Principles of Neural Science (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of Principles of Neural Science Tuesday, August 4 2009.

• Now in resplendent color, the new edition continues to define the latest in the scientific understanding of the brain, the nervous system, and human behavior. Each chapter is thoroughly revised and includes the impact of molecular biology in the mechanisms underlying developmental processes and in the pathogenesis of disease. Important features to this edition include a new chapter - Genes and Behavior; a complete updating of development of the nervous system; the genetic basis of neurological and psychiatric disease; cognitive neuroscience of perception, planning, action, motivation and memory; ion channel mechanisms; and much more.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Principles of Neural Science Friday, July 24 2009.

• Added a contributor: Eric R. Kandel: (Primary Author)
• Added a contributor: James H. Schwartz: (Primary None)
• Added a contributor: Thomas M. Jessell: (Primary None)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Principles of Neural Science Friday, July 17 2009.

• THE TASK OF NEURAL SCIENCE is to understand the mental processes by which we perceive, act, learn, and remember.