Kategoria BISAC: Medical >> Neuroscience

Offering lucid explanations of the neural workings that underlie identity,...

Like many of us, journalist David K. Randall never gave sleep much thought. That is, until he began sleepwalking. One midnight crash into a hallway wall sent him on an investigation into the strange science of sleep.

In Dreamland, Randall explores the research that is investigating those dark hours that make up nearly a third of our lives. Taking readers from military battlefields to children's bedrooms, Dreamland shows that sleep isn't as simple as it seems. Why did the results of one sleep study change the bookmakers' odds for certain Monday Night Football games?...

This clinical reference book presents state-of-the-science knowledge about the neurobiology and genetics of the major mental disorders and how this corresponds with their psychiatric features and neuropsychological traits. The text demonstrates how the application of neuropsychology to these disorders provides a more comprehensive foundation for greater accuracy in assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. The book focuses on the neuropathological and pathophysiological basis of the various symptoms, emphasizing the biological basis of each disorder. This approach stresses the importance of...

The book includes over 200 multiple-choice and extended multiple-choice questions, carefully designed to assess depth of knowledge. At the end of each chapter sample essay questions are provided, along with further guidance, to...

The second edition of Management of Dementia combines a balanced review of the latest knowledge and research in this area with practical guidance based on the authors' considerable personal experience in dementia care.

Topics include:

• The diagnostic criteria of Parkinson s disease dementia
• Approaches to combat behavioural disturbances, depression, psychosis, and agitation
• Suggestions for overcoming sleep disturbances
• An update on the many genetic findings in Alzheimer s disease, frontotemporal dementia, and dementia with Lewy bodies...

Representing the pinnacle of skull base surgery,
paraganglioma management requires the advanced surgical skills and expertise
that are presented by Dr. Mario Sanna and his team in this comprehensive
reference. It incorporates extensive surgical and radiological data
compiled over 20 years at the preeminent Gruppo Otologica Clinic in Piacenza,
Italy, and features the exquisite intraoperative photographs and schematic
diagrams that are a hallmark of the highly regarded Sanna texts. All head
and neck and skull base surgeons will find their knowledge, technical...

Regeneration, the homeostatic ability to maintain tissue structure in the face of normal cell turnover or loss of tissue damaged by trauma or disease, is an essential developmental process that continues throughout life. As recently as a decade ago, any serious discussion of the possibility of regeneration becoming a practical medical tool in the near future had the air of science fiction or over-optimistic speculation. The term "regenerative medicine" was certainly on many lips but few actually expected to soon see it applied in a clinical setting. A tidal wave of discovery has changed...

Channels and transporters are multi-functional proteins that mediate substrate transport and signal transmission and simultaneously act as regulators for other proteins and biosensors for environmental materials. Patch clamping is an epoch-making technique that allows researchers to perform real-time measurements of electrogenic channel/transporter functions at the single/multiple molecular level. This book describes not only the conventional patch clamp techniques but also their newly developed variations or applications, such as perforated patch, slice patch, blind patch, in vivo patch,...