Published December, 2008
By Steve Reilly and Todd R. Schachtman
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Provides a contemporary focus on the research, theory, and clinical application concerning conditioned taste aversion effects and methodology, and serves as a definitive perspective on the current state of research in this area.

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Published December, 2008
By Roland Baddeley, Peter Hancock, Peter Foldiak and Peter Foeldiak
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Information Theory and the Brain deals with a new and expanding area of neuroscience which provides a framework for understanding neuronal processing. It will be useful for graduate students and researchers in neuroscience, as well as computer scientists, cognitive scientists, and anyone interested in any aspect of neural networks or information processing.

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Published December, 2008
By Michael E. Dawson, Anne M. Schell and Andreas H. Bohmelt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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The human startle reflex and its modification by attentional and affective processes has received increased attention in the last decade. This book is a comprehensive volume devoted to startle modification. It offers a unique overview of the methods, measurement, physiology and psychology of the phenomenon, particularly modification of the human startle eyeblink.

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Published December, 2008
By Yves Christen, Peter H. George-Hyslop, William C. Mobley and Peter H. St.George-Hyslop
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Research and Perspectives in Alzheimer's Disease
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Many adult onset neurodegenerative diseases arise from the accumulation of misfolded peptides. This book examines the role sub-cellular trafficking pathways play in the pathological accumulation of these misfolded proteins and in attempts to clear them.

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Published December, 2008
By Vladimir Parpura, Philip Haydon and Philip G. Haydon
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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astrocytes possess a diverse assortment of ion channels, neu- transmitter receptors, and transport mechanisms that enable the astrocytes to respond to many of the same signals that act on neurons.

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Published December, 2008
By Francisco Aboitiz and Diego Cosmelli
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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Attention is a key psychological construct in the understanding of human cognition, and the target of enormous efforts to elucidate its physiological mechanisms, as the wealth of literature-both primary and secondary-attests (for recent compilations see Itti, Rees, & Tsotsos, 2005;

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Published December, 2008
By Rafael Gutierrez
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Dale's Principle postulated that a neuron functions as a metabolic unit, whereby a process occurring in the cell can influence all of the compartments of that given neuron.

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Published December, 2008
By Heiko Braak and Kelly Del Tredici
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology
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The synucleinopathy sporadic Parkinson's disease (sPD) is the second most frequent degenerative disorder of the human nervous system after Alzheimer's disease.

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Published December, 2008
By Stephen W. Schaffer, Junichi Azuma and Takashi Ito
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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Moreover, there are a number of other putative functions of taurine less well known at present. This volume focuses on all aspects of taurine research from immunology and its effect on health to chemistry and biochemistry, including future clinical applications.

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Published November, 2008
By Luciano Fadiga and Christian Keysers
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Psychology Press Ltd)
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This special issue collects some of the most representative works on the mirror-neuron system to give a panoramic view on current research and to stimulate new experiments in this exciting field.

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