Enrique A. Lopez-Poveda ● Alan R. Palmer Ray Meddis Editors 2010 This volume contains the papers presented at the 15th International Symposium on Hearing (ISH), which was held at the Hotel Regio, Santa Marta de Tormes, Salamanca, Spain, between 1st and 5th June 2009.

Gene J. Blatt Editor 2010 From Molecules to Minicolumns With the recently perceived increase in incidence of autism and the realization that “autism” may actually be “autisms” with subsets of affected individuals, researchers have been pursuing the possibility that there may be multiple etiologies for the disorder. Although most autism studies have focused on genetics and advanced […]

Kim A. Neve Editor 2010 As sites of action for drugs used to treat schizophrenia and Parkinson’s disease, dopamine receptors are among the most validated drug targets for neuropsychiatric disorders. Dopamine receptors are also drug targets or potential targets for other disorders such as substance abuse, depression, Tourette’s syndrome, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Sandra Gordon-Salant ● Robert D. Frisina Arthur N. Popper ● Richard R. Fay 2010 Age-related hearing loss (ARHL) is one of the top three most common chronic health conditions affecting individuals aged 65 years and older. The high prevalence of age-related hearing loss compels audiologists, otolaryngologists, and auditory neuroscientists alike to understand the neural, genetic, and molecular mechanisms underlying […]

Anthony Hudetz · Robert Pearce Editors 2010 Anesthetic Modulation of Memory and Consciousness Anesthetics produce a reversible state of unconsciousness accompanied by anterograde amnesia. This remarkable phenomenon brings great relief to surgical patients and wonder to clinicians and scientists. To date, we do not fully understand the mechanisms by which anesthetics ablate conscious sensation and memory. We are, however, […]

Editors Birgit Lorenz Michael C. Brodsky 2010 Th e field of strabismology has long suffered from a discrepancy between its levels of sophistication in practice and theory. Although its diagnostic and therapeutic armamentarium has become quite advanced, the scientific understanding of disease pathogenesis has remained rudimentary.

Jennifer Niskala Apps l Robert F. Newby Laura Weiss Roberts Editors 2010 For each one of us, life is a story. Our own story. It begins before we are born and is written slowly, painstakingly, a day at a time – or at some moments in a sudden flurry. Each person who touches our lives writes a […]

Michael C. Brodsky 2010 Due to the generous representation of the afferent visual system within the brain, neurological disease may disrupt vision as a presenting symptom or as a secondary effect of the disease. Conversely, early developmental disturbances of vision often disrupt ocular motor control systems, giving rise to complex disorders such as nystagmus, strabismus, and torticollis.

Koho Miyoshi ● Yasushi Morimura Kiyoshi Maeda Editors 2010 Neuropsychiatry is an integrating neuroscience of neurology and psychiatry that aims to investigate the psychiatric symptoms of neurological disorders as well as the neurobiological bases of psychiatric disorders, including organic mental disorders and endogenous psychoses.

Volume Editor: Celia Dominguez 2010 Topics in Medicinal Chemistry 6 The attrition rate in the clinical development of new chemical entities (NCEs) has increased over time, in spite of escalating funds allocated to research and development. Less than 10% of all NCEs succeed in effectively treating some clinical symptom. NCEs develop to treat central nervous system (CNS) disorders, together with […]