1 Introduction

This is an early draft of a chapter from a new Introduction to Neuroscience textbook, an effort that is:

  • Open source, available free to students

  • Faculty created

  • Peer reviewed (in progress)

  • High quality, including professional illustrations and learning resources


This textbook is edited by

and supported by funding from the National Science Foundation

This early preview of the book is posted by Bob Calin-Jageman, an author Chapter (2 on neurophysiology. The purpose of posting this early-stage chapter here is:

  • To make it available for Dr. Bob’s Introduction to Neuroscience students

  • To gather feedback from others interested in this chapter or project

If you have any feedback, find a typo, notice an innaccuracy, etc… please submit your comments as in Issue on github here: https://github.com/rcalinjageman/an_introduction_to_neuroscience/issues


You can access early-stage draft in three different formats: