TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Preface
Y1  - 2014
N1  - 
T2  - Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition
AB  - The  ultimate  goal  of  neural  science  is  to  understand  how  the  flow  of  electrical  signals  through  neural  circuits  gives  rise  to  mind—to  how  we  perceive,  act,  think,  learn,  and  remember.  Although  we  are  still  many  decades  away  from  achieving  this  level  of  understanding,  neuroscientists  have  made  significant  progress  in  gaining  insight  into  the  neural  mechanisms  underlying  behavior,  the  observable  output  of  the  nervous  systems  of  humans  and  other  organisms.  We  are  also  beginning  to  understand  the  disorders  of  behavior  associated  with  neurological  and  psychiatric  disease.  As  in  the  earlier  editions  of  this  book,  we  emphasize  in  this  edition  that  behavior  can  be  examined  in  terms  of  the  electrical  activity  of  both  individual  neurons  and  systems  of  nerve  cells  by  seeking  answers  to  five  basic  questions.  How  does  the  brain  develop?  How  do  nerve  cells  in  the  brain  communicate  with  one  another?  How  do  different  patterns  of  interconnections  give  rise  to  different  perceptions  and  motor  acts?  How  is  the  communication  between  neurons  modified  by  experience?  How  is  that  communication  altered  by  disease?  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101675621
ER  -