Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain (**)

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As basic neuroscientists, however, our emphasis remains on the neural mechanisms underlying relations between brain and behavior, rather than on cognitive theories that more naturally belong in textbooks dealing with cognitive neuroscience. Our nonprofit hopes to inspire young and capable students to discover their passion in neuroscience by supplying them related activities and projects as well as to positively impact the community by supporting free clinics and senior communities through volunteer and fundraising events.

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Third, when appropriate we include tables summarizing neuroimaging findings on different topics, such as cerebral asymmetry and frontal-lobe function. Second, we feature a "Snapshot" of imaging in each of the core neuropsychology chapters (Chapters 8 through 27) and in Chapters 6 and 7. I think the strength of this book is his coverage of the chapters on molecular and cellular substrates of neurobiology and synaptic signaling. Since this review is written for undergraduate students and their faculty in neuroscience, I would be remiss if I did not point out the many online resources made available by the publisher.We, in conjunction with John Woolsey, with whom we have collaborated in the past, developed an expansive and, we believe, exceptional set of illustrations that, hand in hand with our words, describes and illuminates the world of the brain. Quite well, and Luo lists his own large and impressive list of “critical and developmental advisors and consultants” who helped him.

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The chapters forming Part V have been reorganized and reintegrated to better correspond with the direction in which the field has been going. However, the well-chosen and depicted figure set alleviate my complaint (full disclosure—my interest is in mechanoreception—hearing and touch). The authors passion for the dynamic field of neuroscience is evident on every page, engaging students and helping them master the material.

Textual descriptions and explanations are depicted in clear diagrams that deploy color in ways that are informative and not distracting.

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However, I find the book falling a little short in discussions of structure and function in the auditory system (a dozen pages) and somatosensation (a baker’s dozen of pages). Students have online access to a “journal club,” flashcards, and their own access to animations and videos. In particular, Chapters 23 and 25 focus on brain plasticity, which has become an area of intense experimental interest. The resources include online homework, ways to track student performance, useful tutorials on concepts known to be well-worn “potholes” on the royal road to learning, as well as videos and animations for the enterprising teacher. Stanford’s Liqun Luo’s text is a new entry to our field and stands apart from the “Core Four,” in being single-authored and in its spanking-new first edition and therefore completely “birthed” in the 21 st Century.The illustrations in every chapter are consistent and reinforce one another, with a second color being used to great advantage. Undergraduates everywhere have made Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain a top choice for learning the workings of the brain, its molecules and cells, and the systems that underlie behavior. Acclaimed for its clear, friendly style, excellent illustrations, leading author team, and compelling theme of exploration, Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain, Fourth Edition takes a fresh, contemporary approach to the study of neuroscience, emphasizing the biological basis of behavior. Includes a section for a younger audience -Neuromads-, where authors will publish articles accompanying each submission in a close and attractive language, that will be peer-reviewed by teenagers.

Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain, 4th, international edition

But undeniably, the textbook by committee format retains the advantage of breadth of coverage by specialist authors in each sub-area of neuroscience. But the obvious advantage of a tag-team, multiple authors approach should be a guarantee that every chapter and topic in text would be covered by accomplished, well-known experts writing about her-his specialty. The human genome has been sequenced, sophisticated new methods have been developed for genetic engineering, and new methods have been introduced to enable visualization and stimulation of specific types of nerve cells and connections in the brain. In just a few years, the field of neuroscience has been transformed by exciting new technologies and an explosion of knowledge about the brain.The Second Edition includes a neuroanatomy atlas with a self-testing feature as well as new chapters on sex and the brain, motivation, and mental illness. Over 80 pages are devoted to light transduction in rods and cones, retinal neuro-circuitry in generating opponent receptive fields, and the more complex receptive fields of the primary visual cortex. The book provides well-selected introductions to topics that build from the basic cellular substrates of neurobiology to cognitive systems including circadian rhythms, sexual behavior, and sleep. So there is no need to address legacy-chapters by previous or new authors, a potential issue with multiply-authored textbooks.