The book is beautifully illustrated and written in clear, non-technical language, making it well-suited for undergraduate courses.
Each chapter begins with general ideas and principles, which are ... Read more
To understand how the brain learns and remembers requires an integration of psychological concepts and behavioral methods with mechanisms of synaptic plasticity and systems neuroscience. The Neurobiol ... Read more
The tenth edition features a major reorganisation, focusing first on the evolutionary basis of behavior followed by the underlying proximate mechanisms. Enduring features of previous editions also rem ... Read more
This book brings a pioneering interactive approach to the teaching of neuroanatomy, using over 100 actual clinical cases and high-quality radiologic images to bring the subject to life. This edition i ... Read more
John G. Nicholls; A.Robert Martin; Paul A. Fuchs; David A. Brown; Mathew E. Diamond; David A. Weisblat
Pub date
Nov 2011
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The book begins with the anatomy and physiology of the visual system, allowing the reader to appreciate right away how nerve cells act as the building blocks for perception. ... Read more
Community Ecology is a book for graduate students, researchers, and advanced undergraduates seeking a broad, up-to-date coverage of ecological concepts at the community level. Community ecology has un ... Read more
This book is for undergraduate students, graduate students and professionals in biology and other sciences who require a concise but comprehensive introduction to population genetics. Starting with th ... Read more
Brighter than ever, this text covers a range of topics with the focus on the interactions between plants and their environment over a range of scales. Throughout the book, human environmental influenc ... Read more
How are sights, sounds and smells converted into electrical signals in a form that can be interpreted by the nervous system? This process called sensory transduction began to be understood only recent ... Read more
Present at the Flood tells the story of the rise of structural molecular biology-proteins and DNA-by immersing the reader in the original papers, written by the scientists who actually did the work. 1 ... Read more
