1. The organisation of the nervous system;2. Neurons;3. Neuroglia;4. Ion Channels;5. The resting membrane and the action potential;6. The neuromuscular junction;7. Receptors and receptor transduction;8.

Basic molecular neurobiology;9. Techniques for studying CNS synapses;10. Techniques for studying CNS function;11. Embryology of the CNS;12. Basic neuroanatomy;Part II: Information the brain needs to process: The sensory systems:13. The organisation of sensory system;14. The somatosenaory pathway;15. Pain pathways;16.

The posterior parietal cortex;17. The visual system - (i) Phototransduction;18. The visual system - (ii) The retina;19. The visual system - (iii) The visual pathways and the visual cortex;20. The visual system - (iv) Extrastriate areas;21. The auditory system (i) The cochlea and hair cell transduction;22. The auditory system (ii) The auditory pathways and auditory cortex;23. Olfaction;24.

Taste;25. The vestibular system;26. The thalamus;Part III: What the brain Does with that information: The Motor, Autonomic and Limbic Systems:27. The organisation of motor systems;28. Muscle and muscle contraction;29. The muscle spindle;30. The lower motor neuron and simple reflexes;31. Spinal cord motor organisation;32.

Locomotion;33. The cerebellum;34. The motor cortex;35. The secondary motor areas;36. The prefrontal cortex;37. The basal ganglia;38. Eye movements;39. The limbic system;40.

Long term potentiation and memory;41. The hypothalamus and pituitary;42. The autonomic nervous system;43. The reticular formation and associated nuclei;Part IV: How the brain processes information: some general concepts:44. The organisation of the cerebral cortex;45. Modes of function of the cerebral cortex;46. Nervous system plasticity (i) The peripheral nervous system;47. Nervous system plasticity (ii) The central nervous system;48.

Neurotrophic factors;49. CNS neurotransmitters and their pathways;50. The neuropeptides;Further reading;Index.