Andrea Eugenio Cavanna • Andrea Nani Hal Blumenfeld • Steven Laureys Editors 2013 Science and technology are inextricably intertwined and this is particularly true for the fi eld of neuroscience. Thanks to considerable advances in neuroimaging techniques, the past two decades have witnessed an unprecedented increase in the number of studies on the structure and function of the […]
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Catherine Belzung • Peter Wigmore Editors 2013 Neuroplasticity is a key feature of adult brain function, enabling adaptation to a continuously changing environment. In the past, it was thought that this process was only significant during the developmental period, making the adult brain relatively inflexible. This idea became hard-wired in the scientific culture, as a dogma, despite evidence from […]
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Silvia Mandel Editor 2013 Among the diverse challenges facing clinicians during the last century is the staggering increase in its proportion of elderly members, which is directly linked to the prevalence of neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) like Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD). NDDs are considered major contributors to disability and disease in the globe community. All epidemiological studies […]
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Sean A. Hays • Jason Scott Robert Clark A. Miller • Ira Bennett Editors 2013 When I was a young television watcher, a ubiquitous and now much spoofed public service announcement ran like this: Image of an egg held in a hand. Voice: “This is your brain.” Image of a hand cracking the egg and dumping it into […]
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Ian D. Duncan ● Robin J.M. Franklin Editors 2013 Each year thousands of individuals are diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). These individuals and the several million already living with the disease face the many uncertainties associated with MS. Fortunately, therapeutic options are available for some individuals with relapsing–remitting forms of the disease. Many patients, however, struggle with loss of […]
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Simon Lacey ● Rebecca Lawson Editors 2013
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Horst Urbach Editor 2013 Over the past 2 decades MRI has evolved into one of the most powerful tools for studying patients with neurological diseases. For epilepsy patients it is often the key entrance to a work-up which may end with epilepsy surgery and postsurgical seizure freedom. An epileptogenic lesion on MRI is the most important prognostic outcome parameter, […]
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Steven J. Frucht Editor 2013 Diagnosis and Treatment Second Edition Movement disorders is a fi eld fi rmly based in the outpatient clinic. The vast majority of patients with hypokinetic and hyperkinetic movement disorders receive their care in the neurologist’s of fi ce, and, except for those patients who undergo deep brain stimulation, they rarely encounter the hospital […]
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Akhlaq A. Farooqui 2013 An Important Risk Factor for Stroke, Alzheimer Disease, and Depression Brain function depends on the complex architecture of neuronal networks and this complexity arises from the morphological intricacy that neurons acquire during the course of differentiation, a process, which is regulated by growth factors, cytokines, transcription factors and soluble as well as membrane-bound receptors. […]
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Giuliana Grimaldi • Mario Manto Editors 2013 Who could claim they’ve never experienced trembling at least some point in their lifetime? Indeed, everybody has perceived some tremor some time in life. For instance, the postural tremor observed when using the pointer during one’s fi rst lecture… In fact, a slight, rapid, and postural physiological tremor is permanently present, […]
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