Frank Amthor & Anne B. Theibert 
Neurobiology For Dummies [PDF ebook] 

Introduction 1

Part 1: Getting Started with Neurobiology 5

Chapter 1: Welcome to the World of Neurobiology 7

Chapter 2: Meeting the Building Blocks 23

Chapter 3: Constructing the Nervous System 43

Chapter 4: Modulating Membrane Potentials 61

Chapter 5: Transmitting to Targets 81

Chapter 6: Communicating through Chemicals 101

Part 2: Controlling Muscles, Movement, and Survival 117

Chapter 7: Moving Muscles with Motor Neurons 119

Chapter 8: Controlling Movement through Brain Pathways 135

Chapter 9: Focusing On the Spinal Cord and Brain Stem 153

Chapter 10: Maintaining the Internal Environment 175

Chapter 11: Topping It Off: The Neocortex 195

Chapter 12: Delving into Motor Systems Disorders 215

Part 3: Understanding Perception and Cognition 231

Chapter 13: Looking At Vision and Hearing 233

Chapter 14: Feeling, Smelling, and Tasting 261

Chapter 15: Learning to Remember 285

Chapter 16: The Frontal Lobes and Executive Motor Control 307

Chapter 17: Thinking About Intelligence, Language, and Lateralization 321

Chapter 18: Brain Dysfunction in Developmental and Mental Disorders 339

Part 4: The Part of Tens 361

Chapter 19: Ten Most Important Neural Circuits 363

Chapter 20: Ten Technologies Revolutionizing Brain Science 371

Index 381

Frank Amthor, Ph D is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University at Alabama. He was an NIH-supported researcher for more than 20 years and published more than 100 journal articles, book chapters, and conference abstracts. Anne B. Theibert, Ph D is Professor of Neurobiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She directed an NIH-funded research laboratory for 18 years and has published numerous research articles and book chapters with a focus on cellular, molecular, and developmental neurobiology.