebellum
  • Chapter 10: Planning and Executing Actions
  • Making the Move from Reflexes to Conscious or Goal-Generated Action
  • Where Are the Free Will Neurons?
  • Discovering New (and Strange) Neurons
  • When the Wheels Come Off: Motor Disorders
  • Chapter 11: Unconscious Actions with Big Implications
  • Working behind the Scenes: The Autonomic Nervous System
  • Sweet Dreams: Sleep and Circadian Rhythms
  • Part 4: Intelligence: The Thinking Brain and Consciousness
  • Chapter 12: Understanding Intelligence, Consciousness, and Emotions
  • Defining Intelligence
  • Intelligence about Emotions
  • Understanding Consciousness
  • Chapter 13: How the Brain Processes Thoughts
  • The Brain: Taking Command at Multiple Levels
  • All about the Neocortex
  • Controlling the Content of Thought: Sensory Pathways and Hierarchies
  • Dividing and Conquering: Language, Vision, and the Brain Hemispheres
  • Where Consciousness Resides
  • Chapter 14: The Executive Brain
  • Getting the Brain You Have Today: The Neocortex versus Your Reptilian Brain
  • Working Memory, Problem-Solving, and the Lateral Prefrontal Cortex
  • Making Up and Changing Your Mind: The Orbitofrontal Cortex
  • Are We There Yet? The Anterior Cingulate Cortex
  • Chapter 15: Learning and Memory
  • Learning and Memory: One More Way to Adapt to the Environment
  • Sending More or Fewer Signals: Adaptation versus Facilitation
  • Exploring What Happens during Learning: Changing Synapses
  • The Role of the Hippocampus in Learning and Memory
  • Losing Your Memory: Forgetting, Amnesia, and Other Disorders
  • Getting Brainier: Improving Your Learning
  • Chapter 16: Developing and Modifying Brain Circuits: Plasticity
  • Developing from Conception
  • Learning from Experience: Plasticity and the Development of Cortical Maps
  • Taking the Wrong Path: Nervous System Disorders of Development
  • The Aging Brain
  • Chapter 17: Neural Dysfunctions, Mental Illness, and Drugs That Affect the Brain
  • Looking at the Causes and Types of Mental Illness
  • The Promise of Pharmaceuticals
  • Part 5: The Part of Tens
  • Chapter 18: Ten (or So) Crucial Brain Structures
  • The Neocortex
  • The Thalamus, Gateway to the Neocortex
  • The Pulvinar
  • The Cerebellum
  • The Hippocampus
  • Wernicke’s and Broca’s Areas
  • The Fusiform Face Area
  • The Amygdala
  • The Lateral Prefrontal Cortex
  • The Substantia Nigra (Basal Ganglia)
  • The Anterior Cingulate Cortex
  • Chapter 19: Ten Tricks of Neurons That Make Them Do What They Do
  • Overcoming Neurons’ Size Limit
  • Getting the Biggest Bang for the Buck with Dendritic Spines
  • Ligand-Gated Receptors: Enabling Neurons to Communicate Chemically
  • Getting Specialized for the Senses
  • Computing with Ion Channel Currents
  • Keeping the Signal Strong across Long Distances
  • The Axon: Sending Signals from Head to Toe
  • Speeding Things Up with Myelination
  • Neural Homeostasis
  • Changing Synaptic Weights to Adapt and Learn
  • Chapter 20: Ten Promising Treatments for the Future
  • Correcting Developmental Disorders through Gene Therapy
  • Augmenting the Brain with Genetic Manipulation
  • Correcting Brain Injury with Stem Cells
  • Using Deep Brain Stimulation to Treat Neurological Disorders
  • Stimulating the Brain Externally through TMS and tDCS
  • Using Neuroprostheses for Sensory Loss
  • Addressing Paralysis with Neuroprostheses
  • Building a Better Brain through Neuroprostheses
  • Engaging in Computer-Controlled Learning
  • Treating Disease with Nanobots
  • Glossary
  • Index
  • About the Author
  • Connect with Dummies
  • End User License Agreement