Part I - Overall Perspective
Ch.1 The Brain and Behavior
Ch.2 Nerve Cells, Neural Circuitry, and Behavior
Ch.3 Genes and Behavior

Part II - Cell and Molecular Biology of the Neuron
4 The Cells of the Nervous System
5 Ion Channels
6 Membrane Potential and the Passive Electrical Properties of the Neuron
7 Propagated Signaling: The Action Potential

Part III - Synaptic Transmission
8 Overview of Synaptic Transmission
9 Signaling at the Nerve-Muscle Synapse: Directly Gated Transmission
10 Synaptic Integration in the Central Nervous System
11 Modulation of Synaptic Transmission: Second Messengers
12 Transmitter Release
13 Neurotransmitters

Part IV - The Neural Basis of Cognition
15 The Organization of the Central Nervous System
16 The Functional Organization of Perception and Movement
17 From Nerve Cells to Cognition: The Internal Representations of Space and Action
18 The Organization of Cognition

Part V - Perception
21 Sensory Coding
22 The Somatosensory System: Receptors and Central Pathways
23 Touch
24 Pain
25 The Constructive Nature of Visual Processing
26 Low-Level Visual Processing: The Retina
27 Intermediate-Level Visual Processing and Visual Primitives
28 High-Level Visual Processing: Cognitive In#uences
30 The Inner Ear
31 The Auditory Central Nervous System
32 Smell and Taste: The Chemical Senses

Part VIII - Development and the Emergence of Behavior
52 Patterning the Nervous System
53 Differentiation and Survival of Nerve Cells
54 The Growth and Guidance of Axons
55 Formation and Elimination of Synapses
56 Experience and the Re!nement of Synaptic Connections