In this book, the authors present current research in the study of brain injuries. Topics discussed include the pathogenesis of perinatal hipoxic-ischemic brain injury; the role of gap junctions and connexin hemichannels in brain injury; chronic anterior pituitary hormone deficits after traumatic brain injury; forced running exercise to inhibit neuronal degeneration in the hippocampus and improve learning and memory; noradrenergic signaling and traumatic brain injury; and, autonomic dysregulation following mild traumatic brain injury.

This text presents research in the multidisciplinary field of consciousness studies, dealing with both theoretical and experimental aspects encompassing a wide range of normal and pathological states of consciousness.

This book reviews some of the most important scientific and philosophical theories concerning the nature of mind and consciousness. Current theories on the mind-body problem and the neural correlates of consciousness are presented through a series of biographical sketches of the most influential thinkers across the fields of philosophy of mind, psychology and neuroscience. The book is divided into two parts: the first is dedicated to philosophers of mind and the second, to neuroscientists/experimental psychologists. Each part comprises twenty short chapters, with each chapter being dedicated...