Published October, 2013
By Ke Xu and Susumu Terakawa
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Japan)
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In 1961, neurobiologists found that the conduction velocity of the nerve impulse in the giant nerve fiber of the Penaeus shrimp abdominal nerve cord was over 200 m/s, the highest speed of information transmission ever observed in the animal kingdom.

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Published October, 2013
By Guillermo A. Cecchi and A. Ravishankar Rao
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Springer Series in Cognitive and Neural Systems
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Here is a unified view of how the time domain can be effectively employed in neural network models. Covers synchronization, phase-locking behavior, image processing, temporal pattern analysis, fMRI analyis, network topology and synchronizability and more.

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Published October, 2013
By Richard R. Fay, Arthur N. Popper, Fan-Gang Zeng and Arthur Popper
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research
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However, due to the newness of the ideas and technology, the volume did not cover any emerging applications such as bilateral cochlear implants, combined acoustic-electric stimulation, and other types of auditory prostheses, nor did it review brain plasticity in responses to electric stimulation and its perceptual and language consequences.

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Published October, 2013
By Richard R. Fay, Arthur N. Popper, Donald Henderson, Colleen G. Le Prell and Arthur Popper
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research
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Exposure to loud noise continues to be the largest cause of hearing loss in the adult population. Indeed, permissible noise exposure for US personnel is significantly greater than that allowed in numerous other countries, including for example, Canada, China, Brazil, Mexico, and the European Union.

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Published October, 2013
By Richard R. Fay, Arthur N. Popper, Laurence O. Trussell and Arthur Popper
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research
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Synaptic Mechanisms in the Auditory System will provide a basic reference for students, clinicians, and researchers on how synapses in the auditory system function to encode acoustic signals.

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Published October, 2013
By Ya. Kots
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Published October, 2013
By Brent A. Vogt, VOGT, GABRIEL and Michael Gabriel
Publisher: Springer (Birkhauser Boston Inc)
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Published October, 2013
By George Paxinos and Charles Watson
Publisher: Elsevier (Academic Press Inc)
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Incorporates findings on developmental gene expression and shows the boundaries of neuromeres in the diencephalon and brain stem. This book features: 161 thoroughly revised coronal diagrams and accompanying photographic plates spaced at 120 m intervals; and 19 thoroughly revised sagittal diagrams and accompanying photographic plates.

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Published October, 2013
By Richard R. Fay, Arthur N. Popper, Horst Bleckmann, Sheryl Coombs and Richard Fay
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research
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The Lateral Line System provides an overview of the key concepts and issues surrounding the development, evolution, neurobiology, and function of the lateral line, a fascinating yet somewhat enigmatic flow-sensing system.

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Published October, 2013
By Santosh A. Helekar
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Songbird research has elucidated cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying learning and production of vocal patterns, perception of vocal sounds, vocal motor control and vocal neuromotor plasticity.

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