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Neuroscience + physiology

Five ranked references. Rank 1 is the default spine, not a requirement to read all five.

1 | Neuroscience

Dale Purves et al. | Neuroscience primary spine | Undergraduate

Broad, readable systems neuroscience from cells and synapses to sensation, action, development, and cognition.

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2 | Principles of Neural Science

Eric R. Kandel et al. | Deep reference | Graduate / medical

The enormous canonical reference across cellular, systems, cognitive, developmental, and clinical neuroscience.

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3 | Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain

Mark F. Bear, Barry W. Connors, Michael A. Paradiso | Undergraduate alternate | Undergraduate

Strong explanatory text with particularly good sensory, motor, plasticity, and systems treatment.

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4 | Neuronal Dynamics: From Single Neurons to Networks and Models of Cognition

Wulfram Gerstner, Werner M. Kistler, Richard Naud, Liam Paninski | Computational neuroscience | Upper undergraduate / graduate

Excellent mathematical bridge from spiking neurons through population dynamics, plasticity, decoding, and decision models.

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5 | Human Physiology: An Integrated Approach

Dee Unglaub Silverthorn | Physiology spine | Undergraduate

System-level physiology with especially strong homeostasis and integrative-regulation framing.

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