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Glutamate and Addiction

Glutamate and Addiction
(Contemporary Clinical Neuroscience)
By Barbara H. Herman

  • Publisher: Humana Press
  • Number Of Pages: 464
  • Publication Date: 2002-08-15
  • ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0896038793
  • ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780896038790

National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD. Clarifies the relationship between glutamatergic systems and addiction and sets the stage for productive, experimental, and clinical investigations of many emerging therapeutics for addictive disorders. DNLM: Substance–Related Disorders–physiopathology.

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2009
02/12
CATEGORY
Neuroscience
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Neuroimmunology of the Skin: Basic Science to Clinical Practice

Neuroimmunology of the Skin: Basic Science to Clinical Practice
By Richard D. Granstein, Thomas A. Luger

  • Publisher: Springer
  • Number Of Pages: 252
  • Publication Date: 2008-12-03
  • ISBN-10 / ASIN: 3540359869
  • ISBN-13 / EAN: 9783540359869

Product Description:

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. Recent years have seen an explosion of knowledge providing a scientific basis for important regulatory interactions between the nervous system, the endocrine system and the immune system within the skin. The results of recent investigations have important implications, not only for an understanding of cutaneous immunity, but also for the development of novel treatments for diseases involving abnormal inflammation or immune reactivity within the skin. This book provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary review of the molecular biology, cell biology, biochemistry and clinical aspects of nervous systemimmune system interactions within the skin. It includes contributions from leading world experts in these areas. The contents are relevant to both investigators and clinicians interested in the skin, its functions and its disorders.

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2009
02/11
CATEGORY
Biochemistry
Biology
Immunology
Molecular Biology
Neuroscience
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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: A Neurochronometrics of Mind


Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: A Neurochronometrics of Mind
(Bradford Books)
By Vincent Walsh, Alvaro Pascual-Leone

Publisher: The MIT Press
Number Of Pages: 319
Publication Date: 2003-07-13
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0262232286
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780262232289

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The mainstays of brain imaging techniques have been positron emission tomography (PET), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), magnetoencephalography (MEG), and event-related potentials (ERPs). These methods all record direct or indirect measures of brain activity and correlate the activity patterns with behavior. But to go beyond the correlations established by these techniques and prove the necessity of an area for a given function, cognitive neuroscientists need to be able to reverse engineer the braini.e., to selectively remove components from information processing and assess their impact on the output.
This book is about transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), a technique that emerged during the same period as neuroimaging and has made it possible to reverse engineer the human brain’s role in behavioral and cognitive functions. The subject areas that can be studied using TMS run the gamut of cognitive psychologyattention, perception, awareness, eye movements, action selection, memory, plasticity, language, numeracy, and priming. The book presents an overview of historical attempts at magnetic brain stimulation, ethical considerations of the technique’s use, basic technical and practical information, the results of numerous TMS studies, and a discussion of the future of TMS in the armamentarium of cognitive neuropsychology.

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2009
01/24
CATEGORY
Neuroscience
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Neurogenic Inflammation in Health and Disease, Volume 8

Neurogenic Inflammation in Health and Disease, Volume 8
(NeuroImmune Biology)
By Gabor Jancso

  • Publisher: Elsevier Science
  • Number Of Pages: 368
  • Publication Date: 2009-01-26
  • ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0444532293
  • ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780444532299

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Morphological and functional studies revealed a complex system of primary sensory neurons which parallels the autonomic nervous system not only in its extent, but probably also in its significance. Neuropeptides released from activated nociceptive afferent nerves play a pivotal role in inflammatory reactions and pain, significantly modulate cardiac, vascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal and immune functions and influence the protective, restorative and trophic functions of somatic and visceral tissues. Several chapters of the book deal with the therapeutic potential of a new class of putative pain relieving agents acting through TRPV1, the capsaicin/vanilloid receptor, a specific ion channel which transmits pain.

* Neurogenic inflammation in historical perspective
* Cardiac protection by nociceptive afferents
* Molecular mechanisms of nociception
* Sensory mechanisms in migraine pathophysiology
* Vagal signalling of visceral inflammation
* Neurogenic mechanisms in arthritis
* Therapeutic implications of vanilloid-type compounds

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2009
01/13
CATEGORY
Biology
Neuroscience
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Hormones, Brain and Behavior, Vol 1-5


Hormones, Brain and Behavior, Vol 1-5
By Arthur P. Arnold, Anne M. Etgen, Susan E. Fahrbach, Robert T Rubin, Donald W. Pfaff

Publisher: Academic Press
Number Of Pages: 3100
Publication Date: 2002-06
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 012532104X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780125321044
Binding: Hardcover

Hormones, Brain, and Behavior is a comprehensive work discussing the effect of hormones on the brain and, subsequently, behavior. This five-volume major reference work has 106 chapters covering a broad range of topics with an extensive discussion of the effects of hormones on insects, fish, amphibians, birds, rodents, and humans.
To truly understand all aspects of our behavior, we must take every influence (including the hormonal influences) into consideration. Donald Pfaff and a number of well-qualified editors examine and discuss how we are influenced by hormonal factors, offering insight, and information on the lives of a variety of species.
Hormones, Brain, and Behavior offers the reader comprehensive coverage of an emerging and prominent field with a state-of-the-art overview of hormonally-mediated behaviors. The set provides unique treatment of all major vertebrate and invertebrate model systems with excellent opportunities for relating behavior to molecular genetics. The topics cover an unusual breadth (from molecules to ecophysiology), ranging from basic science to clinical research, making this reference of interest to a broad range of scientists in a variety of fields.
Key Features
* Contributors from 16 different countries and more than 70 institutions
* Unlike any other hormone reference on the market Hormones, Brain and Behavior addresses hormone effects in all major vertebrate and non-vertebrate models
* A timely, current reference on an emerging field with each chapter providing an in-depth exploration of the topic
* Discusses molecular aspects of hormone function, systems, development, and hormone-related diseases
* Addresses hormone effects in both the developing and adult nervous system
Topics include:
* Mammalian and Non-mammalian Hormone-behavior Systems
* Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Hormone Actions on Behavior
* Development of Hormone-dependent Neuronal Systems
* Hormone/Behavior Relations of Clinical Importance

http://www.book4doc.com/88975

2008
12/16
CATEGORY
Genetics
Neuroscience
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Science of Pain

Science of Pain
By Allan I Basbaum, M C Bushnell

  • Publisher: Academic Press
  • Number Of Pages: 1120
  • Publication Date: 2008-09-15
  • ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0123746256
  • ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780123746252
  • Binding: Hardcover

Product Description:

This book presents the most current scientific understanding behind most common pain disorders. Clinical scientists involved in pain science will gain a basic understanding of the causes of many types of pain and will be able to discuss various therapies with patients. Researchers new to pain science will gain an overall understanding of pain pathophysiology and targets for pain treatments. Covering every major aspect of pain science, from molecular and cellular pathways of pain to pain disorders and their treatments, Science of Pain bridges basic and clinical research like no other book on the topic. Edited by world-renowned pain scientist and Editor-in-Chief of the journal PAIN, Allan Basbaum, this book is an in-depth reference for basic and clinical scientists in pain research who must understand the basic science of pain, and help develop new treatment strategies for pain disorders.

* Presents the most current scientific understanding of neuroscience of pain, written by the world’s leading experts
* Integrates basic neuroscience research and clinical aspects of pain disorders
* Covers both neurobiological basis and clinical treatment for a pain disorder (e.g., migraine, fibromyalgia, neuropathic pain, post-stroke pain)
* Covers pain pathways and mechanisms both in text and in full-color illustrations
* Includes topics specific to gender and age group addressing the trend in research toward developing individualized treatments

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2008
12/14
CATEGORY
Neuroscience
Pathophysiology
physiology
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The neurology of consciousness

THE NEUROLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropathology
By Steven Laureys, Giulio Tononi

  • Publisher: Academic Press
  • Number Of Pages: 440
  • Publication Date: 2008-10-01
  • ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0123741688
  • ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780123741684
  • Binding: Hardcover

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Understanding consciousness is the major unsolved problem in biology. One increasingly important method of studying consciousness is to study disorders of consciousness, e.g. brain damage and disease states leading to vegetative states, coma, minimally conscious states, etc. Many of these studies are very much in the public eye because of their relationship to controversies about coma patients (e.g. Terry Schiavo case in the US recently), and the relationship to one of the major philosophical, sociological, political, and religious questions of humankind.
This is the first book to summarize our current understanding of the neuroanatomical and functional underpinnings of human consciousness by emphasizing a lesional approach offered via the study of neurological patients. The selected contributors are all outstanding authors and undisputed leaders in their field.

– The first major book on the Neurology of Consciousness, i.e. on the study of brain damages and disease states that lead to varying levels of disturbances in human consciousness (vegetative, coma, minimally conscious states, etc)
– Structured, illustrated, and priced to be attractive to a wide market, including students in Neuroscience, Neurology, Psychology, Psychiatry etc
– Articles from the main researchers in the field, including Christof Koch, Marcus Raichle, Allan Hobson, Nicholas Schiff, Joseph Fins, Michael Gazzaniga, Lionel Naccache
– Unique and comprehensive in its focus
– Of great interest in the ethical discussion of coma cases, includes a chapter on the ethics by JJ Fins
– Of great interest to anybody thinking about consciousness as one of the major philosophical, sociological, political, and religious questions of our time

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2008
12/14
CATEGORY
Biology
Neurology
Neuroscience
Psychiatry
Urology
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Understanding the Brain: The Birth of a New Learning Science


Understanding the Brain: The Birth of a New Learning Science
By Organization for Economic Cooperation & Devel

Publisher: Organization for Economic Cooperation & Devel
Number Of Pages: 263
Publication Date: 2007-04-11
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 9264029125
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9789264029125
Binding: Paperback

This book provides new insights about learning by synthesising existing and emerging findings from cognitive and brain science and exploring how this new information might impact teaching, parenting, and educational policy making. It shows what the latest brain imaging techniques and other advances in the neurosciences actually reveal about how the brain develops and operates at different stages in life from birth to old age and how the brain is involved in acquiring skills such as reading and counting. It also presents scientific insights into what happens when the brain malfunctions in conditions such as dyslexia or Alzheimer’s disease. Table of contents in English Executive Summary Part I. The Learning Brain Chapter 1. An “ABC” of the Brain Chapter 2. How the Brain Learns throughout Life Chapter 3. The Impact of Environment on the Learning Brain Chapter 4. Literacy and the Brain Chapter 5. Numeracy and the Brain Chapter 6. Dispelling “Neuromyths” Chapter 7. The Ethics and Organisation of Educational Neuroscience Conclusions and Future Prospects Part II. Collaborative Articles Article A. The Brain, Development, and Learning in Early Childhood Article B. The Brain and Learning in Adolescence Article C. Brain, Cognition, and Learning in Adulthood Annex A. Fora Annex B. Brain Imaging Technologies Glossary

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2008
12/04
CATEGORY
Neuroscience
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Encyclopedia of Neuroscience

Encyclopedia of Neuroscience

Encyclopedia of Neuroscience
Publisher: Springer | Language: English | ISBN:3540237356 | 4399 pages | Data: 2008 | PDF | 81 Mb

Description: Unique in its breadth and detail, this encyclopedia offers a comprehensive and highly readable guide to a complex and fast-expanding field.

The five-volume reference work gathers more than 10,000 entries, including in-depth essays by internationally known experts, and short keynotes explaining essential terms and phrases. In addition, expert editors contribute detailed introductory chapters to each of 43 topic fields ranging from the fundamentals of neuroscience to fascinating developments in the new, inter-disciplinary fields of Computational Neuroscience and Neurophilosophy. Some 1,000 multi-color illustrations enhance and expand the writings.

This user-friendly reference will be indispensable to basic and clinical scientists and practitioners in academia, hospitals, private practice, and industry, as a source of reliable information on the structure and function of the nervous system.

The Encyclopedia of Neuroscience opens the topic to health care professionals, students, teachers and informed laypersons who require relevant information on this rapidly evolving field.

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2008
11/27
CATEGORY
Neuroscience
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Cannabinoids and the Brain


Cannabinoids and the Brain

Publisher: Springer
Number Of Pages: 584
Publication Date: 2008-04-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0387743480
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780387743486
Binding: Hardcover

Endocannabinoids control most of the body functions, and in the brain, they modulate neurotransmission, synaptic plasticity, confer neuroprotection, control metabolism, neuro- and neuritogenesis, survival, cognitive and motor functions as well as a plethora of other higher-order brain functions. Their fruitful therapeutic potential is recognized by cannabinoid researchers and pharmaceutical companies, respectively.
The aim of this book is to help clinicians, neuroscientists, as well as students, understand the significance of the endocannabinoid system. This book, however, also will be very useful to those who already feel comfortable with the neuroscience of endocannabinoids. The book will introduce the reader to the up-to-date neurobiology of endocannabinoids and related systems, and will detail their pathophysiological role and therapeutic potential. Authors involved in clinical investigations present results of recent clinical trials, and the development of new therapeutic strategies and medicines.

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2008
11/04
CATEGORY
Biology
Neuroscience
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