Neurology category: 2138 books
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Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
The third edition of this important, gold-standard title outlines a range of significant advances in the study and understanding of myasthenia gravis. The overarching goal of this new edition is identical to the first and second -- to provide the clinician and the scientist with a common resource...
by Eugene I. Gusev, Veronika I. Skvortsova
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
Ischemia is localized tissue anemia due to obstruction of the inflow of arterial blood, thus brain ischemia is the condition where insufficient blood is delivered to the brain. Many physiological processes occurring in the brain critically depend on the state of its energy metabolism. The state of...
Parkinson’s Disease. A Guide to Medical Treatment
A Guide to Medical Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
In Parkinson’s disease, the past half-century of research has brought many fascinating advances in treatment.
Proper identification and treatment of both motor and non-motor symptoms lead to a better overall quality of life, reducing stress incurred by both patient and caregiver.
This book provides...
Dynamics of Visual Motion Processing
Neuronal, Behavioral, and Computational Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2009
Motion processing is an essential piece of the complex brain machinery that allows us to reconstruct the 3D layout of objects in the environment, to break camouflage, to perform scene segmentation, to estimate the ego movement, and to control our action. Although motion perception and its neural basis...
by Christopher P. Martin, Robert L. Talbert
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2013
Select the most appropriate drug in any clinical situation--quickly and easily
Developed for use at the point of care, Pharmacotherapy Bedside Guide helps you decide which pharmacotherapy to employ in specific clinical situations. Comprised exclusively of quick-hit tables and algorithms, this carryanywhere...
by David J. Chalmers
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
What is consciousness? How does the subjective character of consciousness fit into an objective world? How can there be a science of consciousness? In this sequel to his groundbreaking and controversial The Conscious Mind, David Chalmers develops a unified framework that addresses these questions...
by Maura Mitrushina, Kyle B. Boone, Jill Razani
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2005
When Handbook of Normative Data for Neuropsychological Assessment was published in 1999, it was the first book to provide neuropsychologists with summaries and critiques of normative data for neuropsychological tests. The Second Edition, which has been revised and updated throughout, presents data...
The Conscious Mind : In Search of a Fundamental Theory
In Search of a Fundamental Theory
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 1996
What is consciousness? How do physical processes in the brain give rise to the self-aware mind and to feelings as profoundly varied as love or hate aesthetic pleasure or spiritual yearning? These questions today are among the most hotly debated issues among scientists and philosophers and we have...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2009
Schizophrenia remains an important challenge to psychiatry, with its causes and underlying brain mechanisms yet to be fully revealed. Currently available treatments are neither universally effective nor without unwanted effects. These aspects, together with the high prevalence of schizophrenia, its...
The Man with the Bionic Brain
And Other Victories over Paralysis
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
A behind-the-scenes view of cutting-edge medical research and discoveries that are helping people with disabilities regain control, this book is an insightful look into the possibilities of technology and the associated ethical, political, social, and financial controversies. After he was stabbed...
The End of Epilepsy?
A history of the modern era of epilepsy research 1860-2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Epilepsy is more than just a physical condition, the fact of simply having epileptic seizures, it has cultural, geographic and historical meaning and significance which go beyond that of a neurological disorder, and which defy a single perspective. The End of Epilepsy? is a beautifully illustrated,...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2009
While neuropsychological testing can accurately detect cognitive deficits in persons with brain injury, the ability to reliably predict how these individuals will function in everyday life has remained elusive. This authoritative volume brings together well-known experts to present recent advances...
The Neuropsychology of Men
A Developmental Perspective from Theory to Evidence-based Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
This timely text examines normative and pathological brain/behavior connections across the male lifespan, and how these findings can best inform research, intervention, and prevention. It spotlights possible etiologies for male-dominated pathology, including academic deficits and disorders relating...
The Jaynes Legacy
Shining New Light Through the Cracks of the Bicameral Mind
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2018
Julian Jaynes' 1976 book, The Origins of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, continues to arouse an unsettling ambivalence. Richard Dawkins called it "either complete rubbish or a work of consummate genius, nothing in between". The present book suggests that the bicameral...