Discovering the Brain

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Table of Contents
Front Matter R1-R10
1 The Promise of Neuroscience 1-12
2 Major Structures and Functions of the Brain 13-33
3 Glimpses of the Living Brain 34-45
4 The Role of the Brain in Mental Illness 46-66
5 From Chemistry to Circuitry 67-85
6 The Development and Shaping of the Brain 86-103
7 From Perception to Attention 104-122
8 Learning, Recalling, and Thinking 123-144
9 Sizing Up the Promise 145-158
Suggested Readings 159-160
Acknowledgments 161-164
Proclamation 165-168
Index 169-180
Color Plates 181-184

FIGURE 5.1. Pen-and-ink drawings were the first scientific illustrations to depict the actual structure of individual nerve cells. Several types of neurons are represented here; each has a recognizably thicker portion that is the cell body, and most have a single axon that projects like a thin wire. The number and the branching patterns of each cell 's dendrites show more variation. Source: D. Santiago Ramón y Cajal, 1889. Manuel de Histología Normal y Técnica Micrográphia. The National Library of Medicine.

Table of Contents

Front Matter R1-R10

1 The Promise of Neuroscience 1-12

2 Major Structures and Functions of the Brain 13-33

3 Glimpses of the Living Brain 34-45

4 The Role of the Brain in Mental Illness 46-66

5 From Chemistry to Circuitry 67-85

6 The Development and Shaping of the Brain 86-103

7 From Perception to Attention 104-122

8 Learning, Recalling, and Thinking 123-144

9 Sizing Up the Promise 145-158

Suggested Readings 159-160

Acknowledgments 161-164

Proclamation 165-168

Index 169-180

Color Plates 181-184