Neurosciences - a comprehensive approach

This textbook covers neuroscience from cellular and molecular mechanisms to behavior and cognitive processing. We also address evolution of the nervous system, computational neuroscience, the history of neuroscience as a discipline and neurophilosophy - to name but a few. The book provides the newest state-of-the-art knowledge about neuroscience from across the animal kingdom, with particular emphasis on model species commonly used in neuroscience labs across the world: mouse, zebra fish, fruit fly, honeybee, and nematode worm. We aim at university students of neuroscience, psychology, biological sciences, and medical sciences, but also computer scientists, philosophers, or anybody interested in understanding how brains work.

From Neurophysiology to Neuroscience: New echnologies and New Concepts in the Twentieth Century

Evolution of Nervous Systems and Brains
Ontogeny of the Vertebrate Nervous System
Diseases
Neurophilosophy
Cellular and Molecular Basis of Neural Function
Electrical Activity in Neurons
The Synapse
Biology and Function of Glial Cells
The Autonomic Nervous System
Neuropeptides and Peptide Hormones
The Biological Function of Sensory Systems
Olfaction
Taste
Thermosensation
Mechanosensation.- Auditory Systems
Vision
Electroreception
The Magnetic Senses
Pain and Nociception
Muscles and Motility
Motor Control
The Neural Bases of Emotions
Experience-Dependent Plasticity in the Central Nervous System
Cellular Correlates of Learning and Memory
Circadian Timing
Learning, Memory, and Cognition: Animal Perspectives
Primate Social Intelligence
Computational Neuroscience:Capturing the Essence.