From Molecules to Networks
An Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
- 2nd Edition - January 23, 2009
- Editors: Ruth Heidelberger, M. Neal Waxham, John H. Byrne, James L. Roberts
- Language: English
An understanding of the nervous system at virtually any level of analysis requires an understanding of its basic building block, the neuron. From Molecules to Network… Read more
Description
Description
An understanding of the nervous system at virtually any level of analysis requires an understanding of its basic building block, the neuron. From Molecules to Networks provides the solid foundation of the morphologic, biochemical, and biophysical properties of nerve cells. All chapters have been thoroughly revised for this second edition to reflect the significant advances of the past 5 years. The new edition expands on the network aspects of cellular neurobiology by adding a new chapter, Information Processing in Neural Networks, and on the relation of cell biological processes to various neurological diseases. The new concluding chapter illustrates how the great strides in understanding the biochemical and biophysical properties of nerve cells have led to fundamental insights into important aspects of neurodegenerative disease.
Key features
Key features
- Written and edited by leading experts in the field, the second edition completely and comprehensively updates all chapters of this unique textbook
- Discusses emerging new understanding of non-classical molecules that affect neuronal signaling
- Full colour, professional graphics throughout
- Includes two new chapters: Information Processing in Neural Networks - describes the principles of operation of neural networks and the key circuit motifs that are common to many networks in the nervous system. Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Neurodegenerative Disease - introduces the progress made in the last 20 years in elucidating the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying brain disorders, including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson disease, and Alzheimer’s disease
Readership
Readership
Graduate and upper undergraduate students Neuroscience, Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Psychology, Biochemistry.
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Cellular Components of Nervous Tissue
Patrick R. Hof, Esther A. Nimchinsky, Grahame Kidd, Luz Claudio, and Bruce D. Trapp
2. Subcellular Organization of the Nervous System: Organelles and Their Functions
Scott Brady, David R. Colman, and Peter Brophy
3. Energy Metabolism in the Brain
Gerald A. Dienel
4. Electronic Properties of Axons and Dendrites
John H. Byrne and Gordon M. Shepherd
5. Membrane Potential and Action Potential
David A. McCormick
6. Molecular Properties of Ion Channels
David Matthew Young, Yuh Nung Jan, and Lily Yeh Jan
7. Dynamical Properties of Excitable Membranes
Douglas A. Baxter and John H. Byrne
8. Release of Neurotransmitters
Robert S. Zucker, Dimitri M. Kullmann, and Thomas L. Schwarz
9. Pharmacology and Biochemistry of Synaptic Transmission: Classic Transmitters
Ariel Y. Deutch and Robert H. Roth
10. Peptides, Growth Factors, Gasses and Other Neurotransmitters
Ariel Y. Deutch, Andrea Giuffrida and James L. Roberts
11. Neurotransmitter Receptors
M. Neal Waxham
12. Intracellular Signalling
Howard Schulman
13. Regulation of Neuronal Gene Expression and Protein Synthesis
James L. Roberts and James R. Lundblad
14. Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of Intracellular Signaling Pathways
Paul D. Smolen, Douglas A. Baxter, and John H. Byrne
15. Connexin- and Pannexin-Based Channels in the Nervous System: Gap Junctions and More
Juan C. Sáez and Bruce J. Nicholson
16. Postsynaptic Potentials and Synaptic Integration
John H. Byrne
17. Complex Information Processing in Dendrites
John H. Byrne and Gordon M. Shepherd
18. Information Processing in Neural Networks
James J. Knierim
19. Learning and Memory: Basic Mechanisms
John H. Byrne, Kevin S. LeBar, Joseph E. LeDoux, Glenn E. Schafe, Richard F. Thompson, and J. David Sweatt
20. Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Neurodegenerative Disease
Mark R. Cookson, Randy Strong, P. John Hart, and James L. Roberts
Patrick R. Hof, Esther A. Nimchinsky, Grahame Kidd, Luz Claudio, and Bruce D. Trapp
2. Subcellular Organization of the Nervous System: Organelles and Their Functions
Scott Brady, David R. Colman, and Peter Brophy
3. Energy Metabolism in the Brain
Gerald A. Dienel
4. Electronic Properties of Axons and Dendrites
John H. Byrne and Gordon M. Shepherd
5. Membrane Potential and Action Potential
David A. McCormick
6. Molecular Properties of Ion Channels
David Matthew Young, Yuh Nung Jan, and Lily Yeh Jan
7. Dynamical Properties of Excitable Membranes
Douglas A. Baxter and John H. Byrne
8. Release of Neurotransmitters
Robert S. Zucker, Dimitri M. Kullmann, and Thomas L. Schwarz
9. Pharmacology and Biochemistry of Synaptic Transmission: Classic Transmitters
Ariel Y. Deutch and Robert H. Roth
10. Peptides, Growth Factors, Gasses and Other Neurotransmitters
Ariel Y. Deutch, Andrea Giuffrida and James L. Roberts
11. Neurotransmitter Receptors
M. Neal Waxham
12. Intracellular Signalling
Howard Schulman
13. Regulation of Neuronal Gene Expression and Protein Synthesis
James L. Roberts and James R. Lundblad
14. Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of Intracellular Signaling Pathways
Paul D. Smolen, Douglas A. Baxter, and John H. Byrne
15. Connexin- and Pannexin-Based Channels in the Nervous System: Gap Junctions and More
Juan C. Sáez and Bruce J. Nicholson
16. Postsynaptic Potentials and Synaptic Integration
John H. Byrne
17. Complex Information Processing in Dendrites
John H. Byrne and Gordon M. Shepherd
18. Information Processing in Neural Networks
James J. Knierim
19. Learning and Memory: Basic Mechanisms
John H. Byrne, Kevin S. LeBar, Joseph E. LeDoux, Glenn E. Schafe, Richard F. Thompson, and J. David Sweatt
20. Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Neurodegenerative Disease
Mark R. Cookson, Randy Strong, P. John Hart, and James L. Roberts
Review quotes
Review quotes
“John H. Byrne and James L. Roberts, who treated us to a superb textbook in their first edition of From Molecules to Networks, have now returned with another outstanding effort in the second edition. They have not only updated their comprehensive book but added to it important new sections on the molecular biology of neurological disorders and on the logic of informational processing by neural networks, the two key themes emerging in modern neuroscience. This book will be welcomed by students and experienced scientists alike as a coherent and valuable resource on cellular and molecular neuroscience.” —Eric R. Kandel, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, USA
“The world of neuroscience is extraordinarily broad and complex, ranging from molecular biology through neurotransmission to neuronal networks and brain disease. How can one convey to the student and professional coherently the ‘big picture’ without sacrificing critical detail? In the second edition of their now classic volume, John Byrne and James Roberts accomplish this task with rigor, elegance and, remarkable lucidity…The volume will be indispensable both for student and advanced researcher …” —Solomon H Snyder, Distinguished Service Professor of Neuroscience, Pharmacology and Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
“The development of systems biology across all of biological sciences has underlined the need for a neuroscience book whose goal is to span the range from molecular mechanisms to the neural substrate of behavior. The first edition of Byrne and Roberts was ahead of its time in doing what has now become the fashion. That was a wonderful book, and the second edition is even better. A ‘must have’.” —Charles F. Stevens, Professor and Vincent J. Coates Chair in Molecular Neurobiology, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, USA
“This second edition brings up to date a superb neuroscience book, further enhancing its unique original strength—elegance thoroughness, and clarity, contextually presented.” —Rodolfo Llinas, Thomas and Susanne Murphy Professor of Neuroscience and Chairman, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, USA
“The world of neuroscience is extraordinarily broad and complex, ranging from molecular biology through neurotransmission to neuronal networks and brain disease. How can one convey to the student and professional coherently the ‘big picture’ without sacrificing critical detail? In the second edition of their now classic volume, John Byrne and James Roberts accomplish this task with rigor, elegance and, remarkable lucidity…The volume will be indispensable both for student and advanced researcher …” —Solomon H Snyder, Distinguished Service Professor of Neuroscience, Pharmacology and Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
“The development of systems biology across all of biological sciences has underlined the need for a neuroscience book whose goal is to span the range from molecular mechanisms to the neural substrate of behavior. The first edition of Byrne and Roberts was ahead of its time in doing what has now become the fashion. That was a wonderful book, and the second edition is even better. A ‘must have’.” —Charles F. Stevens, Professor and Vincent J. Coates Chair in Molecular Neurobiology, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, USA
“This second edition brings up to date a superb neuroscience book, further enhancing its unique original strength—elegance thoroughness, and clarity, contextually presented.” —Rodolfo Llinas, Thomas and Susanne Murphy Professor of Neuroscience and Chairman, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, USA
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 2
- Published: January 23, 2009
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
RH
Ruth Heidelberger
Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Medical School at Houston. Dr. Heidelberger is an accomplished cellular neurophysiologist specializing in mechanisms of neurotransmitter release. She received her doctoral training under the guidance of Gary Matthews and her postdoctoral training under the direction of Nobel Laureate Erwin Neher. Dr. Heidelberger is a former president and executive board member of the Biophysical Society's Subgroup on Exocytosis and Endocytosis and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Neurophysiology. She has directed and taught graduate-level courses in cellular neurophysiology and membrane biophysics for more than a decade.
Affiliations and expertise
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, USAMW
M. Neal Waxham
The William Wheless III Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Medical School at Houston. Dr. Waxham’s multi-disciplinary laboratory focuses on the molecular and cellular mechanisms of synaptic function and plasticity. He has developed and directed graduate-level courses in cellular and molecular neurobiology for more than two decades.
Affiliations and expertise
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, USAJB
John H. Byrne
Dr. Byrne is internationally recognized for his work on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of learning. He has also contributed substantially to graduate and medical education, both locally and nationally. For example, he has authored or edited 15 books including three editions of his textbook From Molecules to Networks: An Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and two editions as Editor-In-Chief of the four-volume Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference, both published by Academic Press. Another contribution is the development of an innovative electronic online textbook Neuroscience Online, which in 2020 received more than two million visits. His YouTube video Introduction to Neuroscience has 898,000 views. Over the past 40
years, he has trained 38 postdoctoral fellows and 25 graduate students. His contributions to education and mentoring have been recognized by his receipt of the Award for Education in Neuroscience from the Society for Neuroscience, The University of Texas System Award for Innovation in Health Science Education, The UTHealth President’s Award for Mentoring Women, the UTHealth President’s Scholar Award for Teaching and the UT System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award.
Affiliations and expertise
University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX, USAJR
James L. Roberts
Affiliations and expertise
Trinity University, San Antonio, TX, USA