Neuroscience category: 1433 books
Neuroimaging Genetics
Principles and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2016
The field of neuroimaging genetics has grown exponentially over the past decade. To date there are more than 10,000 published papers involving MRI, PET, MEG and genetics. Neuroimaging Genetics: Principles and Practices is the comprehensive volume edited by Drs. Bigos, Hariri, and Weinberger and co-authored...
by Ronald Tetzlaff, Christian E Elger, Klaus Lehnertz
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2013
This book is to improve our understanding of mechanisms leading to seizures in humans and in developing new therapeutic options. The book covers topics such as recent approaches to seizure control, recent developments in signal processing of interest for seizure prediction, ictogenesis in complex...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
Nanotechnology-Based Targeted Drug Delivery Systems for Brain Tumors addresses brain anatomy and tumors and the progress and challenges in delivering drugs across the blood brain barrier. Several chapters are devoted to the latest technologies and advances in nanotechnology, along with practical solutions...
Cognitive Agent-based Computing-I
A Unified Framework for Modeling Complex Adaptive Systems using Agent-based & Complex Network-based Methods
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
Complex Systems are made up of numerous interacting sub-components. Non-linear interactions of these components or agents give rise to emergent behavior observable at the global scale. Agent-based modeling and simulation is a proven paradigm which has previously been used for effective computational...
by Frances R. Frankenburg MD
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2014
A psychiatrist examines how the world's four most important mind-altering substances— alcohol, cocaine, nicotine, and opiates—have played a significant role throughout human history, and explains how these powerful drugs affect the brain and cause addiction.
• Presents a historical review...
Sensory-Motor Organizations and Development in Infancy and Early Childhood
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Sensory-Motor Organizations and Development in Infancy and Early Childhood Chateu de Rosey, France
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This book is the outcome of a Nato Workshop, held in France in July 1989. The workshop was organized to examine current ideas about sensory-motor organizations during human infancy and their development through early childhood. The study of sensory-motor development is experiencing a profound shift...
Living machines
A handbook of research in biomimetics and biohybrid systems
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
Contemporary research in the field of robotics attempts to harness the versatility and sustainability of living organisms. By exploiting those natural principles, scientists hope to render a renewable, adaptable, and robust class of technology that can facilitate self-repairing, social, and moral—even...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2010
Neuroprotection is a novel perspective for the treatment of disorders that lead to neurodegeneration and disabilities as a result of deterioration of neurons due to apoptosis, oxidative stress, excitotoxicity, and other mechanisms. These mechanisms have implications not only for neurodegenerative...
The Confabulating Mind
How the Brain Creates Reality
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2017
Confabulations are recitations of events and experiences that never happened, ranging from incorrect responses to questions to a blatant confusion of reality. The Confabulating Mind provides the most up-to-date account of the causes, anatomical basis, and mechanisms of the phenomenon of false memories....
by Nicoladie Tam
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
“Neurotransmitter Pathways” is a part of the college-level Neuropsychopharmacology course series textbooks. It is a tutorial written in questions and answers format to describe the anatomy and physiology of the neurotransmitter circuitry, including the cell origins and the targets of the neurotransmitter...
by Peter K.H. Wong
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
It had been difficult to find appropriate teaching material for students and newcomers to this field of brain electromagnetic topography. In part, this is due to the many disciplines involved, requiring some knowledge of the physical sciences, mathematics, neurophysiology and anatomy. It is my hope...
by David W. McCandless
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
Kernicterus (bilirubin encephalopathy) is a highly interesting example of metabolic encephalopathy. It fills all the characteristics of a metabolic encephalopathy in that it can develop rapidly, produces signature signs and symptoms, and is amenable to successful treatment. In the absence of treatment...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
Cellular therapy for stroke and neural trauma has gained worldwide attention during the last decade and has shown some promising results. Various cells, including neural stem cells, bone marrow stem cells, endothelial progenitor cells, and many others have had protective or regenerative effects in...
by Dr. Mahboob Ul Hussain
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2014
Gap-junction proteins, connexins are important cellular entities that regulate various facets of cellular physiology. The connexins constitute large family of proteins. The present book provides basic overview about various aspects of connexin proteins. The book has tried to touch the fundamental...