本書是“神經科學百科全書”之一，全書共分2個章節，主要對覆蓋了細胞興奮性神經繫統的基因表達與調控學科中的全部主要領域。書中每個詞條在收入書中之前均經過顧問委員會的同行評議，詞條中均含有詞彙表、引言、參考文獻和豐富的交叉參考內容。該書可供各大專院校作為教材使用，也可供從事相關工作的人員作為參考用書使用。

《神經科學百科全書》原書篇幅巨大，為所有神經科學百科全書之首。 由來自世界各地的2400多位專家撰稿人合力打造，覆蓋了神經科學全部主要 領域。書中每個詞條在收入書中之前均經過顧問委員會的同行評議，詞條中 均含有詞彙表、引言、參考文獻和豐富的交叉參考內容。

細胞興奮性
Action Potential Initiation and Conduction in Axons
Calcium and Signal Transduction
Calcium Channel and Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel Coupling
Calcium Channel Subtypes Involved in Neurotransmitter Release
Calcium Channels
Calcium Channels and SNARE Proteins
Calcium Homeostasis in Glia
Calcium Waves in Glia
Calcium Waves: Purinergic Regulation
Cotransmission
Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated and Hyperpolarization-Activated Channels
Dendritic Signal Integration
Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons
Glial Influence on Synaptic Transmission
Glutamate Receptor Clusters: Narp, EphB2 Receptor, Stargazin
Glutamate Regulation of Dendritic Spine Form and Function
Hair Cells: Sensory Transduction
Hodgkin-Huxley Models
Information Coding
Inwardly Rectifying Potassium Channels
Ion Channel Localization in Axons
Ion Channel Localization in Cell Bodies and Dendrites
Ionic Channels in Glia
Large Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels
Myelin: Molecular Architecture of CNS and PNS Myelin Sheath
Neuromodulation of Calcium Channels
Neuromodulation of Sodium Channels
Neuronal Pacemaking ,
Neutrotransmission and Neuromodulation: Acetylcholine
Potassium Channel Regulation
Schwann Cells and Axon Relationship
Sodium Channels
Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity (STDP)
Spine Plasticity
Synaptic Transmission: Models
Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) Channels
Two-P-Domain (K2p) Potassium Channels: Leak Conductance Regulators of Excitability
Ultrastructural Analysis of Spine Plasticity
Voltage Gated Potassium Channels: Structure and Function of Kvl to Kv9 Subfamilies
Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels
Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels (Kv10-Kv12)
神經繫統的基因表達與調控
Alternative Splicing in the Nervous System
Alzheimer's Disease: Molecular Genetics
Alzheimer's Disease: Transgenic Mouse Models
Aversive Emotions: Genetic Mechanisms of Serotonin
BAC Transgenesis: Cell-Type Specific Expression in the Nervous System
Circadian Gene Expression in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus
Clock Gene Regulation of Endocrine Function
Clock Genes and Metabolic Regulation
Decoding Neuron Transcriptome by SAGE
Dendrites: Localized Translation
Gene Expression Dysregulation in CNS Pathophysiology
Gene Expression in Normal Aging Brain
Gene Expression in the Evolution of the Human Brain
Gene Expression Regulation: Activity-Dependent
Gene Expression Regulation: Chromatin Modification in the CNS
Gene Expression Regulation: Steroid Hormone Effects
Gene Therapy: Direct Viral Delivery
Gene Therapy: Genetically Modified Cells
Genetic Influence on CNS Gene Expression: Impact on Behavior
Genetic Regulation of Circadian Rhythms in Drosophila
Genomic Disorder and Gene Expression in the Developing CNS
Genomics of Brain Aging: Apolipoprotein E
Genomics of Brain Aging: Nuclear and Mitochondrial Genomes
Genomics of Brain Aging: Twin Studies
Hippocampus: Molecular Anatomy
Hox Genes Expression
Microarray use for the Analysis of the CNS
Molecular Anatomy of the Mammalian Brain
Neuromuscular Junction: Neuronal Regulation of Gene Transcription at the Vertebrate
Olfactory Insights from Transcriptional Profiling
Pain and Genes
Plasticity, and Activity-Dependent Regulation of Gene Expression
Psychiatric Disorders: Functional Genomics
Psychiatric Genomics and Expression Profiling
Single Cell Genomic DNA Analysis
Sleep and Sleep States: Gene Expression
Sox Gene Expression
Stress Response: Genetic Consequences
Thyroid Hormone and Transcriptional Regulation in the CNS
Transcription and Reward Systems
Transcription Control and the Circadian Clock
Transcription Factors in Synaptic Plasticity and Learning and Memory
Transcriptional Networks and the Spinal Cord
Transcriptional Silencing
VelociGene and VelociMouse: High-Throughput Approaches for Generating Targeted Mutations in Mice on a Genome-Wide Scale
原書詞條中英對照表