The Neuron, 4th Edition
Cell and Molecular Biology
$484.58
- Hardcover
600 pages
- Release Date
5 October 2015
Summary
The Fourth Edition of The Neuron provides a comprehensive first course in the cell and molecular biology of nerve cells. The book begins with properties of the many newly discovered ion channels that have emerged through mapping of the genome. These channels shape the way a single neuron generates varied patterns of electrical activity. Covered next are the molecular mechanisms that convert electrical activity into the secretion of neurotransmitter hormonesat synaptic junctions between neurons. The following section examines the biochemical pathways that are linked to the action of neurotransmitters and that can alter the cellular properties of neurons orsensory cells that transduce information from the outside world into the electrical code used by neurons. The final section reviews our rapidly expanding knowledge of the molecular factors that induce an undifferentiated cell to become a neuron, and then guide it to form appropriate synaptic connections with its partners. This section also focuses on the role of ongoing experience and activity in shaping these connections, and finishes with an account of mechanisms thought to underlie thephenomena of learning and memory. The book contains scores of color figures and fully updated chapters; online content packaged exclusively with the Fourth Edition includes detailed animations of neuralprocesses, in-depth supplemental reading, and additional full-color figures and tables.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199773893 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0199773890 |
| Author: | Irwin B. Levitan, Leonard K. Kaczmarek |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 600 |
| Edition: | 4th |
| Release Date: | 5 October 2015 |
| Weight: | 1.38kg |
| Dimensions: | 33mm x 170mm x 239mm |
Critics Review
“The text is impressively modern, with up-to date information on the trendiest areas of neurobiology …the book is highly visual, with figures on virtually every page. The figures deserve special comment because they are a teacher’s dream: simple and uncluttered, but conceptually powerful. Frankly, although the recommendation is often absurd, The Neuron is one of those books that really does belong on every shelf. “–Nature”The format of each chapter is ideally suited for easy, enjoyable, and almost effortless learning … This is a superbly written and well-illustrated text covering all of the major aspects of neuroscientific knowledge … every neuroscientist should keep a copy handy.“–Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience”This is a first-rate textbook for a course in cellular neurobiology for upper-level university students. My colleagues and I took it out on a shakedown cruise with a class of 250 undergraduates. The wind really caught their sails, and we sped quickly through it in the ten weeks of the academic quarter. The students appreciated the consistent clarity and the uniformity of style. The illustrations are highly conceptual and were easily understood … Theup-to-date presentation of many exciting recent findings is a great strength. General principles are illustrated with a useful blend of data from vertebrate and invertebrate systems.“–William S Messer, Jr.,in The Quarterly Review of Biology”An outstanding, easily readable, and quite up-to-date overview of fundamental neurobiology.“–Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences
Irwin B. Levitan
Irwin B. Levitan, Ph.D., Founding Chair of the Department of Neuroscience at Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University Leonard K. Kaczmarek, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology and Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine.
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