Published December, 2007
By Steven J. Fliesler, Oleg Kisselev and Oleg G. Kisselev
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CRC Press Inc)
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Presents the structure of phototransduction cascade components at atomic resolution, as well as molecular interactions in multi-protein complexes and novel cell-based strategies for understanding signal shut-off and light adaptation. This book compares the visual signaling processes of vertebrates and invertebrates.

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Published December, 2007
By Peter D Wagner, Robert C. Roach, Peter Hackett and Robert Roach
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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Just one of a series of volumes on differing aspects of hypoxia, this authoritative text focuses on cutting-edge research at the interface of hypoxia and biomedicine.

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Published December, 2007
By Minoru Onozuka and Yen Chen-Tung
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Japan)
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With the development of neural science, knowledge of the molecules and neurons that comprise the brain has increased exponentially in the past two decades. In this book, leading neuroscientists from Japan and Taiwan describe the latest and most relevant research in brain science, including state-of-the-art brain-imaging technologies.

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Published December, 2007
By Ruth H. Walker, Shinji Saiki, Adrian Danek, M. Hallett, Ginger Irvine and Glenn Irvine
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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The latest research regarding the neurodegenerative conditions known as neuroacanthocytosis will be found in this book. In vitro studies have identified potential protein interactions, and work on erythrocyte membranes suggests mechanisms for the generation of acanthocytes.

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Published December, 2007
By Thomas C. Sudhof and Klaus Starke
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology
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It has been known for half a century that neurotransmitters are released in preformed quanta, that the quanta represent transmitter-storing vesicles, and that release occurs by exocytosis.

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Published December, 2007
By William M. Reichert
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CRC Press Inc)
Series: Frontiers in Neuroengineering Series
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Presents strategies to address the failures of implanted sensors and drug delivery devices during wound healing. Using in vitro and in vivo test models to point out challenges, this book sets the agenda for Central Nervous System chronic implants. It also includes discussions of implants to specific neurological applications.

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Published December, 2007
By S. R. Pandi-Perumal, Jaime M. Monti, David J. Nutt, Jaime Monti, Seithikurippu R. Pandi-Perumal, Barry L. Jacobs and Seithikurippu Ratnas Pandi-Perumal
Publisher: Springer (Birkhauser Verlag AG)
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This book focuses on the neuropsychopharmacology of serotonin and its role in sleep and wakefulness, presenting neurochemical, electrophysiological, and neuropharmacological approaches to understand the mechanisms of serotonin and related substances.

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Published December, 2007
By Hugo Besedovsky, Abel Lajtha, Armen A. Galoyan, Armen Galoyan and N.S. Abel Lajtha
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Neuroimmunology is one of the most rapidly developing branches of Neurobiology, and this volume contains chapters that focus on a huge range of topics including the relationship between neuroimmunology and the pathogenesis of different nervous diseases.

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Published December, 2007
By Thomas E. Lane, Monica Carson, Conni Bergmann and Tony Wyss-Coray
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Edited and authored by top names in the field, this book provides a succinct reference on inflammatory central nervous system disease. Sections focus on specific categories of diseases, examining the pharmacological, virological, and immunological effects of and on the disease.

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Published December, 2007
By Peter Riederer, Abel Lajtha, Moussa Youdin, Sylvia A. Mandel, Leontino Battistin, Moussa B.H. Youdim and N.S. Abel Lajtha
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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