Published August, 2008
By Nancy Y. Ip and Li-Huei Tsai
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Cyclin Dependent Kinase 5 provides a comprehensive and up-to-date collection of reviews on the discovery, signaling mechanisms and functions of Cdk5, as well as the potential implication of Cdk5 in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.

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Published August, 2008
By Stefan Offermanns, Walter Rosenthal and W. Rosenthal
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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The book combines the knowledge of classic pharmacology with the more recent approach of the precise analysis of the molecular mechanisms by which drugs exert their effects. In addition, detailed essays provide in-depth information on drugs, cellular processes, molecular targets, techniques, molecular mechanisms, and general principles.

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Published August, 2008
By Claus Bundesen and Thomas Habekost
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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The nature of attention is one of the oldest and most central problems in psychology. Principles of Visual Attention contains a detailed review of the most important research done on attention in vision, spanning cognitive psychology, brain imaging, patient studies, and recordings from single cells in the visual cortex.

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Published August, 2008
By Panagiotis Antonios Tsonis
Publisher: Elsevier (Academic Press Inc)
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The eye is a complex sensory organ, which enables visual perception of the world. Thus the eye has several tissues that do different tasks. This book presents the different animal models that are commonly used for eye research and their uniqueness in evaluating different aspects of eye development, evolution, physiology and disease.

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Published August, 2008
By Naoyuki Taniguchi, Akemi Suzuki, Yukishige Ito, Hisashi Narimatsu, Toshisuke Kawasaki and Sumihiro Hase
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Japan)
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The aim of this book is to provide experimental protocols covering many aspects of glycobiology, glycotechnology, and chemistry: biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology, genetics, physiology, and medicine.

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Published August, 2008
By Naoyuki Taniguchi, Akemi Suzuki, Yukishige Ito, Hisashi Narimatsu, Toshisuke Kawasaki and Sumihiro Hase
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Japan)
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The aim of this book is to provide experimental protocols covering many aspects of glycobiology, glycotechnology, and chemistry: biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology, genetics, physiology, and medicine.

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Published August, 2008
By Husseini K. Manji, A. Carlos and Carlos A. Zarate Jr.
Publisher: Springer (Birkhauser Verlag AG)
Series: Milestones in Drug Therapy
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This comprehensive volume is a thorough overview of bipolar depression. It brings together clinicians and researchers to offer the most up-to-date information about the diagnosis, treatment, and research surrounding bipolar depression.

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Published August, 2008
By Stanley Jacobson and Elliott M. Marcus
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Introducing many of the fundamentals of the nervous system, this book features the essentials of an upper level biology course on the central nervous system. It approaches the nervous system from a basic science perspective that intertwines both structure and function as an organizing teaching and learning model.

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Published July, 2008
By Lesley J. Rogers and Richard Andrew
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This book takes a comparative approach to brain lateralization. It examines lower vertebrates, birds, non-primate mammals, and primates, including humans, highlighting model systems that elucidate the function, causes, development and evolution of lateralization. Topics include the evolution, development and cognitive dimensions of lateralization, and its role in memory.

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Published July, 2008
By Johannes W. Hell and Michael D. Ehlers
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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This new Springer volume, which comes complete with a free DVD, is a comprehensive and detailed overview of the synapse with emphasis on the glutamatergic synapse. This approach shows which mechanisms are characterized on both the functional and structural level and can thus be considered firmly established.

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