| Contents |
Thinking about the brain : body and mind -- How the brain works : history, structure, and function -- The simplest nervous systems : neurons, nerve nets, and behavior -- Centralization and symmetry : ganglia and nerves -- The basic vertebrate plan : transverse divisions -- Neurogenesis : longitudinal divisions, parts list, and adult flatmap -- Brain and behavior : a four systems network model -- The motor system : coordinating external and internal behaviors -- The behavioral state system : intrinsic control of sleep and wakefulness -- The cognitive system : thinking and voluntary control of behavior -- The sensory system : inputs from environment and body -- Modifiability learning, stress, cycles, and damage repair -- Genome and connectome. |
