Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Overall Perspective -- Chapter 1: The Brain and Behavior -- Chapter 2: Genes and Behavior -- Chapter 3: Nerve Cells, Neural Circuitry, and Behavior -- Chapter 4: The Neuroanatomical Bases by Which Neural Circuits Mediate Behavior -- Chapter 5: The Computational Bases of Neural Circuits That Mediate Behavior -- Chapter 6: Imaging and Behavior -- Part II: Cell and Molecular Biology of Cells of the Nervous System -- Chapter 7: The Cells of the Nervous System -- Chapter 8: Ion Channels -- Chapter 9: Membrane Potential and the Passive Electrical Properties of the Neuron -- Chapter 10: Propagated Signaling: The Action Potential -- Part III: Synaptic Transmission -- Chapter 11: Overview of Synaptic Transmission -- Chapter 12: Directly Gated Transmission: The Nerve-Muscle Synapse -- Chapter 13: Synaptic Integration in the Central Nervous System -- Chapter 14: Modulation of Synaptic Transmission and Neuronal Excitability: Second Messengers -- Chapter 15: Transmitter Release -- Chapter 16: Neurotransmitters -- Part IV: Perception -- Part IV: Perception -- Chapter 17: Sensory Coding -- Chapter 18: Receptors of the Somatosensory System -- Chapter 19: Touch -- Chapter 20: Pain -- Chapter 21: The Constructive Nature of Visual Processing -- Chapter 22: Low-Level Visual Processing: The Retina -- Chapter 23: Intermediate-Level Visual Processing and Visual Primitives -- Chapter 24: High-Level Visual Processing: From Vision to Cognition -- Chapter 25: Visual Processing for Attention and Action -- Chapter 26: Auditory Processing by the Cochlea -- Chapter 27: The Vestibular System -- Chapter 28: Auditory Processing by the Central Nervous System -- Chapter 29: Smell and Taste: The Chemical Senses -- Part V: Movement -- Chapter 30: Principles of Sensorimotor Control -- Chapter 31: The Motor Unit and Muscle Action -- Chapter 32: Sensory-Motor Integration in the Spinal Cord -- Chapter 33: Locomotion -- Chapter 34: Voluntary Movement: Motor Cortices -- Chapter 35: The Control of Gaze -- Chapter 36: Posture -- Chapter 37: The Cerebellum -- Chapter 38: The Basal Ganglia -- Chapter 39: Brain-Machine Interfaces -- Part VI: The Biology of Emotion, Motivation, and Homeostasis -- Chapter 40: The Brain Stem -- Chapter 41: The Hypothalamus: Autonomic, Hormonal, and Behavioral Control of Survival -- Chapter 42: Emotion -- Chapter 43: Motivation, Reward, and Addictive States -- Chapter 44: Sleep and Wakefulness -- Part VII: Development and the Emergence of Behavior -- Chapter 45: Patterning the Nervous System -- Chapter 46: Differentiation and Survival of Nerve Cells -- Chapter 47: The Growth and Guidance of Axons -- Chapter 48: Formation and Elimination of Synapses -- Chapter 49: Experience and the Refinement of Synaptic Connections -- Chapter 50: Repairing the Damaged Brain -- Chapter 51: Sexual Differentiation of the Nervous System -- Part VIII: Learning, Memory, Language and Cognition -- Chapter 52: Learning and Memory -- Chapter 53: Cellular Mechanisms of Implicit Memory Storage and the Biological Basis of Individuality -- Chapter 54: The Hippocampus and the Neural Basis of Explicit Memory Storage -- Chapter 55: Language -- Chapter 56: Decision-Making and Consciousness -- Part IX: Diseases of the Nervous System -- Chapter 57: Diseases of the Peripheral Nerve and Motor Unit -- Chapter 58: Seizures and Epilepsy -- Chapter 59: Disorders of Conscious and Unconscious Mental Processes -- Chapter 60: Disorders of Thought and Volition in Schizophrenia -- Chapter 61: Disorders of Mood and Anxiety -- Chapter 62: Disorders Affecting Social Cognition: Autism Spectrum Disorder -- Chapter 63: Genetic Mechanisms in Neurodegenerative Diseases of the Nervous System -- Chapter 64: The Aging Brain