Neurosciences

This Pocket Reference offer a multifaceted guide on various aspects of Alzheimer's disease.

The last decade has seen major advances in our understanding of the basic scientific principles that underpin clinical neurology.

Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of senile dementia, affecting more than 24 million people worldwide.

This last of 15 short atlases reimagines the classic 5 volume Atlas of Human Central Nervous System Development.

Despite recent advances, therapeutic efforts have not been successful establishing a definitive strategy of treatment for brain gliomas, because of the presence of the blood-brain barrier.

Discover the true heart of humanity: the brainAcclaimed journalist and intrepid brain "e;explorer"e; Lone Frank embarks on an incredible adventure to the frontiers of neuroscience to reveal how today's top scientists are reinventing human nature, morality, happiness, health, and reality itself.

Dementia and neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's are becoming an increasingly important cause of medical and social concern due to the growth in the ageing population.

Biosensor technology has rapidly expanded into a wide variety of applications in the last few years.

Since Alois Alzheimer described the results of his postmortem studies in 1906, significant strides have been made in understanding the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases.

Drawing on over four decades of professional and academic experience, Susan Long explores how the concept of the unconscious has evolved from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century, showing that it is more than an individual phenomenon, but also a group, organisational and institutional phenomena.

This book assesses current assumptions about how language is acquired, remembered and retained as impulses in the brain, from the perspective of neurolinguistics, which is based on neuroanatomy and neurophysiology.

The Brain's Way of Healing explores the astonishing advances in the discovery of neuroplasticity, showing that the brain has its own unique way of healing, only recently uncovered.

Designed as a cover to cover read which leaves the reader with a working knowledge of the human brain from its first evolution 2 billion years ago to the present day.

Legalization of cannabis extracts around the world has led to a resurgence of interest into research surrounding endocannabinoids (eCBs) and the endocannabinoid system.

Legalization of cannabis extracts around the world has led to a resurgence of interest into research surrounding endocannabinoids (eCBs) and the endocannabinoid system.

Emotion is an integral aspect of musical experience; music has the power to take us on an emotional and intellectual journey, transforming the listener along the way.

Electrophysiological methods are used at nearly all levels of biological research today.

This book is the only account of what honeybees actually see.

This book is the only account of what honeybees actually see.

In the long history of the study of anatomy, neuroscience is a relatively new field, and there are plenty of mysteries yet to be uncovered.

For so long, the brain was the great unknown of human biology; an evolved complex of cells, chemicals and electricity, which eluded even the understanding of its own grey matter.

'To say this series is "e;empowering"e; doesn't do it justice.

Evidence-based, yet entirely practical, this important new text builds upon the basics of neuroscience to describe the links between olfaction and animal behaviour, and the effects of odours in animal welfare.

Evidence-based, yet entirely practical, this important new text builds upon the basics of neuroscience to describe the links between olfaction and animal behaviour, and the effects of odours in animal welfare.

Does your child struggle to know how their body is feeling?

This book provides a clear understanding of the neuromechanisms of emotional intelligence and its applications to education and organizations through practical exercises.

'Funny, wise and absolutely fascinating.

'Compelling and wise and rational.

Impossible Minds: My Neurons, My Consciousness has been written to satisfy the curiosity each and every one of us has about our own consciousness.

The Vomeronasal Organ is an olfactory structure in the nose, originally described in 1813 by the Danish court veterinarian Ludwig Jacobson.

This highly interesting collection of historical articles started as a series of "e;space-fillers"e;, the journalist's device to mitigate the harshness of white space at the end of scientific papers.

Animal models of neuro- and psychopathological states in humans are an indispensable part of both experimental neurology and biological psychiatry.

As plants see it, humans are not the masters of the Earth but only one of its most unpleasant and irksome residents.

A New Scientist best book of 2021Shortlisted for the 'Sports Performance Book of the Year' Award for 2022Did you know that walking can improve your cognitive skills?

"e;A NATURAL STORYTELLER"e; Mary Roach "e;BRILLIANT AND BEGUILING"e; Matthew Gavin Frank "e;CAPTIVATING .

'Nobody bewitched by these mysteries can afford to ignore the solution proposed by Mark Solms' - Oliver Burkeman, Guardian'A remarkable book.

Your brain is a collection of maps.

Research and developments in neuroprostheses are providing scientists with the potential to greatly improve the lives of individuals who have lost some function.

Neuroscience is one of the most fascinating and complex areas of scientific research, with new advances being made every day.

In the animal nervous system, a very high metabolic turnover, fragile but steep ionic gradients, and morphological and structural constraints - dictated by the necessity for prompt neuronal transmission of electrical impulses and necessary plasticity - result in a highly fragile organ system.

From Anatomy to Function of the Central Nervous System: Clinical and Neurosurgical Applications features neuroradiologic images that represent today, one of the most effective resources able to detect the anatomy of the nerve structures.

The Third Chimpanzee was first published in 1991 and has been in print ever since.

A groundbreaking study into the formative role of play in our livesSergio and Vivien Pellis have synthesized three decades of empirical research to create a remarkable work, unequalled in its field.

MATLAB for Neuroscientists serves as the only complete study manual and teaching resource for MATLAB, the globally accepted standard for scientific computing, in the neurosciences and psychology.

NPR SciFri Book Club PickNext Big Idea Club's "e;Top 21 Psychology Books of 2022"e;Behavioral ScientistNotable Books of 2022A renowned grief expert and neuroscientist shares groundbreaking discoveries about what happens in our brain when we grieve, providing a new paradigm for understanding love, loss, and learning.

Where does creativity come from?

Winner of the British Psychological Society Book Award for Popular PsychologyPsychologists have long been aware that most people tend to maintain an irrationally positive outlook on life.