Published April, 2008
By Richard R. Fay, Arthur N. Popper and Richard J. Salvi
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research
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Not male pattern baldness, but the loss of sensory hair, is a very serious topic. Sensory hair cells convert sound and motion into our sense of hearing, movement, and head position. In mammals, the loss of hair cells is irreversible. Hair cells in other vertebrates are capable of regenerating and recovering partial or complete function.

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Published April, 2008
By Abel Lajtha, E. Sylvester Vizi, Sylvester E. Vizi and N.S. Abel Lajtha
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Understanding the biology of brain function is a great challenge and a major goal of modern science. The brain is one of the last great frontiers in science, and the unraveling of its mysteries is comparable in complexity to efforts in space exploration.

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Published April, 2008
By Raja Parasuraman and Matthew Rizzo
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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This volume provides the first systematic overview of this emerging area, describing its theoretical background, basic research, major methods, as well as the new and future areas of application.

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Published April, 2008
By George Paxinos, Keith B. J. Franklin, Keith B.J. Franklin and Keith Franklin
Publisher: Elsevier (Academic Press Inc)
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An atlas of the mouse brain, which provides researchers and students with stereotaxic coordinates for laboratory use, and delineations and indexing of structures for reference. It features 3 sagittal, 5 coronal and 2 horizontal simplified overview diagrams for students. It provides surface views of the brain with labels over the major structures.

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Published April, 2008
By Tahira Farooqui, Akhlaq A. Farooqui, Lloyd Horrocks and Lloyd A. Horrocks
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Information on bioactive ether lipids and their involvement in neurological disorders is currently scattered throughout the literature.

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Published April, 2008
By Michael L Perlis, Carla Jungquist, Michael T. Smith and Donn Posner
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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* CBT is a new, increasingly popular method of treatment that provides measurable results and is therefore reimbursed by insurance companies * Title is ahead of the curve, there's no competition * Concise, practical manual * Contains reader-friendly, role-playing exercises to apply to daily practice

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Published April, 2008
By Attila Kofalvi and Attila Koefalvi
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Endocannabinoids have tremendous therapeutic potential. Authors, experienced clinical investigators, present and analyze results of recent clinical trials as well as the development of new therapeutic strategies and medicines.

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Published March, 2008
By Jamie Ward
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
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Everyone will be closely acquainted with a few people who have synesthesia but you may not yet know who they are because, until very recently, it was largely hidden and unknown. Now science is uncovering its secrets and the findings are leading to a radical rethink about how our senses are organized.

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Published March, 2008
By Rolf P. Würtz
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Understanding Complex Systems
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In this book, the major ideas behind Organic Computing are delineated, together with a sparse sample of computational projects undertaken in this new field. Biological metaphors include evolution, neural networks, gene-regulatory networks, networks of brain modules, hormone system, insect swarms, and ant colonies.

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Published March, 2008
By Nick Chater and Mike Oaksford
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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'The Probabilistic Mind' is a follow-up to the influential and highly cited 'Rational Models of Cognition' (OUP, 1998). It brings together developments in understanding how, and how far, high-level cognitive processes can be understood in rational terms, and particularly using probabilistic Bayesian methods.

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