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Principles of Neurobiology

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Principles of Neurobiology, Second Edition explores fundamental neuroscience concepts through a clear, experiment-based narrative. It guides advanced undergraduates and graduate students from electrophysiology through molecular genetics to systems neuroscience, integrating topics gradually. The bookโ€™s structure, centred on key experiments, encourages engagement with primary research literature. Comprehensive online resources, including animations and a question bank, support both students and instructors.
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This book is ideal for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in neuroscience or related health sciences, as well as instructors seeking a detailed and integrative text supported by extensive teaching materials.

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Principles of Neurobiology, Second Edition presents the major concepts of neuroscience with an emphasis on how we know what we know. The text is organized around a series of key experiments to illustrate how scientific progress is made and helps upper-level undergraduate and graduate students discover the relevant primary literature.

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Principles of Neurobiology, Second Edition presents the major concepts of neuroscience with an emphasis on how we know what we know. The text is organised around a series of key experiments to illustrate how scientific progress is made and helps upper-level undergraduate and graduate students discover the relevant primary literature.

Written by a single author in a clear and consistent writing style, each topic builds in complexity from electrophysiology to molecular genetics to systems level in a highly integrative approach. Students can fully engage with the content via thematically linked chapters and will be able to read the book in its entirety in a semester-long course.

Principles of Neurobiology is accompanied by a rich package of online student and instructor resources including animations, figures in PowerPoint, and a Question Bank for adopting instructors.

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Prof Liqun Luo, awarded the 2020 Society for Neuroscience Education Award, authors a well-regarded and widely adopted textbook. Reviews highlight the bookโ€™s excellence for advanced undergraduate neurobiology courses, praising its experiment-focused approach that cultivates scientific thinking. Experts commend its scholarly synthesis of significant neuroscience discoveries, authored by a leader in the field with deep engagement in primary research.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780815346050

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 September 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: CRC Press Inc

Edition: 2nd edition

Illustration: 406 Line drawings, color; 240 Halftones, color; 646 Illustrations, color

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 213.0mm

Height: 276.0mm

Weight: 2027g

Pages: 760

About the Author

Liqun Luo earned his bachelor's degree from University of Science & Technology of China and PhD from Brandeis University. Since 1997, Dr. Luo has taught neurobiology to undergraduate and graduate students at Stanford University, where he also directs a lab studying the assembly and function of neural circuits. Dr. Luo is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

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