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The last decade has seen an upsurge of information on the role of immune responses in neurodegenerative disorders. In many of these diseases it is still unclear whether the innate and adaptive responses are pathogenic or play a role in repair, and thus understanding...
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Wiley
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2014-04-15
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Planarians, a class of flatworm, are extraordinary: they possess the remarkable ability to regenerate lost body parts, including complete regeneration of the nervous system. If cut into pieces, each piece of the planarian can regenerate into a complete organism. They...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2014-03-18
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This book is designed to introduce the reader to the field of NMR/MRI at very low magnetic fields, from milli-Tesla to micro-Tesla, the ultra-low field (ULF) regime. The book is focused on applications to imaging the human brain, and hardware methods primarily based...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2014-02-26
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Recording memories, mind reading, videotaping our dreams, mind control, avatars, and telekinesis - no longer are these feats of the mind solely the province of overheated science fiction. As Michio Kaku reveals, not only are they possible, but with the latest advances...
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Penguin
Parution :
2014-02-25
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This book presents recent topics on the development, differentiation, and myelination of Schwann cells, as well as pathological mechanisms and therapeutic approaches for peripheral neuropathies, such as Charcot–Marie–Tooth diseases, amyloid polyneuropathy,...
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Springer
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2014-02-13
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Journalist Dan Hurley's Smarter investigates how working memory can be manipulated, and how we can all make ourselves more intelligent.Can you make yourself smarter?Scientists have always believed that the one thing that couldn't improve was intelligence.But now science...
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Penguin
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2014-01-30
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Traditionally, neuroscience has considered the nervous system as an isolated entity and largely ignored influences of the social environments in which humans and many animal species live. However, there is mounting evidence that the social environment affects behavior...
Editeur :
Springer
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2013-12-11
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Research and Perspectives in Neurosciences
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In the summer of 1982, hospital emergency rooms in the San Francisco Bay Area were suddenly confronted with mysteriously “frozen” patients – young men and women who, though conscious, could neither move nor speak. Doctors were baffled, until neurologist J. William...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2013-12-02
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Written by an international team of experts from the Tara Oceans Marine Biology Imaging Platform (TAOMI), this is the first and only compendium on marine imaging technologies, and includes all known underwater as well as on-land techniques. TAOMI is imaging the largest...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-11-19
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White matter injury can result from both ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke as well as a host of other CNS diseases and conditions such as neonatal injuries, neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer's disease, traumatic brain injuries, carbon monoxide poisoning, and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-11-19
Collection :
Springer Series in Translational Stroke Research
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Cell Adhesion Molecules: Implications in Neurological Diseases contains review articles on recent developments in the field of neural cell adhesion molecules (CAMs). The main focus is on the role of cell adhesion molecules in various neurological and neurodegenerative...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-11-18
Collection :
Advances in Neurobiology
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Neuroscience has made considerable progress in figuring out how the brain works. We know much about the molecular-genetic and biochemical underpinnings of sensory and motor functions, and recent neuroimaging work has opened the door to investigating the neural...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-11-11
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Recent research has revealed the importance of immunological mechanisms and inflammation in delaying damage and/or promoting repair after an acute injury to the central nervous system. This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the role of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-11-09
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Springer Series in Translational Stroke Research
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Stereological methods provide researchers with unparalleled quantitative data from tissue samples and allow for well-evidenced research advances in a broad range of scientific fields. Presenting a concise introduction to the methodology and application of stereological...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-11-07
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While there are a number of books on the market that deal with neuronal mechanisms and targets, the proposed book will be the only one to cover the vascular aspects of CNS trauma. The contributing authors will present basic mechanisms, explain cutting-edge experimental...
Editeur :
Springer
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2013-11-04
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What produces emotions? Why do we have emotions? How do we have emotions? Why do
emotional states feel like something?What is the relation between emotion, and reward value, and subjective feelings of pleasure? How is the value of a good represented in the brain? Will...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-10-31
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The Lateral Line System provides an overview of the key concepts and issues surrounding the development, evolution, neurobiology, and function of the lateral line, a fascinating yet somewhat enigmatic flow-sensing system.The book examines the historical precedence for...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-10-23
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Not just another standard introduction to neuroanatomy, How the Brain Works is an innovative and fun way to learn about the function and dysfunction of the central nervous system, as explained in nine easy-to-understand "lectures." This exciting new addition to the...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-10-14
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This is the first book to collect and summarize in one publication the efforts to use kinases or phosphatases for drug development against parasite infections. The editors and contributors comprise the Who is Who in the field, and they are comprehensive in covering...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-10-07
Collection :
Drug Discovery in Infectious Diseases
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"... and still we could never suppose that fortune were to be so friendly to us, such as to allow us to be perhaps the first in handling, as it were, the electricity concealed in nerves, in extracting it from nerves, and, in some way, in putting it under everyone's...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-10-04
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