Published October, 2007
By Akhlaq A. Farooqui, Lloyd Horrocks, Wei-Yi Ong and Lloyd A. Horrocks
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Rating:
Availability: Available

Leading researchers offer cutting-edge information on glutamate metabolism in the brain, examining the role of glutamate transporters and the involvement of glutamate receptors in the pathogenesis of acute neural trauma and neurodegenerative diseases.

---

Published October, 2007
By Silvia A. Bunge and Jonathan D. Wallis
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
Rating:
Availability: Available

Rules are central to human behaviour, but until now the field of neuroscience lacked a unified approach to understanding them. This book brings together the world's leading cognitive and systems neuroscientists to explain the most recent research on rule-guided behaviour.

---

Published October, 2007
By Ernesto Carafoli and Marisa Brini
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Subcellular Biochemistry
Rating:
Availability: Available

Authors highlight several promising discoveries in the field of calcium signaling that provide new information about both genetic and acquired pathologies. Their discussions will give you new insights into the underlying causes of congenital and acquired diseases and point the way to new, even more promising research and therapies.

---

Published October, 2007
By Mark G. Darlison
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation
Rating: 1.00
Availability: Available

Darlison's excellent work reviews aspects of GABA-A receptor function, as well as the properties of a variety of other important inhibitory proteins, such as GABA-C receptors and G-protein coupled receptors including neuropeptides. Glycine receptors and potassium channels are covered too.

---

Published September, 2007
By Gunter Klein
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Rating:
Availability: Available

Nearly everything making up what we call the "environment" of a plant has an infuence on the way it grows.

---

Published September, 2007
By Stanley Finger, Christopher Smith, Harry A. Whitaker, Harry Whitaker and C.U.M. Smith
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Rating: 1.00
Availability: Available

No books have been published on the practice of neuroscience in the eighteenth century, a time of transition and discovery in science and medicine. This volume explores neuroscience and reviews developments in anatomy, physiology, and medicine in the era some call the Age of Reason, and others the Enlightenment.

---

Published September, 2007
By Peter Molnar and James J. Hickman
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology
Rating:
Availability: Available

Patch Clamp Methods and Protocols surveys the typical patch clamp applications and advises scientists on identifying problems and selecting the best technique in each instance. The experiments described aid the researcher in pursuing new areas of electrophysiology and using the patch clamp technique effectively.

---

Published September, 2007
By Birger Kollmeier, Georg Klump, Volker Hohmann, Ulrike Langemann, Manfred Mauermann, Stefan Uppenkamp, Jesko Verhey, B. Kollmeier, G. Klump, V. Hohmann, U. Langemann, M. Mauermann, S. Uppenkamp and J. Verhey
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Rating:
Availability: Available

Hearing - From Sensory Processing to Perception presents the papers of the latest "International Symposium on Hearing," a meeting held every three years focusing on psychoacoustics and the research of the physiological mechanisms underlying auditory perception.

---

Published September, 2007
By Naoyuki Osaka, Ingo Rentschler and Irving Biederman
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Japan)
Rating:
Availability: Available

Human object recognition is a classical topic both for philosophy and for the natural sciences. It contains chapters that address the ways in which humans and machines attend to, recognize, and act toward objects in the visual environment.

---

Published September, 2007
By Mircea Steriade and Denis Pare
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Rating:
Availability: Available

The correct functioning of the mammalian brain depends on the co-ordinated activity of many different parts - from cells to systems. How these component parts interact determines various behaviours and outcomes. The authors describe how these interactions work in both normal conditions and in diseased states.

---