Neurosciences

This volume explores the diversity of distributed eyes and other unusual visual systems in nature.

Environmental Factors in Neurodegenerative Diseases, Volume One addresses contemporary advances in neurotoxicology, with thematic volumes providing authoritative review articles on key issues in the field.

Using rodent models, this volume explores the basic neurobiology of the relationship among chronic pain, opioid pharmacology, and addiction.

This book is multi- and interdisciplinary in both scope and content.

Hypericum extract preparations are used extensively in many countries to treat mildly to moderately depressed patients.

The Mathematical Brain Across the Lifespan is the latest volume in the Progress in Brain Research series that focuses on new trends and developments.

Alcohol is the most widely used drug in the world, yet alcoholism remains a serious addiction affecting nearly 20 million Americans.

Nearly 30 years ago, a number of scientists working on the Enteric Nervous System (ENS) gathered at Flinders University, in Adelaide, Australia to discuss the advances and future of their research.

This contributed volume discusses the multiple roles of astrocytes, which determine the progression and outcome of neuropsychiatric diseases.

Thousands of people from more than eighty countries have traveled to China since 2001 to undergo fetal cell transplantation.

What, exactly, is leadership?

The Third International Conference on Synthetic Microstructures in Biological Research (SMIBR) was held in Williamsburg, Virginia, September 9-12, 1991.

Proceedings of Session VII of the Tenth International Symposium on Chromaffin Cell Biology, held August 25-28, 1999, in Bergen, Norway, and a post-symposium workshop on Chromogranins: from Fundamental Physiology to Clinical Aspects, held August 28, 1999, on board the coastal steamer MS Richard With.

Highly Commended: Nursery World Awards 2017 Professional Book of the YearEarly Childhood and Neuroscience is a practical guide to understanding the complex and challenging subject of neuroscience and its use (and misapplication) in early childhood policy and practice.

The specific topic, "e;Isoquinolines And Beta-Carbolines As Neurotoxins And Neuroprotectants - New Perspectives In Parkinson`S Disease Therapy,"e; was chosen in light of accumulating neurobiological evidence indicating that, in addition to exogenous neurotoxins (e.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT), a significant cognitive-behavioural approach to counselling and psychotherapy originating from the pioneering work of Dr Albert Ellis.

The diseases that fall under the generalized group of demyelinating diseases -Multiple Sclerosis, Leukodystrophyes, Encephalomyelitis-are the focus of worldwide concern.

This book integrates findings from across domains in performance psychology to focus on core research on what influences peak and non-peak performance.

The purpose of this textbook is to enable a Neuroscientist to discuss the structure and functions of the brain at a level appropriate for students at many levels of study including undergraduate, graduate, dental or medical school level.

How a computational framework can account for the successes and failures of human cognitionAt the heart of human intelligence rests a fundamental puzzle: How are we incredibly smart and stupid at the same time?

Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis and CNS Disorders: Recent Progress and Perspectives on Human Disease summarizes the main findings on gut-brain axis in different types of CNS disorders, providing a complete overview of the field.

This unique book delves into the convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) principles-rooted in scientific knowledge and technological advancements-with the concept of spiritual wellness, exploring their significance in our increasingly automated and digitized world.

Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine are concerned with medical conditions affecting brain, mind and behaviour in manifold ways.

The idea for this book has evolved from our desire to present a conceptual approach to the study of neurotransmitters in epilepsy.

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

Based on the author's popular workshop, this concise volume provides scientific and practical guidance on assessing learning disabilities and ADHD in adults.

This book covers at an advanced level the most fundamental ideas, concepts and methods in the field of applications of fuzzy logic to the study of neural cell behavior.

Advances in the study and understanding of myasthenia gravis have led to the need for the publication of this important new edition.

This volume includes papers presented at the Sixth Annual Computational Neurosci- ence meeting (CNS*97) held in Big Sky, Montana, July 6-10, 1997.

The monograph aims to present the recent scientific knowledge on body sensations, i.

The Misfortunes of Arthur, written by Thomas Hughes is one of the earliest printed plays from the English Renaissance and, as such, deserves its place of interest in dramaturgical studies for its historical significance.

The idea for the present volume grew from discussions that the four of us had among ourselves and with our colleagues at recent scientific meetings.

This book brings together mental health professionals and researchers to offer the most up-to-date information on the diagnosis, treatment, and research surrounding bipolar depression.

This book focuses on current applications of glial cells in neural regeneration, especially in spinal cord repair.

Diet-Brain Connections fills a void between the fields of nutrition, behavior and cellular and molecular neurosciences by providing an integrated collection of articles that critically dissect the link between what we eat and how the brain develops and functions in health and disease.

Presenting cutting-edge research and scholarship, this extensive volume covers everything from abstract theorising about the meanings of responsibility and how we blame, to analysing criminal law and justice responses, and factors that impact individual responsibility.

Poor adherence to therapy is one of the main obstacles to treatment effectiveness in schizophrenia.

Work in the field of neuroprosthetics requires multidisciplinary teams, but these collaborators must meet on common ground to develop an understanding of the capabilities and limitations of each part of a bioengineering project.

The book covers the fundamental aspects of biomaterials, including their introduction, types, synthesis, and characterization.

In An Anthropologist on Mars Oliver Sacks uses case studies to illustrate the myriad ways in which neurological conditions can affect our sense of self, our experience of the world, and how we relate to those around us.

How our intuitive understanding of numbers is deeply rooted in our biology, traceable through both evolution and development.

The importance of this unique book's approach lies in addressing the impact of neurobiological factors as well as psychological influences on brain recovery following injury.

The book comprehensively reviews the role of nutrition in psychiatric disorders.

The brain is not a glorified digital computer.

This volume of Progress in Brain Research documents recent developments and research findings in relation to sex and how the brain's function and behavior differs from men to women.

Febrile seizures are the most common seizures in infants and children worldwide, This fact provides strong impetus to study and understand them and their consequences, and consider their treatment.