Neuroscience is a comprehensive textbook created primarily for medical, premedical, and undergraduate students. In a single concise and approachable volume, the text guides students through the challenges and excitement of this rapidly changing field. The book's concise length and accessible writing are a successful combination that has proven to work equally well for medical students and in undergraduate neuroscience courses.

NEW TO THIS EDITION

* Thoroughly revised and updated text
* All chapters are fully updated to reflect current research
* Substantial revisions have been made to:
- Chapter 4, Ion Channels and Transporters
- Chapter 6, Neurotransmitters and Their Receptors
- Chapter 8, Synaptic Plasticity
- ALL chapters in Unit IV, The Changing Brain
- ALL chapters in Unit V, Complex Brain Functions

Expanded full colour art
* A completely new colour palette with digital enhancements.