Neurosciences

This volume describes our current understanding of the biological role of the delta-opioid receptor (DOR) system, focusing on its unique mechanisms of receptor trafficking and signaling in disease states.

Content and Consciousness is an original and ground-breaking attempt to elucidate a problem integral to the history of Western philosophical thought: the relationship of the mind and body.

This volume provides comprehensive knowledge on the fundamental techniques and detailed laboratory protocols used in stem cell research and their potential application in the field of neuroscience.

The fourth volume of Research Methods in Neurochemistry includes chapters on different aspects of topics touched on in previous volumes and develops a number of new themes as well.

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Bewusstsein – das weiter verbreitet ist als bisher angenommen – ist das Gefühl, lebendig zu sein, es ist kein Rechenvorgang und auch kein cleverer Trick.

Diverse specialised neuroglial cells guarantee the development, preservation, and health of the central nervous system, the peripheral nervous system, the enteric nervous system, and the special senses.

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

This book provides a comprehensive overview of how fractal analytics can lead to the extraction of interesting features from the complex electroencephalograph (EEG) signals generated by Hindustani classical music.

This textbook describes the basic neuroanatomy of the laboratory mouse.

How does your mind work?

Published in 2014, Protein Deimination in Human Health and Disease was the first book on this novel post-translational modification, in which selected positively-charged arginine amino acids are converted to neutral citrulline amino acids by the peptidyl-arginine deiminase (PAD) family of enzymes.

This book focuses on interdisciplinary research in the field of biomedical engineering and neuroscience.

Brings together cutting edge experiments and theoretical treatments regarding space, time and motion in visual neuroscience and psychophysics.

A familiar trope of cognitive science, linguistics, and the philosophy of psychology over the past forty or so years has been the idea of the mind as a modular system-that is, one consisting of functionally specialized subsystems responsible for processing different classes of input, or handling specific cognitive tasks like vision, language, logic, music, and so on.

Glutamate and GABA are the main information carrying neurotransmitters in the brain.

There are two distinct views about the functions of our brains and their origins.

Stress is a universal phenomenon that impacts adversely on most people.

This major reference work breaks new ground as an electronic resource for students, educators, researchers, and professionals.

This book explores the subject of artificial psychology and how the field must adapt human neuro-psychological testing techniques to provide adequate cognitive testing of advanced artificial intelligence systems.

There is a considerable need for a concise handbook available for the student of epilepsy.

This unique book presents current research on how young children perceive and think about their own and others'' bodies.

A comprehensive and detailed overview of the current state of preclinical research on histamine and histamine receptors.

This volume is concerned with the enzymes of the nervous system.

Cochlear implants have instigated a popular but controversial revolution in the treatment of deafness.

Huntington's disease (HD) is a fatal, inherited, neurodegenerative disorder, characterized by chorea, motor instabilities, psychiatric manifestations and cognitive decline.

Novel Approaches into the Origins of Neurodevelopmental Disorders: The Fetal Physiology Foundation Over the past two decades, autism, a neurodevelopmental disorder that is defined by behavior and was once believed to be rare, became recognized in increasing numbers of children and recently received distinction as an "e;epidemic"e; [1].

The neuron doctrine, first formulated in 1891, states that the brain is constructed of individual neurons, organized into functioning circuits that mediate behavior.

How can an abstract sequence of sounds so intensely express emotional states?

This book covers a wide array of topics relevant to behavioral genetics from both a preclinical and clinical standpoint.

The present work is the second in a series constituting an extension of my doctoral thesis done at Stanford in the early 1970s.

Since antiquity, people have searched for a way to understand the colors we see-what they are, how many there are, and how they can be systematically identified and arranged in some kind of order.

Technologies of Being in Martin Heidegger attempts to deepen the dialogue between philosophy of education and philosophy of technology, while engaging with the thought of Heidegger, Jacques Derrida and Bernard Stiegler.

This textbook describes the basic neuroanatomy of the laboratory mouse.

Ocular Therapeutics: Eye on New Discovery focuses on emerging areas in ocular research, from new approaches to dry eye to gene therapy in the management of retinal diseases.

International Review of Neurobiology serial highlights new advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting chapters.

Foundations of Sensation and Perception offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the science of sensation and perception.

Practical tools and tips to lead a healthy and productive life The brain is the basis of everything we do: how we behave, communicate, feel, remember, pay attention, create, influence and decide.

This volume is designed to be kept close at hand as a ready reference and a guide to laboratory procedures.

This book comprises 26 exciting chapters by internationally renowned scholars, addressing the central psychological process separating humans from other animals: the ability to imagine the thoughts and feelings of others, and to reflect on the contents of our own mindsa theory of mind (ToM).

The Shape of Thought: How Mental Adaptations Evolve presents a road map for an evolutionary psychology of the twenty-first century.

It is motivation that drives all our daily endeavors, and it is motivation, or the lack of it, that accounts for most of our successes and failures.

Neuronal communication forms the basis for all behavior, from the smallest movement to our grandest thought processes.

Until recently, monitoring of cerebral blood flow and metabolism was an unattained goal.

Much anecdotal information has suggested an influence of psychology and the nervous system on immunity within the skin and the expression of inflammatory skin disorders.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

Explains the concepts and practical methods of behavioural science in clear, concise terms: vital for understanding humans, animals and AIs.

This selection of articles from the Encyclopedia of the Eye covering retina, optics/optic nerve and comparative topics constitutes the first reference for scientists, post docs, and graduate students with an interest beyond standard textbook materials.