Glial cells play an essential role in initiating and controlling our behaviours, playing a major role in communication between brain cells. They share certain properties with neurons, including the ab ... Read more
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The information presented in the Handbook of Brain Microcircuits was previously dispersed across the literature. In fact, some microcircuits were previously brought together for selected regions in Th ... Read more
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Updated and revised, the second edition of Handbook of Brain Microcircuits covers the functional organization of 50 brain regions. This now-classic text uses an interdisciplinary approach to examine t ... Read more
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Sarah E. MacPherson; Sergio Della Sala; Simon R. Cox; Alessandra Girardi; Matthew H. Iveson
Pages
448 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
153 x 234 mm
Pub date
May 2015
There are several tests used in clinical practice and research worldwide that have been devised to assess the functions subsumed by the frontal lobes of the brain. Anatomical localisation has revealed ... Read more
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Clearly explains what hormones are and why they are important
Considers their various roles - in appetite, in reproduction, and in the balance of water and salt in the body
Modern, up-to-date u ... Read more
What if our ability to make decisions was more a matter of chance than a rational process? It has long been recognized that the mind decides, the body obeys. However, as the author of this book argues ... Read more
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One goal of researchers in neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence is to build theoretical models that can explain the flexibility and adaptiveness of biological systems. How to Build a ... Read more
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David Richards; Gillian Pocock; Christopher D. Richards
Pages
848 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
218 x 276 mm
Pub date
Feb 2013
The human body is a complicated and beautiful machine, governed by the laws of physics and chemistry. By understanding its physiology - how it performs its varied functions - it is possible to build s ... Read more
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Sarah D. Richmond; Geraint Rees; Sarah J. L. Edwards
Pages
288 Pages
Format
Hardcover
Size
178 x 247 mm
Pub date
Aug 2012
Since the 1980s, MRI scanners have told us much about brain function and played an important role in the clinical diagnosis of a number of conditions - both in the brain and the rest of the body. The ... Read more
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Out of all the human senses, touch is the one that is most often unappreciated, and undervalued. Yet, the surface of the human body, the skin, is actually one huge sheet of tactile receptors. It provi ... Read more
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