Published May, 2015
By Kathleen M. Kantak, Joseph G. Wettstein and Joseph Wettstein
Publisher: Springer (Springer International Publishing AG)
Series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology
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This book highlights the behavioral and neurobiological issues relevant for drug development, reviews evidence for an innovative approach for drug discovery and presents perspectives on multiple special topics ranging from therapeutic drug use in children, emerging technologies and non-pharmacological approaches to cognitive enhancement.

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Published May, 2015
By Alexander S. Kauffman and Jeremy T. Smith
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Kisspeptin has been shown to be both necessary and sufficient for activation of the reproductive axis, during puberty and later in adulthood. This places kisspeptin neurons in a unique position to be key nodal points and conduits for conveying numerous endogenous and exogenous signals to the reproductive axis.

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Published May, 2015
By Marco Catani and Stefano Sandrone
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Andreas Vesalius is the greatest anatomist of all time. His work, the Fabrica, published almost 500 years ago, signposts a new era in medicine. Brain Renaissance translates and comments upon those chapters dedicated to the brain, and learns how his words still resonate in neuroscience today.

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Published May, 2015
By Tommaso Bertolotti
Publisher: Springer (Springer International Publishing AG)
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This book proposes an applied epistemological framework for investigating science, social cognition and religious thinking based on inferential patterns that recur in the different domains.

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Published May, 2015
By Atsushi Kumanogoh
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Japan)
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Semaphorins

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Published May, 2015
By Liana Fattore and Patrizia Campolongo
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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The endocannabinoid system consists of cannabinoid receptors, their endogenous lipid ligands (endocannabinoids) and the enzymatic machinery for their synthesis and degradation.

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Published May, 2015
By Juichi Ito
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Japan)
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This book describes an exciting new movement using regenerative medicine to treat patients with otolaryngological diseases. The various diseases and symptoms considered in the book include inner ear and middle ear diseases, rhinitis, nasal sinusitis and otolaryngological cancers.

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Published May, 2015
By Erich Gulbins and Irina Petrache
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag GmbH)
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Sphingolipids are lipid components of the plasma membrane of eukaryotic cells with an important function in signaling mechanisms in the cell. The function of Sphingolipids in cell signaling with regard to infectious and lung diseases, cancer, cardiovascular diseases and neuropsychiatric disorders are described and treated in distinct parts.

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Published May, 2015
By Amnon H. Eden, Johnny H. Soraker, James H. Moor and Eric Steinhart
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: The Frontiers Collection
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Singularity Hypotheses: A Scientific and Philosophical Assessment offers authoritative, jargon-free essays and critical commentaries on accelerating technological progress and the notion of technological singularity.

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Published May, 2015
By Gary Stephens and Sumiko Mochida
Publisher: Springer
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A number of therapeutic drugs target the Ca2+ channel complex, including the anti-epileptic gabapentinoid and analgesic ziconotide drugs and the pharmaceutical industry is searching for Ca2+ channel blocking drugs, particularly in the pain, epilepsy, ataxia and migraine areas.

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