Published September, 2006
By Michael A. Arbib
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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In this book, internationally recognised experts from child development, computer science, linguistics, neuroscience, primatology and robotics discuss the role of the mirror neuron system for the recognition of hand actions and the evolutionary basis for the brain mechanisms that support language.

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Published September, 2006
By Richard R. Fay, Arthur N. Popper, P. M. Narins, Albert S. Feng and Peter M. Narins
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research
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This book is a compendium of the latest research on acoustic communication in these highly vocal vertebrates. This integrated approach provides a neuroethologically-driven and evolutionary basis for our understanding of acoustic communication and its underlying mechanisms.

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Published September, 2006
By Cyndy D. Davis and Paul R. Sanberg
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Neuroscience
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Cell therapy, however, remains the most compelling treatment for neurodegenerative diseases, disorders, and injuries, including Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, traumatic brain injury, and stroke, which is expanded upon in more detail in Chapter 1 by Snyder and colleagues.

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Published August, 2006
By Alan Gilchrist
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Reviews the history of the scientific development of lightness theory and outlines and critiques the theories of lightness, laying out the strengths and weaknesses of each. This work presents author's argument that previous models of lightness perception fail to capture the errors and illusions present in human perception.

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Published August, 2006
By Byron C. Jones and Pierre Mormede
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CRC Press Inc)
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Features a broad spectrum of techniques in neurobehavioral genetics. This book examines past conceptual streams of behavior genetics. It is suitable for investigators who want to incorporate genetic methods into neurobehavioral and psychiatric research.

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Published August, 2006
By Jean-Pierre Saint-Jeannet
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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Discusses various aspects of modern neural crest biology from its evolutionary significance to its specification, migration, plasticity and contribution to multiple lineages of the vertebrate body, to the pathologies associated with abnormal neural crest development and function. This book features illustrations of central issues and concepts.

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Published August, 2006
By Manfred Gerlach, Heinz Reichmann, Peter Riederer and Moussa B. H. Youdim
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag GmbH)
Series: Journal of Neural Transmission. Supplementa
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This book gives a comprehensive overview on current clinical and basic research issues related to Parkinson's disease and its related disorders. The book is the result of the 16th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Related disorders congress 2005.

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Published August, 2006
By Michael Fry and Karen Usdin
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology
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Human neurological and neuromuscular disorders caused by nucleotide expansion are the focus of growing interest of practicing physicians and of interested biomedical researchers. The authors discuss molecular, clinical and pathological aspects of the diseases as well as our current understanding of their underlying mechanisms.

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Published August, 2006
By Daniel Kernell
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: Monographs of the Physiological Society
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This book presents a state-of-the-art summary of knowledge concerning the motoneurones, vital for innervating and commanding skeletal muscles. It summarizes both classical and recent knowledge concerning the motoneurone. This is the first time that so many aspects of this broad subject have been treated in one comprehensive monograph.

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Published August, 2006
By Klaus Grawe
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge Member of the Taylor and Francis Group)
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Profoundly important and innovative, Neuropsychotherapy is a necessary know-how for professionals including psychotherapists, psychotherapy researchers, clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, neuroscientists, and mental-health professionals as it

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