Frank Amthor - Neurobiology For Dummies

9 Part V: The Part of Tens Chapter 19: The Ten Most Important Brain Circuits The Reticular Formation in the Brainstem The Spinal Reflex The Thalamic Relay to the Cortex Cerebellar Modulation of Motion Sequences Hippocampal Reciprocal Activation with the Cortex The Amygdala Orbitofrontal Cortex Loop The Spinal Pattern Generator The Conscious Triangle: Frontal and Sensory Cortex with the Thalamus The Basal Ganglia Thalamus Loop The Anterior Cingulate and Pulvinar Central Executives Chapter 20: Ten Technologies Revolutionizing Brain Science Optogenetics: Controlling Neurons with Light Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Genetic Disease Models: Knockouts and Knockins Brain Imaging: Optical, Magnetic, and Electrical Interfacing Brains with Computers Deep Brain Stimulation Multi-Electrode Array Recording Fluorescence and Confocal Microscopy Advances in Electrophysiological Recording Tissue Culture and Brain Slices

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1 Chapter 2 Figure 2-1: Phospho-lipid molecular structure. Figure 2-2: A simplified ball-and-stick model of a single phospholipid molec... Figure 2-3: Phospho-lipid molecules assemble to form the plasma membrane. Figure 2-4: Two neurons from a rabbit retina: a starburst amacrine cell (left), and a...

2 Chapter 3 Figure 3-1: The sodium-potassium pump creates a disequilibrium between sodium and ... Figure 3-2: Event sequence underlying action potential, including voltage across the ... Figure 3-3: Electrical model of the distributed membrane resistance and capacitance... Figure 3-4: Types of glia cells (microglia, astrocytes, and myelin-producing Schwa...

3 Chapter 4 Figure 4-1: Structure, molecules, and sequence for neuro-transmitter release. Figure 4-2: Gap junction synapses.

4 Chapter 5Figure 5-1: An antagonistic flexor-extensor muscle pair.Figure 5-2: Myosin-action movement in a sarcomere.Figure 5-3: The alpha motor neuron axon terminal at the end plate.Figure 5-4: A spinal reflex neural circuit.

5 Chapter 6Figure 6-1: The spinal cord in relation to the vertebrae of the back.Figure 6-2: Spinal cord segments and some of their functions.Figure 6-2: Spinal cord segments and some of their functions.Figure 6-3: Gray and white matter inside the spinal cord.Figure 6-4: Spinal cord tracts.Figure 6-5: The cerebellum.Figure 6-6: Divisions of the cerebellum.Figure 6-7: The autonomic nervous system.

6 Chapter 7Figure 7-1: The brainstem: medulla, pons, and midbrain.Figure 7-2: Medulla cross section.Figure 7-3: Midbrain superior and inferior colliculi.Figure 7-4: Neocortex, mesocortex, and allocortex.Figure 7-5: The limbic system.Figure 7-6: The hippocampus.Figure 7-7: A hypnogram.Figure 7-8: EEG sleep patterns during different stages of sleep.

7 Chapter 8Figure 8-1: Coronal brain section showing basal ganglia.Figure 8-2: Organization of the basal ganglia.Figure 8-3: SMA (internal) and PMC (external) motor control circuits.

8 Chapter 9Figure 9-1: Lobes of the neocortex.Figure 9-2: Three ways to section brain.Figure 9-3: Neocortex gray matter and layers.Figure 9-4: Thalamic–cortical connections.Figure 9-5: Neocortex: controller or subroutine?Figure 9-6: The evolution of the prefrontal cortex.Figure 9-7: Brodmann areas of the neocortex.

9 Chapter 10Figure 10-1: Focusing light by the eye.Figure 10-2: Distribution of rods and cones in the retina.Figure 10-3: The neural circuit in the retina.Figure 10-4: Cone spectral sensitivity curves.Figure 10-5: Retinal projections to the thalamus and visual cortex.Figure 10-6: The anatomy of the auditory system.

10 Chapter 11Figure 11-1: Mechano-receptors in the skin.Figure 11-2: The somatosensory cortex.Figure 11-3: Olfactory receptors and the olfactory bulb.Figure 11-4: Projections of the olfactory bulb.Figure 11-5: Taste receptors on the tongue.Figure 11-6: Central projections for taste.

11 Chapter 12Figure 12-1: A memory taxonomy.Figure 12-2: Cortical inputs to the hippocampus.

12 Chapter 13Figure 13-1: The organization and connections of major cell types of the cerebellum.

13 Chapter 14Figure 14-1: Correlated firing.Figure 14-2: Language areas of the brain.

14 Chapter 15Figure 15-1: Meiosis.Figure 15-2: Structures of the developing nervous system.Figure 15-3: Radial glia and neural migration form neocortex minicolumns.

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