Neurosciences

The study of drug effects on behavior is truly a confluence of streams of neuroscience research.

The field of neurotrophic factors has witnessed exp- sive growth in the past decade.

The development of neurophysiology, the study of the activity of living nervous tissue, has relied heavily on the techniques of electrophysiology.

Since the introduction of fluorescent calcium indicators and the subsequent development of capacities for real-time monitoring and imaging of calcium movements in the intact cells studied in isolation, in situ and in vivo, the complex and vital calcium signaling system has been illuminated, proving calcium signals to be excellent universal reporters of cellular activity.

The two Animal Models in Psychiatry volumes are loosely organized by subject.

The successful previous volume on this topic provided a detailed benchwork manual for the most commonly used animal models of acute neurological injuries including cerebral ischemia, hemorrhage, vasospasm, and traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries.

This volume seeks to familiarize readers with a diverse range of technologies and approaches for probing neuron and circuit architecture, and, when possible, to attach detailed protocols to help guide readers toward practical application.

Adrenergic receptors are important modulators in the sympathetic c- trol of various metabolic processes in the central and peripheral nervous s- tems.

This volume provides readers with an introduction to all the methods and major approaches now being used to study the structural and functional development of the brain.

Bringing together techniques and methods currently being applied to the study of exocytosis, Exocytosis Methods collects chapters from experts in the field, examining this fundamental process essential to functions ranging from protein secretion to hormone release and neurotransmission.

This volume provides a full explanation and technical details to perform surgical techniques properly on small and large animal models.

This volume provides readers with an introduction to all the methods and major approaches now being used to study the structural and functional development of the brain.

Neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease are a growing burden on our society.

This detailed volume explores key technologies that are used currently to investigate iGluR structure, function and physiology.

As an extension of artificial intelligence research, artificial neural networks (ANN) aim to simulate intelligent behavior by mimicking the way that biological neural networks function.

to the Animal Models Volumes This volume describes animal models of drug addiction.

Edited and authored by a wealth of international experts in neuroscience and related disciplines, the aim behind this key new resource is to offer medical students and graduate researchers around the world a comprehensive introduction and overview of modern neuroscience.

Ever since their discovery more than 150 years ago, astrocytes have proved to be something of an enigma.

The current demand for the development of techniques for controlled genetic manipulations is driven by the anatomical and physiological complexity of the brain and by the need for experimental models that can address this complexity through selective manipulation of defined components of the system: specific neuronal populations or selected synapses.

This volume provides methods for characterization of muscarinic receptor in crystallography studies that advanced our understanding of structural properties and activation mechanism of muscarinic receptors and are cornerstone in molecular modeling and computer based approaches to study muscarinic receptors.

Winner of the 2002 BMA Popular Medicine Book Prize: This is a haunting literary and scientific examination of Alzheimer's disease and the race to find a cure.

A major problem in understanding how the nervous system works deals with the coversion of the physical nerve structures and impulses to the psychophysical sensations and feelings.

In this essential, Petra Schling gives an overview of the current state of research on the topic of taste.

Most general knowledge about the brain and its workings is very dated, drawing on studies from the first part of the previous century or even earlier.

If you think baby brain is bad for you, think again - because neuroscientist Dr Sarah McKay (author of The Women's Brain Book) has looked at studies and talked to experts from all over the world and the proof is in: giving birth is one of the best things to ever happen to a woman's brain.

The Oscillating Brain explains for the first time how the human brain works.

Why do human beings behave as they do?

En esta obra el autor plantea con sencillez la oportunidad de comprender el mundo onrico, siempre rechazando smbolos universales, ya que nicamente la propia persona puede darle el verdadero significado a lo que suea.

**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**'Truly fascinating'DAILY TELEGRAPH'Acute, mind-opening, highly accessible - this book doesn't just explain how our lives might pan out, it helps us live better'BETTANY HUGHES'A humane and highly readable account of the neuroscience that underpins our ideas of free will and fate'PROFESSOR DAVID RUNCIMANSo many of us believe that we are free to shape our own destiny.

Lectures on General Psychology ~ Volume One circumnavigates the world of psychology in a comprehensive and critical manner.

Esta obra busca explicar los fundamentos neuronales de la personalidad, asi como los de algunas afecciones y fenomenos que influyen en nuestra conducta.

'Astute, compassionate, and brilliant' Siri HustvedtVanessa wakes from a coma having forgotten ten years of her life.

An eye-opening short book by the international bestselling writer of Born on a Blue Day and Thinking in Numbers.

High Price by Carl Hart is a groundbreaking work on neuroscience and addictionAs a youth, Carl Hart didn't see the value of school, studying just enough to keep him on the basketball team.

Winner of the 2020 British Psychological Society Popular Science PrizeWinner of the 2018 Royal Society Science Book Prize.

This is a book about the identities of godship, the nature of reality, utility of belief, and the understanding of consciousness.

A fascinating, unbiased study of what phobias are, how they occur and how we can stop them.

This is a book for those deconstructing their religious, nationalistic, socioeconomic, and occupational identities, and the subsequent stories we've come to believe about what kind of world we live in.

What is this strange mental world that seems so essential to being human?

Anliegen des Buches ist es, einer Psychotherapie mit Schmerzpatienten den Nimbus des Schwierigen und Belastenden zu nehmen.

This book is a concise guide into the everchanging and complex discipline of neuroscience for those students who are looking for clarity in a complex subject.

Management writers have come up with many tools for explaining how different types of personalities can work best together.

Neurohábitos es un libro que intenta atraer al lector a los buenos hábitos, aquellos que pueden potenciar de manera integral a cualquier persona.

'Thrilling, provocative and mind-expanding' Mail on Sunday'Masterful and illuminating' DAVID EAGLEMAN Dr Joseph Jebelli takes us on a seven-million-year journey through our own heads, drawing on insights from neuroscience, evolutionary biology, psychology, and philosophyto reveal how our brain's evolution turned us into Homo sapiens and beyond.