Edited by Raphael Pinaud Liisa A. Tremere Peter De Weerd 2006 Light information represents the fastest and possibly the most physically complex source of physical energy processed by most mammals. All three editors share the bias that the visual system likely houses the most advanced evolutionary design for the encoding and efficient handling of sensory input.
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P. Riederer, H. Reichmann, M. B. H. Youdim, M. Gerlach (eds.) 2006 It is our pleasure to present the Proceedings of the 16th International Congress on Parkinson’s Disease (PD) and Related Disorders (16th ICPD) which took place in Berlin from June 5–9, 2005. This congress was the most successful congress ever with more than 3500 participants in the roaring German […]
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Editors Harald H. Sitte and Michael Freissmuth 2006 Neurotransmitter transporters play a pivotal role in synaptic transmission: They function as a reset button and thus define the shape and duration of signal transfer across the synaptic cleft. This statement nowadays appears to be a self-evident truism, but the concept is fairly young: It builds on landmark studies on “reuptake […]
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Edited by Mark L. Latash Francis Lestienne 2006 The purpose of the current volume is two-fold. First, it presents a series of review papers reflecting the recent progress in the area of neural control of posture and movement (Parts I and II). Second, it focuses on issues of changes in motor patterns and neurological structures involved in their production with […]
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Edited by SEMYON SLOBOUNOV WAYNE SEBASTIANELLI 2006 This book is the partial product of a conference on concussion in athletics held at the Pennsylvania State University, April 29-30, 2004. For a number of reasons it seemed timely to hold such a conference as well as to condense our current understanding of mechanisms, predispositions, and latest developments in evaluation and […]
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Hans J. ten Donkelaar Martin Lammens Akira Hori 2006 Development and Developmental Disorders of the Human Central Nervous System The spectacular progress in developmental neurobiology, the tremendous advances in (neuro)genetics and the high resolution of the modern imaging techniques applicable to developmental disorders of the human brain and spinal cord have created a growing interest in the developmental history of the […]
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Habib Zaidi Editor 2006 This book provides a review of image analysis techniques as they are applied in the field of diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine. Driven in part by the remarkable sophistication of nuclear medicine instrumentation and increase in computing power and its ready and inexpensive availability, this is a relatively new yet rapidly expanding field.
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Christopher G. Janson Matthew J. During 2006 When this book project was first contemplated, some of the molecules and applications discussed in this volume (such as mammalian siRNA) did not yet exist, which speaks to the relative progress in the antisense field and the likelihood that fiirther chemical modifications of existing classes of molecules will lead to even more […]
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Edited by C. Jane Welsh Mary W. Meagher Esther M. Sternberg 2006 Susceptibility to infections and autoimmunity is profoundly affected by neural and neuroendocrine factors that in turn mediate the psychological status of the organism. Physiological stressors have provided one important experimental approach to investigate the interactive bidirectional communication between the immune and nervous systems.
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J. Morser, S.-I. Nishikawa, H.R. Schöler Editors 2006 Almost every day the media report on the latest advances and breakthroughs in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. These stories usually focus on either the short-term expectations for therapy or on the ethical issues posed by the new technologies.
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