Alain Destexhe l Thierry Bal Editors 2009 From Principles to Applications This book intends to provide an overview of different approaches using the ‘‘dynamic-clamp’’ technique. This technique was introduced many years ago (see ‘‘Introduction’’ for an historical perspective) and enables one to inject artificially generated conductances in living neurons.

Jose Luis Perez Velazquez · Richard Wennberg Editors 2009 Measurements and Relevance to Brain Function and Behavior It is reasonable to say that the ultimate goal of neuroscience is to understand how nervous systems, and brains in particular, process information. Whether it be a nematode or a primate nervous system, the foundation of information processing lies in the […]

Kreˇsimir Josi´c • Jonathan Rubin Manuel A. Mat´ıas • Ranulfo Romo Editors 2009 New developments in experimental methods are leading to an increasingly detailed description of how networks of interacting neurons process information. These findings strongly suggest that dynamic network behaviors underlie information processing, and that these activity patterns cannot be fully explained by simple concepts such as synchrony […]

Gabriel G. Haddad · Shan Ping Yu Editors 2009 This is a book that has resulted from many discussions and meetings that the editors have had in last few years around mechanisms of cell death and cell survival under stressful conditions in the central nervous system (CNS). Indeed some of the authors of this book participated in a […]

Akhlaq A. Farooqui 2009 In neural membrane glycerophospholipids, essential polyunsaturated fatty acids, namely arachidonic acid (ARA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), are exclusively located at the sn-2 position of glycerol moiety. Because humans do not possess desaturases that insert either the n-3 or the n-6 double bonds, these fatty acids are derived from diet.

Edited by Jun Chen Zao C. Xu John H. Zhang 2009 Acute neurological injuries are devastating events that affect the full spectrum of human life. Understanding the mechanisms of cell death and tissue damage will help to develop pharmacological agents and therapeutic interventions to ameliorate or even prevent damage to the nervous system.