Neurosciences

Why is it that the behaviour of teenagers can be so odd? As they grow older, young children steadily improve their sense of how to behave, and then...

This book examines the latest research in brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in Huntington''''s Disease, in the treatment of diminished gluta...

This book is devoted to the study of physiological properties of a living axoplasm, which, as it turns out, is hardly studied as a single organ. Th...

Memory could be conceptualised as the capability to encode, store and retrieve information to guide behavior. Memory may be stored in different man...

This book explores the psychophysical studies of colour perception in both animals and man help to understand these complex processes. Finally, col...

Astrocytes, the most prevalent type of cell found in the brain, are glial cells that play a critical role in the support and maintenance of homeost...

Where does creativity come from? Why are some people more creative than others?Eminent neuropsychologist Christine Temple navigates a wide range o...

Huntington''''s disease, chorea or disorder (HD) is an incurable neurodegenerative genetic disorder, which affects muscle co-ordination and some co...

Even if you've never seen a zombie movie or television show, you could identify an undead ghoul if you saw one. With their endless wandering, lumbe...

This book presents current research in the study of the mechanisms, types and disorders of long-term memory. Topics included in this compilation in...

The purpose of this book is to focus on breakthroughs in translational neuroscience and bio-behavioural research. This book is divided into three s...

Excitotoxicity is the pathological process in which neurons are damaged and killed by over-stimulation of the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate...

'I must remember tomorrow to make an appointment at the doctors' or 'I must send my cousin a birthday congratulations message on Tuesday' are two e...

Memory impairment due to aging and various memory disorders represent a great medical challenge to our society. Since the publication of the fifth ...

Several studies have shown the presence of increased values of S100B in samples from patients with degenerative central nervous system (CNS) disord...

Neuropathic pain (NP) affects large populations worldwide determining increased direct and indirect costs and significantly alters the patients''''...

Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system. Traditionally, neuroscience has been seen as a branch of biology. Nevertheless, it is c...

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

Increasing evidence indicates that inflammatory cells and immunological cytokines can enter into the brain and modulate a number of biological and ...

Synaptic plasticity is the ability of the connection, or synapse, between two neurons to change in strength in response to either use or disuse of ...

A dendritic spine (or spine) is a small membranous protrusion from a neuron''''s dendrite that typically receives input from a single synapse of an...

With the single-nerve fiber action potential recording method and the single-motor unit electromyography, the functioning of the human central nerv...

This monograph serves as an in-depth guide to the use of the innovative combination of Bayesian analysis, artificial neural networks and fuzzy logi...

In many ways, it is the best of times and the worst of times for the field of psychiatry. New discoveries in neuroscience are leading us to a bet...