Principles of Neural Science, Fourth Edition

This book is referenced in almost all of my neuroscience modules in college. Provides a good basis for all concepts, with clear diagrams and pictures. Packed to the brim with details. Delighted with this purchase. It was in perfect condition, better than some of the copies present in my colleges library! Prompt delivery in addition.

This textbook is listed in the required reading for my MSc Neuroscience degree at UCL. It has excellent descriptions of all areas of neuroscience, and this version has updated pictures - as well as content - that make everything much easier to understand. I would list this book as THE definitive neuroscience textbook. Enjoy!

Just as described and arrived ahead of time.

Fast delivery and a great text for degree level students. I marked it down by one star as it arrived with page tabs on which could easily have been removed.

So good

love the book

Brilliant book. Currently in my second year at Cambridge...and I couldn't be without it! Fantastic detail, and written very well. Lots of little clinical snippets too, which makes all the science so much more relevant. A heavy book, but worth it.

This is a great book by any standard. A massive amount of information in the vast field of neuroscience is covered in detail and synthesized in a coherent fashion. In addition to Eric Kandel's pioneering laboratory research, this book is one of his great contributions to neuroscience, and of course many other scientists contributed to it, including James Schwartz and Thomas Jessell. It's as good as the best textbooks I've read, such as Alberts' Molecular Biology of the Cell. It covers up to date research, in addition to the history of the field. Topics range from the molecular workings of the neuron all the way up to behavior. It's not at all dumbed down, so someone seeking a "CliffsNotes" version of the field should look elsewhere. I suppose, however, if someone just wants a summary of the field, he can simply read the subheadlines in each chapter. The book is lengthy due to its detail, but the intelligent general reader should readily understand nearly all of it. And in spite of its length it actually is concise in covering this broad range of subject matter. Author of Adjust Your Brain: A Practical Theory for Maximizing Mental Health.

Lieferung war ohne Probleme. Das Buch ist sehr hochwertig und professionell aufgebaut. Ein Muss für alle Neurowissenschaftler! Lehre fürs ganze Leben.

この本は神経科学、脳科学の世界標準教科書で、洋書ながら平易な英語を使用しているので読んでてもそれほど苦にはなりません。この本の最大の売りは図をものすごく多用している点で、英語がそれほど得意ではない人にとっても図だけを見て勉強することで日本語の神経関連の本よりも理解が進むと思います。また、内容の深さについても医師になっても後々まで使えるレベルであると思います。医学書としてもそうですが、神経関連の研究者にも愛用されている良書です。

Please note that this is 4th edition. Nowhere in the site does it mention it being 4th edition. Nevertheless, there is a lot of content that is same. If I need any additional information, I refer to 5th edition in the Library.

Ho comprato questo libro per mio figlio che frequenta il IV anno del liceo e lo ha trovato interessante ed esaustivo.

I used this in medical school, then graduate school, finding the length and quality improve with succeeding editions of the volume. Very well known chapter editors create a 'Scientific American-like' view of the Basic Neurosciences. This book is grossly inadequate if you want to pass medical and graduate school exams. It's like a "candy-coated" atlas of neuroscience. There are not many rigorous equations to learn in the book. For that you will need From Neuron to Brain or even a higher book such as Theoretical Neuroscience. The strength of this book is the beautiful color illustrations. Its weakness is that it does not cover "hard-core" electrophysiology. Ohm's Law and the cable theory of the squid giant axon are covered, but where is Heisenberg-James' Theory of the quantum vesicle exocytosis, 'HJ' Theory of the Mind, and Boolean algebra. No mention of these ideas. You would have to go to Sir John Eccles' The Self & Control of its Brain, as well as Henry Stapps Mind, Brain, & Quantum Mechanics for further expansion on such theories. Also, where is Bayes Theorem and a discussion of probabilistic Populations of Neurons. Entropy is not discussed. A useful reference is Information Theory & the Brain by Baddeley for this. Ballistic, and Biofeedback are not discussed. Refer to Roger Carpenters' Movements of the Eyes & Neurophysiology 4th ed. Magnetic Stimulation and fMRI are alluded to but not incorporated as valid tools in the study of the Nervous System. Alan Kingstone with UBC, Vancouver, Canada has written a good reference on this. I have not really used this book since graduate school. This text is a very good overview of Neuroscience ranging from cell biology of neurons, ion channel physiology, to Movement Control, to Cognition & Memory. Phenomena like LTP & LTD have their own individual chapters. I still own this book and will keep it as a nice reference even though I do not refer much to it in my daily work.