Henk J. Groenewegen • Henk W. Berendse Alexander R. Cools • Pieter Voorn Antonius B. Mulder Editors 2009 This volume ‘Basal Ganglia IX’ is derived from the proceedings of the Ninth Triennial Meeting of the International Basal Ganglia Society (IBAGS). The meeting was held from 2 to 6 September 2007 at Hotel Zuiderduin, Egmond aan Zee, the Netherlands. […]
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Marzia Malcangio Editor 2009
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Edited by Priyattam J. Shiromani Terence M. Keane Joseph E. LeDoux 2009 Post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD is a psychiatric condition that can occur in anyone who has experienced a life-threatening or violent event. The trauma can be due to war, terrorism, torture, natural disasters, accidents, violence, or rape. PTSD was once associated exclusively with military service and characterized […]
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Sigrid C. Veasey Editor 2009 Twenty-five years ago, Earl R. Stadtman, PhD discovered that specific enzymes regulating metabolism can be inactivated by oxidation [1]. He later showed that age-related oxidative modification contributes, at least in part, to age-related loss of function of the enzymes [2, 3].
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Richard D. Granstein • Thomas A. Luger Editors 2009 It has long been noted anecdotally that affect, psychological state and neurologic state have influences on inflammatory skin diseases. Disorders such as psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, acne and rosacea, among many others, are reported to become exacerbated by stress.
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Editor Dieter B. Wildenauer 2009 The intention of this book is to give an overview about ongoing research into molecular causes for disorders that affect the human brain. These disorders afflict mainly human behavior and are, since borders between “normal” and “abnormal” behaviors are continuous and hard to define, not always easy to diagnose.
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Jaime A. Pineda Editor 2009 The Role of Mirroring Processes in Social Cognition The aim of this book is to bring together social scientists, cognitive scientists, psychologists, neuroscientists, neuropsychologists and others to promote a dialogue about the variety of processes involved in social cognition, as well as the relevance of mirroring neural systems to those processes. Social cognition […]
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David W. McCandless Editor 2009 The last several years have seen a burgeoning of technical advances in areas of medicine such as imaging and diagnosis, and this trend is sure to continue. These developments have special significance in areas such as internal medicine, neurology, and radiology. The further realization that early diagnosis of disorders which have a biochemical (metabolic) […]
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Damir Janigro Editor 2009 Nearly a decade after completion of the first draft of the entire Human Genome sequence we are in a better position to assess the nature and the consequences of that heroic achievement, which can be seen as the culmination of the molecular biological revolution of the second half of the twentieth century. The achievement itself […]
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Akhlaq A. Farooqui 2009 The backbone of neural membranes is the lipid bilayer, which is composed of glycerophospholipids, sphingolipids, and cholesterol. Embedded in the lipid bilayer are proteins of various shapes, sizes, and traits. The intricate interactions among glycerophospholipids, sphingolipids, cholesterol, and proteins provide neural membranes with delicate, dynamic, and stable shape responsible for numerous neural membrane activities.
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