Dunecan Massey is Assistant Director of Studies in Medical Science; Bye-Fellow; Undergraduate Tutor; Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge, UK

Nick Cunniffe is a Neurology Specialty Registrar, Department of Neurology, Addenbrooke's Hospital; Clinical Research Fellow, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Imran Noorani is a Neurosurgery NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow, Department of Neurosurgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital and University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Preface to the sixth edition. Preface to the fifth edition. Preface to the fourth edition. Preface to the third edition. Preface to the first and second editions. Neural mechanisms. The study of the brain. Communication within neurons. Communication between neurons. Sensory functions. Skin sense. Proprioception. Hearing. Vision. Smell and taste. Motor functions. Motor systems. Local motor control. The control of posture. Higher functions. Higher motor control. Associational cortex and memory. Motivation and the control of behaviour. Appendix: Techniques for studying the brain. Figure References. Index.