FoundationalConceptsNeuroscience

beta-carotene, 165-66
biological clock, 232-35
bipolar cells, retina, 167-68
bipolar disorder, 250
bipolar neurons, auditory signaling, 182
bird, brain, 10f
bitter taste, 149
black pepper, 139-41, 155
blind spot, eye, 163-64
blood-brain barrier, 88-89
body maps, somatosensory cortex, 189f, 189-90, 192-93
Bohr, Niels, 39-40, 41f, 47, 263, 270
BOLD (blood-oxygen-level dependence) signal, 208
bony labyrinth, inner ear, 179, 180f, 185
Born, Max, 39
Boyle, Robert, 20
brain
classes of cells, 8
dopaminergic pathways in, 81f
fish and bird, 10f
mammalian, 10
neural circuitry, 209, 210f
neural pathways for taste, 153f
noradrenergic pathways, 81f
regulation of emotions, 248-50
sizes of ancient skulls, 4
structure of vertebrate, 9-10
views, 10, 11f
vision areas, 170f
visual information, 169-70
see also imaging of brain
brainstem, 11, 74, 78f, 79, 81
brain tumor, 197