1st Edition

Principles of Neurobiology

By Liqun Luo Copyright 2016

    Principles of Neurobiology presents the major concepts of neuroscience with an emphasis on how we know what we know. The text is organized around a series of key experiments to illustrate how scientific progress is made and helps upper-level undergraduate and graduate students discover the relevant primary literature. Written by a single author in

    1. An Invitation to Neurobiology2. Signaling within Neurons3. Signaling across Synapses4. Vision5. Wiring of the Visual System6. Olfaction, Taste, Audition, and Somatosensation7. Wiring of the Nervous System8. Motor and Regulatory Systems9. Sexual Behavior10. Memory, Learning, and Synaptic Plasticity11. Brain Disorders12. Evolution of the Nervous System13. Ways of Exploring

    Biography

    Dr. Liqun Luo earned his bachelor degree from University of Science & Technology of China and PhD from Brandeis University. Since 1997, Dr. Luo has taught neurobiology to undergraduate and graduate students at Stanford University, where he also directs a lab studying the assembly and function of neural circuits. Dr. Luo is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.