The major issues -- Nerve cells and nerve impulses -- Communication within the body: synapses and hormones -- Anatomy of the nervous system -- Development and plasticity of the brain -- Vision -- The nonvisual sensory systems -- Movement -- Rhythms of wakefulness and sleep -- The regulation of internal body states -- Reproductive behaviors -- The biology of learning and memory -- Lateralization and language -- Alcoholism, mood disorders, and schizophrenia -- Appendix A. Brief, basic chemistry -- Appendix B. Society for Neuroscience Policies on the Use of Animals and Human Subjects in Neuroscience Research.