Published August, 2007
By J. Malva, A.C. Rego, R. Cunha, C. Oliveira, Ana Cristina Rego, Joao Malva, Rodrigo Cunha and Catarina Oliveira
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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A superb source of reference reviews as well as a concise overview of the functional cross-talk between neurons and glial cells, this book also focuses on microglia and inflammation in the aging brain and in neurological disorders.

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Published August, 2007
By Kuei-Yuan Tseng and Marco Atzori
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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This book provides a comprehensive, integrated comparison of the complex modulatory action of dopamine, noradrenaline, and serotonin receptors in the cortex.

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Published August, 2007
By Shintaro Funahashi
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Japan)
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Understanding brain functions, especially the neural mechanisms of higher cognitive processes such as thinking, reasoning, judging, and decision making, are the subjects covered by the chapters of this book. They describe recent progress in four major research areas: visual functions, motor functions, memory functions, and prefrontal functions.

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Published August, 2007
By Tiziana Borsello
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology
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This book examines current research into the role of neuronal death in cell signaling pathways, and its role in neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. After introducing neurodegenerative, traumatic, and ishemic disorders, the authors cover in vitro and animal systems, and cellular and molecular mechanisms.

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Published August, 2007
By Mauricio Filippi, Marco Rovaris, G. Comi, M. Filippi and M. Rovaris
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag)
Series: Topics in Neuroscience
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Written by world-renowned scientists, the volume provides a state-of-the-art on the most recent MRI techniques related to MS, and it is an indispensable tool for all those working in this field.

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Published August, 2007
By Edmund T. Rolls
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Memory, attention, and decision-making are three major areas of cognitive neuroscience. They are however frequently studied in isolation, using a range of models to understand them. This book brings a unified approach to understanding these three processes, showing how these fundamental functions can be understood in a common and unifying framework.

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Published August, 2007
By Wolfgang Walz
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Neuromethods
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Continuing the research of the best-selling first edition, this second edition collects three more years of research in the ever-expanding study of the cell membrane.

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Published July, 2007
By Viktor K. Jirsa and A.R. McIntosh
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Understanding Complex Systems
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Our contemporary understanding of brain function is deeply rooted in the ideas of the nonlinear dynamics of distributed networks. The second part introduces the currently available non-invasive technologies for measuring structural and functional connectivity in the brain.

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Published July, 2007
By William H. Calvin
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Published July, 2007
By Uwe Lendeckel and Nigel M. Hooper
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Proteases in Biology and Disease
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Hooper and Otto von Guericke, world leaders in protease research, have written the first book that focuses on recent data stemming from the structural determination of intramembrane-cleaving proteases (I-CLiPs).

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