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For over 25 years, Purves Neuroscience has been the most comprehensive and clearly written neuroscience textbook on the market. This level of excellence continues in the 6th Edition, with a balance of animal, human, and clinical studies that discuss the dynamic field of neuroscience from cellular signaling to cognitive function.

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• 1: Studying the Nervous System

• UNIT I. NEURAL SIGNALING

• 2: Electrical Signals of Nerve Cells

• 3: Voltage-Dependent Membrane Permeability

• 4: Ion Channels and Transporters

• 5: Synaptic Transmission

• 6: Neurotransmitters and Their Receptors

• 7: Molecular Signaling within Neurons

• 8: Synaptic Plasticity

• UNIT II. SENSATION AND SENSORY PROCESSING

• 9: The Somatosensory System: Touch and Proprioception

• 10: Pain

• 11: Vision: The Eye

• 12: Central Visual Pathways

• 13: The Auditory System

• 14: The Vestibular System

• 15: The Chemical Senses

• UNIT III. MOVEMENT AND ITS CENTRAL CONTROL

• 16: Lower Motor Neuron Circuits and Motor Control

• 17: Upper Motor Neuron Control of the Brainstem and Spinal Cord

• 18: Modulation of Movement by the Basal Ganglia

• 19: Modulation of Movement by the Cerebellum

• 20: Eye Movements and Sensory Motor Integration

• 21: The Visceral Motor System

• UNIT IV. THE CHANGING BRAIN

• 22: Early Brain Development

• 23: Construction of Neural Circuits

• 24: Circuit Differentiation: Intrinsic Factors and Sex Differences

• 25: Experience-Dependent Plasticity in the Developing Brain

• 26: Repair and Regeneration in the Nervous System

• UNIT V. COMPLEX BRAIN FUNCTIONS AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE

• 27: Cognitive Functions and the Organization of the Cerebral Cortex

• 28: Cortical States

• 29: Attention

• 30: Memory

• 31: Emotion

• 32: Thinking, Planning, and Deciding

• 33: Speech and Language

• Appendix: Survey of Human Neuroanatomy

• Atlas: The Human Central Nervous System

• Glossary