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Neuroscience Learning Trends Series
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A Primer for a Career in Neuroscience
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Table of Contents
1. Fundamentals of Neuroscience
Excerpt from the book Fundamental Neuroscience, 4thEdition, by Floyd E. Bloom
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2. Shared Mechanisms of Disease
Excerpt from the book Diseases of the Nervous System, by Harald Sontheimer
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3. An Introduction: A Clinical Neuroscientist and Disorders of the Brain, by Guy McKhann
Excerpt from the book Neurobiology of Brain Disorders, by Guy McKhann
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4. Introduction to the Neuropsychopharmacology of Drug Addiction
Excerpt from the bookDrugs, Addiction, and the Brain, by George F. Koob, Michael A. Arends and Michel Le Moal
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5. Cellular Components of Nervous Tissue
Excerpt from the book From Molecules to Networks, 3rd Edition, by Patrick R. Hof, Grahame Kidd, Javier DeFelipe, Jean de Vellis, Miguel A. Gama Sosa, Gregory A. Elder, Bruce D. Trapp
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6. Cell Biology of the Nervous System
Excerpt from the book Basic Neurochemistry, 8thEdition, by Scott T. Brady, Leon Tai
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7. Brain Imaging
Excerpt from the book Fundamentals of Cognitive Neuroscience, by Bernard Baars and Nicole M. Gage
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