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Contents: Studying the nervous systems of human and other animal -- Electrical signal of nerve cells -- Channels and transporters -- Synaptic transmission -- Neurotransmitters and their receptors -- Molecular signaling within neurons -- The somatic sensory system -- Pain -- Vision: the eye -- Central vision pathways The auditory system -- The vestibular system -- The chemical senses -- Lower motor neuron circuits and motor control -- Upper motor neuron control of the brainstem and spinal cord -- Modulation of movement by the basal ganglia -- Modulation of movement by the cerebellum -- Eye movement and sensory motor integration -- The visceral motor system -- Early brain development -- Construction of neural circuits -- Modification of brain circuit as a result of experience -- Plasticity of mature synapses and circuits -- The association cortices -- Language and speech -- Sleep and wakefulness -- Emotions -- Sex,sexuality,and the brain -- Memory -- Appendix A: The brain stem and cranial nerves -- B: Vascular supply,the meninges and the ventricular system .