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 Approfondimenti

Gli approfondimenti (in lingua inglese) arricchiscono la trattazione di molti argomenti.

Capitolo 1

Approfondimento 1.1: Social Factors Shape the Brain

Capitolo 2

Approfondimento 2.1: The Brain Has an Elaborate Vascular System

Capitolo 3

Approfondimento 3.1: Electrical Synapses Work with No Time Delay

Approfondimento 3.2: Neurons and Synapses Combine to Make Circuits

Capitolo 4

Approfondimento 4.1: Pathways for Neurotransmitter Synthesis

Approfondimento 4.2: NMDA, a Receptor with Long Memory

Capitolo 5

Approfondimento 5.1: Cortical Columns Show Specificity for Modality and Location

Approfondimento 5.2: Synesthesia

Approfondimento 5.3: Four Strategies for Reversing Spinal Cord Damage

Approfondimento 5.4: The Cerebellum Has Three Divisions with Distinct Functions

Approfondimento 5.5: Some Diseases Target Basic Mechanisms of Movement

Capitolo 6

Approfondimento 6.1: The Auditory Cortical Regions of Many Species Show Tonotopic Organization

Approfondimento 6.2: Brainstem Systems Help Localize Sounds

Approfondimento 6.3: Auditory Systems Are Calibrated through Polymodal Integration

Capitolo 7

Approfondimento 7.1: Light Triggers a Chemical Cascade in Photoreceptors

Approfondimento 7.2: Most V1 Cells Are Tuned to Particular Spatial Frequencies

Capitolo 8

Approfondimento 8.1: The Pineal Gland Secretes Melatonin at Night

Approfondimento 8.2: Main Endocrine Glands, Their Hormone Products, and Principal Effects of the Hormones

Approfondimento 8.3: Tropic Hormones and the Glands They Control

Approfondimento 8.4: Pheromones Guide Reproductive Behavior in Many Species

Approfondimento 8.5: The Paradoxical Sexual Differentiation of the Spotted Hyena

Approfondimento 8.6: Estrogenic Metabolites of Testosterone Masculinize the Brain and Behavior of Rodents

Capitolo 9

Approfondimento 9.1: Some Animals Generate Heat; Others Must Obtain Heat from the Environment

Approfondimento 9.2: Young Birds and Mammals Need Help to Regulate Body Temperature

Approfondimento 9.3: Nutrient Needs Are Complex and Vary from Species to Species

Capitolo 10

Approfondimento 10.1: The Molecular Clock

Approfondimento 10.2: Vertebrate Species Differ in Their Patterns of Sleep

Capitolo 11

Approfondimento 11.1: Circuits for Fear and Other Emotions

Approfondimento 11.2: Some Clinical Syndromes Associated with Cerebrovascular Disease

Approfondimento 11.3: Brain Regions Involved in Four Emotions

Approfondimento 11.4: Psychoneuroimmunology

Capitolo 12

Approfondimento 12.1: Disarray in the Hippocampus in Schizophrenia

Approfondimento 12.2: The Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Is Involved in Depression

Approfondimento 12.3: The Season to Be Depressed

Capitolo 13

Approfondimento 13.1: Spatial Memory and the Evolution of Hippocampal Size

Approfondimento 13.2: How to Build a Doogie

Approfondimento 13.3: Glial Cells Provide Myelin, Which Is Vital for Brain Function

Approfondimento 13.4: Developmental Disorders of the Brain Impair Behavior

Approfondimento 13.5: One Hypothesis of Alzheimer’s Disease

Capitolo 14

Approfondimento 14.1: The Stroop Effect

Capitolo 15

Approfondimento 15.1: Evolution Favors Asymmetry under Some Conditions

Approfondimento 15.2: Whistling up Some Brain Activity

Approfondimento 15.3: A Complex Neural System Controls the Singing of Songbirds

Approfondimento 15.4: Some Nerve Fibers Can Be Regrown

Approfondimento 15.5: Different Strategies Aim to Reduce Brain Damage following Injury or Stroke

Appendice A

Approfondimento A.1: Molecular Biology Online