Tinnitus

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Jos J. Eggermont ● Fan-Gang Zeng Arthur N. Popper ● Richard R. Fay Editors 2012 Tinnitus is a prevalent hearing disease in humans and affects 15% of the population, particularly the hearing impaired, veterans, and even young people who grow up with mp3 players and iPods.

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Synaptic Plasticity

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Michael R. Kreutz l Carlo Sala Editors 2012 Synapses are sites of a specialized cell-cell contact between neuronal cells and represent the major structure involved in chemical neurotransmission in the nervous system. It is widely believed that glutamatergic synapses are important loci for modifying the functional properties of CNS networks, possibly providing the basis for phenomena collectively referred to […]

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Phase Response Curves in Neuroscience

Phase Response Curves in Neuroscience-1

Nathan W. Schultheiss  Astrid A. Prinz Robert J. Butera Editors 2012 The two decades leading up to this year’s twentieth annual Computational Neuroscience conference (CNS) have seen a dramatic upswing in applications of quantitative and analytical methods taken from mathematics, physics, and engineering (among others) to the traditionally more biological approaches to Neuroscience.

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K Taping

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Birgit Kumbrink 2012 This book is intended to serve as a reference work for trained »K-Tapers« and a useful everyday tool for practitioners. It includes a variety of indications for treatment, and is full of information and advice based on over 12 years of experience.

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Epilepsy

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David W. McCandless 2012 Animal and Human Correlations This volume is intended to be a synopsis of seizure disorders with a goal of describing key studies in animals and humans. The translation of pertinent findings from animal to human studies, and to potential human studies, is emphasized where possible.    

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Emergency Neurology

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Karen L. Roos Editor 2012 The evaluation and management of neurological emergencies are shared by neurologists, emergency medicine physicians, internists, hospitalists, and family practitioners. The way we care for these patients is defined by the work of those for whom we have tremendous respect.  

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Dementia in Clinical Practice: A Neurological Perspective

Dementia in Clinical Practice

A.J. Larner 2012 What contribution(s) to the diagnosis and care of people with cognitive disorders can a neurology-led dementia clinic make? Naïve readers of recent United Kingdom policy documents such as the guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence/Social Care Institute for Excellence (NICE/SCIE; 2006), and the National Dementia Strategy (NDS; Department of Health 2008, 2009) might conclude the […]

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