Neurology & Clinical Neurophysiology

Mild cognitive impairment, also known as incipient dementia, or isolated memory impairment, is a diagnosis given to individuals who have cognitive ...

Epilepsy is neither an illness nor a disease, but a brain disorder, frequently associated with neurological and psychosocial difficulties. It is no...

Glucose is an integral part of whole-body energy homeostasis and is tightly regulated by numerous endocrine, neuronal and behavioural systems, whic...

This is the first in a series to investigate under-researched areas of dyslexia. It has come from a need to investigate a much quoted but little re...

Rett Syndrome is a severe neuro-developmental disorder characterised by losses in the areas of intellectual functioning, fine and gross motor skill...

The brain''''s vast array of responsibilities includes the regulation of all physical movements, memory, learning and emotions, as well as the rece...

The capacity for holding a small amount of information in mind in an active, readily available state for a short period of time is known as short-t...

In recent decades, auditory cortex has taken centre stage in studies of the auditory system and sound perception. Our knowledge of this structure, ...

This compilation presents original study results on the leading edge of neuroscience research. Each article has been carefully selected in an attem...

Meningiomas account for greater than one-third of all primary central nervous system tumors. Though in many cases they are pathologically benign, t...

Bi-directional communication between the central nervous system (CNS) and the enteric nervous system (ENS) occurs both in health and disease. Vario...

In the last 20 years, fundamental research to repair the spinal cord has yielded positive results and today, there is real hope that a cure might b...

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder with underlying brain anatomical and functional measures, a...

Motor imagery, the mental rehearsal of a motor act without overt movement, has been shown to improve motor performance in healthy subjects. It is w...

Rett syndrome is a X-linked neurodevelopmental disorder that affects 1 in 10,000 females. It presents itself clinically with developmental regressi...

The fight-or-flight response could be characterised as a discretionary capability of choice, conditioned by learning that allows evolution to go be...

Sleep disorders are increasingly recognized to contribute to medical morbidities and mortality. More and more ocular diseases are linked to sleep d...

This book discusses the processes, influences and performance of learning and memory. Chapter One reviews the growing evidences indicating the impo...

Primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is an extranodal form of non-Hodgkins lymphoma (NHL) occurring in the craniospinal axis that accoun...

Dyslexia is a reading disability in which speed and accuracy in word decoding is impaired. It is usually accompanied by spelling and/or arithmetic ...

The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is the anterior part of the frontal lobes of the brain, lying in front of the motor and premotor areas and has been imp...

The amygdala is a brain region that has attracted the interest of many researchers. This book focuses on various aspects of amygdala structure and ...

This book presents and discusses topical data in the field of brain research. Topics discussed herein include biological roots of personality; shor...

Intellectual disability occurs with a frequency of 1-3% within the general population. This impairment is frequently associated with additional fea...