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Given the very limited capacity of regeneration in the brain, protecting neurons that are on the brink of death is a major challenge for basic and clinical neuroscience, with implications for a broad spectrum of acute and...

Kornhuber and Deecke first recorded and reported the Bereitschaftspotential in 1964. The aim of this book is to bring together in a single volume some of the important research on the Bereitschaftspotential and other...

Some of the best vision scientists in the world in their respective fields have contributed to chapters in this book. They have expertise in a wide variety of fields, including bioengineering, basic and clinical visual science,...

About 20% of people with epilepsy have seizures which are resistant to anticonvulsant medications. These drug-resistant seizures are called `intractable', and the patients who have them - about 1 in 500 of the general ...

The human brain contains more than a billion neurons which interconnect to form networks that process, store, and recall sensory information. These neuronal activities are supported by a group of accessory brain cells coll-...

This book is based on invited presentations at the Ninth International Catecholamine Symposiwn. Over several decades, each International Catecholamine Symposiwn (ICS) has provided a uniquely important forwn for updating basic...

1h The 5 International Conference on the Progress in Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's 51 1 Disease took place from March 31 to April 5 \ 2001 in Kroto, Japan. This international 1 conference was organized as a joint Congress...

The Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology series deals with the aspects of neurosciences that have the most direct and immediate bearing on behavior. It presents the most current research available in the specific areas of...

List of Contributors. Preface. 1. Overview of the Symposium; W.A. Hunt, Yuan Liu. 2. A Perspective on the Synapse; G.M. Shepherd. Section I: Synaptic Transmission. 3. Molecular Targets Underlying Ethanol-Mediated Reduction of Hormone Release From...

This volume contains the proceedings of the Ninth European Conference on Eye Movements (ECEM 9), held in Ulm, Germany, on September 23-26, 1997. ECEM 9 con­ tinued a series of conferences initiated by Rudolf Groner of Bern,...

Here is the first effort in a single volume to cover all of the integrative functions of calcium signalling - how changes in intracellular calcium coordinate a variety of coherent cellular responses. Written by a team of...

Keynote Adress. Genetic Predisposition and Kindling Susceptibility in Primates; J.A. Wada. Developmental Patterns. Idiosyncrasies of Limbic Kindling in Developing Rats; K.Z. Haas, et al. Long-Term Effects of Kindling on Learning and Memory in the...

Processing of Vocalization Signals in Neurons of the Inferior Colliculus and Medial Geniculate Body; J. Syka, et al. Coding of FM and AM Sounds at the Auditory Midbrain; P.W.F. Poon, et al. Inhibition and Inhibitory Plasticity in the Mammalian...

Historical Perspectives. Morphology of Chemoreceptors. Re-Examination of the Carotid body Ultrastructure with Paying Attention to the Intercellular Membrane Apposition; H. Kondo, H. Iwasa. Biochemistry of Chemoreceptor Mechanisms. Developmental...

Pattern Formation in the Vertebrate CNS: Hox Gene Function and the Development of the Head; M. Mark, et al. Genetic Mechanisms Responsible for Pattern Formation in the Vertebrate Hindbrain: Regulation of Hoxb1; M. Studer, et al. Pax Genes as ...

Perspective of Neurochemistry in Neurological Disorders.- Selegiline Induces "Trophic-Like" Rescue of Dying Neurons without Mao Inhibition.- Aliphatic Propargylamines, a New Series of Potent Selective, Irreversible Non-Amphetamine-Like MAO-B Inhibitors.-...

Neuroendocrine Factors in Ulcer Pathogenesis: Role of Sensory Neurons in the Control of Gastric Mucosal Blood Flow and Protection; P. Holzer, et al. Sympathoadrenergic Regulation of Duodenal Mucosal Alkaline Secretion; L. Fandriks, C. Jönson...

Temporal Pattern Analysis: Representations of Temporal Patterns of Signal Amplitude in the Anuran Auditory System and Electrosensory System (G.J. Rose). Mechanisms for Analysis of Auditory Temporal Patterns in the Brainstem of Echolocating Bats (J.H...

Cell Signal Transduction, Second Messengers and Protein Phosphorylation in Health and Disease (A.M. Municio). Tyrosine Phosphatases in Cell Cycle and Transformation (E.H. Fischer). Hydrolysis of Phospholipids and Activation of Protein Kinase C for ...

Angiotensin II Receptor (T. Inagami et al.). Molecular Biology of Angiotensin II Receptors (B. Lassègue et al.). Defining Angiotensin Receptor Subtypes (A.T. Chiu et al.). Medicinal Chemistry of Angiotensin II Antagonists (W.J. Greenlee, R.W. Wexler)...

Peptides: Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide; I. Gozes, D.E. Brenneman. Proteases for Neuropeptide Precursor Processing in Bovine Adrenal Medullary Chromaffin Granules; V.Y.K. Hook, et al. Growth Factors: Gene Transfer into the Central Nervous System; D.M...

An Overview of Developments in Research on Recovery from Brain Injury.- Recovery of Function: Nutritional Factor.- Neural Transplantation and Recovery of Function: Animal Studies.- Neural Implants and Recovery of Function: Human Work.- Environmental...

Introduction; M. Ginsberg, et al. Metabolic Correlates of Focal Ischemia; W.D. Lust, et al. Role of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase in Ischemic Injury; F.A. Welsh. Disturbances of Protein and Polyamine Metabolism After Reversible Cerebral Ischemia; K.A...

Biophysics and Psychophysics of Photoreceptors.- Visual Pigments and Colour Vision in Primates.- The Cost of Trichromaticity for Spatial Vision.- Variability in Cone Populations and Implications.- Discussion: Biophysics and Psychophysics of Photoreceptor...

1: Fundamentals.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Data Aquisition.- Map Construction.- Interpolation.- 1.3 Spatial Sampling.- 1.4 Reference and Reference-Dependence.- 1.5 Map Display Methods.- Scaling and Floating Voltage Scales.- Summary Maps.- 1.6...

Molecular Polymorphism: Biosynthesis of the Molecular Forms of Acetylcholinesterase (J. Massoulie et al.). Molecular Organization of Recombinant Human Acetylcholinesterase (B. Velan et al.). Nematode Acetylcholinesterases (M. Arpagaus et al.). ...

Chronic and excessive alcohol consumption disrupts a number of biologic sys­ tems. Central nervous system pathology, associated with long-standing alcohol ingestion, has particularly deleterious consequences to the individual...

In the past fifteen years there has been considerable interest in neural circuits that initiate behavior patterns. For many types of behaviors, this involves decision-making circuits whose primary elements are neither purely...

This book developed out of the editors' longstanding interest in the retraining of traumatically brain-damaged adults and the management of their behavior by family members. A search for relevant experimental evidence to...

1 On the Basic Architecture of the Septal Region.- 2 Neuronal Networks That Control the Septal Pacemaker System: Synaptic Interconnections Between the Septal Complex, Hippocampus, Supramammillary Area, and Median Raphe.- 3 Cellular Pharmacology at...

This volume contains the proceedings of the 2005 ADPD conference and is unique in that it deals not only with issues related individually to Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, but also with the integration of these and other related diseases...

Complex Systems Science in BiomedicineThomas S. Deisboeck and J. Yasha Kresh Complex Systems Science in Biomedicine covers the emerging field of systems science involving the application of physics, mathematics, engineering and...

Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Kindling, featuring valuable summaries of the participants' current cutting-edge research on the kindling of seizures and related phenomena in epilepsy.

Connecting the auditory brain stem to sensory, motor, and limbic systems, the inferior colliculus is a critical midbrain station for auditory processing. Winer and Schreiner's The Inferior Colliculus,...

Like previous handbooks, the present volume is an authoritative and up-to-date compendium of information and perspective on the neurobiology of ingestive behaviors. It is intended to be stimulating and informative to the...

Although some decades have passed, there are still worldwide controversies about a concept of human death on neurological grounds. There are also disagreements on the diagnostic criteria for brain death, whether clinical alone...

Glutamate receptors (GluRs) in the central nervous system have been the subject of intense investigations for several decades, providing new avenues for the understanding of excitatory neurotransmission, excitotoxicity,...

This volume comprises the edited proceedings of the International Taurine Sympo­ sium held in Osaka, Japan, in June 1995, as a Satellite Symposium of the 15th Biennial of the International Society for Neurochemistry. This...