PART TWOSystems Neuroscience
GETTING AT BEHAVIORS
Although a great deal has been learned about the processing of information by individual nerve cells, we are only beginning to understand the neurobiological basis of behavior. This is the realm of systems neuroscience—the study of aggregates, or networks, of neurons, and how they produce the range of behaviors we associate with brain function, from movement initiation and sensory processing to memory and learning. Both invertebrate and vertebrate nervous systems are being analyzed in complementary studies.