Neuroscience category: 1433 books
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Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2004
This book provides a comprehensive view of research in lens developmental biology, emphasising technical and molecular breakthroughs. Elucidation of the mechanisms that govern lens development has enabled us to understand how the normal lens forms and how developmental processes are involved in the...
by Walter Osika, Barbro Fröding
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2015
This book explores how one can bring about changes in the brain through meditation, both through attention-focus training and through compassion training. Recent findings in the natural sciences have confirmed that it is possible for humans to achieve these structural and functional changes through...
Alzheimer's Disease: Insights into Low Molecular Weight and Cytotoxic Aggregates from In Vitro and Computer Experiments
Molecular Basis of Amyloid-Beta Protein Aggregation and Fibril Formation
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of senile dementia, affecting more than 24 million people worldwide. It is characterised pathologically by abnormally high levels of neurofibrillary tangles resulting from the accumulation of tau protein in dead and dying neurons, and by elevated numbers...
Primer Effects by Murine Pheromone Signaling
Pheromonal Influences on Reproductive Conditions
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
This SpringerBrief provides a concise summary on the chemistry and function of murine pheromones in reproduction. It discusses mechanisms of action as well as the applicability of these mechanisms to humans. The image of pheromones is usually some invisible mysterious chemicals that make people attracted...
Inside the Closed World of the Brain
How brain cells connect, share and disengage--and why this holds the key to Alzheimer's disease
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Brain Science for Beginners: Understand dementia of old age by first learning how a normal human brain is organizedIf you struggle to understand media talk about the human brain and dementia of old age, then don't miss this book. Before something broken can be fixed, there is a need to know...
by Stephen G. Waxman
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2017
A concise, highly visual overview of neuroanatomy and its functional underpinnings
Clinical Neuroanatomy, Twenty-Eighth Edition offers an accessible, easy-to-remember synopsis of neuroanatomy and its functional and clinical implications. Since many of us learn and remember better when material...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
Although pain is widely recognized by clinicians and researchers as an experience, pain is always felt in a patient-specific way rather than experienced for what it objectively is, making perceived meaning important in the study of pain. The book contributors explain why meaning is important in the...
Chemokine Receptors and NeuroAIDS
Beyond Co-Receptor Function and Links to Other Neuropathologies
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2009
Chemokine Receptors and NeuroAIDS: Beyond the Co-receptor Function and Links to Other Neuropathologies focuses on unresolved or emerging issues concerning the role of chemokine receptors in neuronal injury and HIV neuropathology, including their ability to regulate fundamental neuronal and glial functions...
by Tatiana Borisova
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2013
Glutamate is the primary excitatory neurotransmitter in the CNS and disturbances in glutamate transport contribute to a number of neurological and neurodegenerative disorders. Appropriate levels of cholesterol are very important for the proper functioning of glutamate transport while unbalanced...
Bipolar Disorder Vulnerability
Perspectives from Pediatric and High-Risk Populations
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2018
Bipolar Disorder Vulnerability: Perspectives from Pediatric and High-Risk Populations synthesizes our current understanding of high-risk and pediatric populations to aid readers in identifying markers of vulnerability for the development of bipolar disorder, with an ultimate goal of the development...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2014
Photopigments are molecules that react to light and mediate a number of processes and behaviours in animals. Visual pigments housed within the photoreceptors of the eye, such as the rods and cones in vertebrates are the best known, however, visual pigments are increasingly being found in other tissues,...
by Nigel W. Daw
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
As the first introductory-level text in its field, Visual Development offers a comprehensive understanding of the development of the visual system and the effects of visual deprivation. The material is treated from the behavioral, anatomical, and physiological points of view. Complete with ample illustrations...
by Richard D. Keynes, David J. Aidley, Christopher L.-H. Huang
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2011
Written with undergraduate students in mind, the new edition of this classic textbook provides a compact introduction to the physiology of nerve and muscle. It gives a straightforward account of the fundamentals accompanied by some of the experimental evidence upon which this understanding is based....
Evoked Potential Manual
A Practical Guide to Clinical Applications
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Evoked potentials are potentials that are derived from the peripheral or central nervous system. They are time locked with an external stimulus and can be influenced by subjective intentions. Evoked potentials have become increasingly popular for clinical diagnosis over the last few years. Evoked...