Table of Contents:

Section I:  Main Features of Structure and Function

Chapter 1.     Cellular Elements of Nervous Tissue

Chapter 2.     Functional Properties of Neurons

Chapter 3.     Parts of the Nervous System

Chapter 4.     Development, Aging, and Plasticity of the Nervous System

Section II:  Sensory Systems

Chapter 5.     Sensory Receptors in General

Chapter 6.     The Somatosensory System

Chapter 7.     The Visual System

Chapter 8.     The Auditory System

Chapter 9.     The Sense of Equilibrium

Chapter 10.   Olfaction and Taste

Section III:  Motor Systems

Chapter 11.   The Peripheral Motor Neurons and Reflexes

Chapter 12.   The Central Motor Pathways

Chapter 13.   The Basal Ganglia

Chapter 14.   The Cerebellum

Chapter 15.   Control of Eye Movements

Section IV:  The Brain Stem and the Cranial Nerves

Chapter 16.   Reticular Formation

Chapter 17.   The Cranial Nerves

Section V:  The Autonomic Nervous System

Chapter 18.   The Peripheral Autonomic Nervous System

Chapter 19.   The Central Autonomic System:  Hypothalamus

Section VI:  Limbic Structures and the Cerebral Cortex

Chapter 20.   The Limbic Structures:  Emotions and Memory

Chapter 21.   The Cerebral Cortex