Neuroscience category: 1433 books
Developing the Virtues
Integrating Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2016
Ethicists and psychologists have become increasingly interested in the development of virtue in recent years, approaching the topic from the perspectives of virtue ethics and developmental psychology respectively. Such interest in virtue development has spread beyond academia, as teachers and parents...
Herbal Medicine in Depression
Traditional Medicine to Innovative Drug Delivery
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2016
This book is written for researchers, undergraduate students and postgraduate students, physicians and traditional medicine practitioners who develop research in the field of neurosciences, phytochemistry and ethnopharmacology or can be useful for their practice. Topics discussed include the description...
by Jeffrey Louis Goldberg, Ephraim F. Trakhtenberg
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Published since 1959, International Review of Neurobiology is a well-known series appealing to neuroscientists, clinicians, psychologists, physiologists, and pharmacologists. Led by an internationally renowned editorial board, this important serial publishes both eclectic volumes made up of timely...
Functional Selectivity of G Protein-Coupled Receptor Ligands
New Opportunities for Drug Discovery
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2009
Functional selectivity refers to the ability of different ligands acting at one receptor subtype to activate multiple signaling pathways in unique combinations; that is, one drug can be an agonist at pathway A and an antagonist or partial agonist at pathway B, and another drug can have the reverse...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2014
Cardiorespiratory function is prominently affected by oxidative stress. Cigarette smoking is the archetype of oxidative and nitrative stress and free radical formation. New adverse effects of smoking keep on propping up in research. The chapters provide the comprehensive view of new developments in...
by C.L. Solaro, M. Fornari
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
From the Meeting on "Advanced Technology in Neurosurgery", held in Milan on May, 29 - June, 1, 1985
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Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2015
Handbook of Spine Surgery, Second Edition, is a completely updated and comprehensive reference that distills the basic principles of contemporary spine surgery. Its coverage of both principles and techniques makes it an excellent refresher before surgery or a valuable daily companion for residents...
From Conditioning to Conscious Recollection
Memory Systems of the Brain
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2004
This cutting-edge book offers a theoretical account of the evolution of multiple memory systems of the brain. The authors conceptualize these memory systems from both behavioral and neurobiological perspectives, guided by three related principles. First, that our understanding of a wide range of memory...
Nicotine and Other Tobacco Compounds in Neurodegenerative and Psychiatric Diseases
Overview of Epidemiological Data on Smoking and Preclinical and Clinical Data on Nicotine
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Nicotine and Other Tobacco Compounds in Neurodegenerative and Psychiatric Diseases: Epidemiological Data on Smoking and Preclinical and Clinical Data on Nicotine provides a comprehensive summary of the epidemiological data on smoking and several neurological disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease,...
by Aaron L. Berkowitz
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017
An engagingly written text that bridges the gap between neuroanatomy and clinical neurology
A Doody’s Core Title for 2019!
“A wonderfully readable, concise, but by no means superficial book that fits well in the current pedagogic environment.”
From the Foreword by Allan H. Ropper,...
The Circuitry of the Human Spinal Cord
Spinal and Corticospinal Mechanisms of Movement
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
Studies of human movement have proliferated in recent years. This greatly expanded and thoroughly updated reference surveys the literature on the corticospinal control of spinal cord circuits in human subjects, showing how different circuits can be studied, their role in normal movement and how they...
The Root of Thought
Unlocking Glia -- the Brain Cell That Will Help Us Sharpen Our Wits, Heal Injury, and Treat Brain Disease
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2009
Until recently, neuroscientists thought glial cells did little more than hold your brain together. But in the past few years, they've discovered that glial cells are extraordinarily important. In fact, they may hold the key to understanding intelligence, treating psychiatric disorders and brain injuries...
The Cerebellum: Brain for an Implicit Self
Brain for an Implicit Self
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
This is the eBook version of the printed book.Leading neuroscientist Dr. Masao Ito advances a detailed and fascinating view of what the cerebellum contributes to brain function. The cerebellum has been seen as primarily involved in coordination of body movement control, facilitating the learning of...