Preface1. Studying the Nervous SystemUnit One: Neural Signaling2. Electrical Signals of Nerve Cells3. Voltage-Dependent Membrane Permeability4. Ion Channels and Transporters5. Synaptic Transmission6. Neurotransmitters and Their Receptors7. Molecular Signaling within Neurons8. Synaptic PlasticityUnit Two: Sensation and Sensory Processing9. The Somatosensory System: Touch and Proprioception10. Pain11. Vision: The Eye12. Central Visual Pathways13. The Auditory System14. The Vestibular System15. The Chemical SensesUnit Three: Movement and Its Central Control16. Lower Motor Neuron Circuits and Motor Control17. Upper Motor Neuron Control of the Brainstem and Spinal Cord18. Modulation of Movement by the Basal Ganglia19. Modulation of Movement by the Cerebellum20. Eye Movements and Sensory Motor Integration21. The Visceral Motor SystemFour: The Changing Brain22. Early Brain Development23. Construction of Neural Circuits24. Circuit Differentiation: Intrinsic Factors and Sex Differences25. Modification of Neural Circuits as a Result of Experience26. Repair and Regeneration in the Nervous SystemFive: Complex Brain Functions and Cognitive Neuroscience27. Cognitive Functions and the Organization of the Cerebral Cortex28. Cortical States29. Attention NEW30. Memory31. Emotion32. Thinking, Planning, and Deciding NEW33. Speech and Language34. Development and Evolution of Cognitive Functions NEWAppendix: Survey of Human NeuroanatomyAtlas: The Human Central Nervous SystemGlossaryIllustration CreditsIndex.