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Author : Catarina Osorio,Lilian Kisiswa,Alanna J. Watt
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832532195
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 709 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1997-10-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780080857756
The Cerebellum and Cognition pulls together a preeminent group of authors. The cerebellum has been previously considered as a highly complex structure involved only with motor control. The cerebellum is essential to nonmotor functions, and recent research has revealed new medically important roles of the cerebellum and cognitive processes. Selected for inclusion in Doody's Core Titles 2013, an essential collection development tool for health sciences libraries Comprehensive coverage of cerebellum in motor control and cognition New developments regarding the cerebellum and motor systems Therapeutic implications of cerebellar contributions to cognition Preeminent group of contributors
Author : Mario Ubaldo Manto
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781139487269
During the last three decades, many laboratories worldwide have dedicated their research activities to understanding the roles of the cerebellum in motor control, cognitive processes and the biology of mental processes, behavioral symptoms and emotion. These advances have been associated with discoveries of new clinical disorders, in particular in the field of genetic ataxias, and the growing number of diseases presents a source of difficulty for clinicians during daily practice. This practical guide summarizes and evaluates current knowledge in the field of cerebellar disorders. Encompassing details of both common and uncommon cerebellar ataxias, including vascular, immune, neoplastic, infectious, traumatic, toxic and inherited disorders, this book will assist clinicians in the diagnosis and management of the full spectrum of cerebellar ataxias encountered in daily practice. Essential reading for clinicians, including general practitioners, neurologists, pediatricians, radiologists, psychiatrists and neuropsychologists, this will also prove a valuable tool for students, trainees and researchers.
Author : Michael E. Selzer,Stephanie Clarke,Leonardo G. Cohen,Gert Kwakkel (Professor),Robert H. Miller (Professor)
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 693 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Nervous system
ISBN : 9781107011670
In two freestanding volumes, the Textbook of Neural Repair and Rehabilitation provides comprehensive coverage of the science and practice of neurological rehabilitation. Revised throughout, bringing the book fully up to date, this volume, Neural Repair and Plasticity, covers the basic sciences relevant to recovery of function following injury to the nervous system, reviewing anatomical and physiological plasticity in the normal central nervous system, mechanisms of neuronal death, axonal regeneration, stem cell biology, and research strategies targeted at axon regeneration and neuron replacement. New chapters have been added covering pathophysiology and plasticity in cerebral palsy, stem cell therapies for brain disorders and neurotrophin repair of spinal cord damage, along with numerous others. Edited and written by leading international authorities, it is an essential resource for neuroscientists and provides a foundation for the work of clinical rehabilitation professionals.
Author : Nagehan Ersoy Tunalı
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781838801496
Neurodegenerative diseases represent a very large group of heterogeneous disorders affecting specific subtypes of neurons in the brain. This book contributes insight both to the awareness of the brain and its neurodegenerative states. The chapters present current knowledge regarding genetics, molecular mechanisms, and new therapeutic strategies against neurodegenerative disorders. The book is intended to serve as a source to aid clinicians and researchers in the field, and also life science readers to increase their understanding and awareness of the clinical correlations, genetic aspects, neuropathological findings, and current therapeutic interventions in neurodegenerative diseases. I believe that this book will enlighten the curiosity for neurodegeneration and also encourage researchers to work on potentially effective molecular therapies for still mysterious neurodegenerative disorders.
Author : Naren L. Banik,Swapan K. Ray,Abel Lajtha
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 685 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780387303437
Therapeutic approaches in spinal cord injury.- Cell death and tissue degeneration in traumatic brain injury.- neurotransmitters and electrophysiology in brain injury.- neurotransmitters and electrophysiology in brain injury.- Parkinsonism in the MPTP model.- EAE Demyelination.- EAE Neurodegeneration.- Cataract.- Uveitis.- Optic neuritis.- GBS/peripherial neuropathy, paraproteinemia.- Brain Tumor(Tumor Mechanisma).- Brain Tumor and angiogenesis.- SCIDS.- Phenylketone urea and mental retardation.- Neurofibromatosis.- BBB.- Muscular dystrophy.- Stracher.- Diabetic neuropathy/retinopathy/cataract.- Peroxisomes and adrenoleukodystrophy ALD.- Neuroprotection.- NFkB (Inflammation and spinal cord injury).- spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury.- free radicals and neuroprotection.- Traumatic brain injury.- white matter degeneration.- Mitochondrial membrane defects.- Encephalomyopathies.- metal induced neurodegenaration.- neurometals in protein misfolding neurodegenerative diseases.- hyperammonemia.- kyneurenines in the brain preclinical and clinical studies, therapeutic condiserations.
Author : Mario Manto,Donna L. Gruol,Jeremy Schmahmann,Noriyuki Koibuchi,Ferdinando Rossi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9400713320
Our knowledge of cerebellar functions and cerebellar disorders, called ataxias, is increasing considerably. Studies of the cerebellum are now a central focus in neuroscience. During the last four decades, many laboratories worldwide have dedicated their research activities to understanding the roles of the cerebellum in motor control, cognitive processes and biology of mental processes, behavioral symptoms, and emotion. It is now accepted that the cerebellum acts as a cognitive operator in learning, perception, and attention. Moreover, major improvements in our assessment of in vivo cerebellar architecture using imaging techniques have occurred. A typical example is the accurate description of cerebellar anatomy during fetal development with MRI, a progress which has direct impacts on patient care. These advances have been associated with discoveries of new clinical disorders, in particular in the field of genetic ataxias. More than 20 new genes have been identified these last 10 years. Only for dominant ataxias, more than 30 diseases have now been unravelled. The number of ataxic disorders will increase with aging, the cerebellum being the structure of the brain with the most important loss of neurons with age. More than 300 different cerebellar disorders are encountered during daily practice, but we are missing a single source of information explaining their pathogenesis. Despite the immense amount of knowledge acquired about the cerebellar circuitry these last years, a large book covering the neuroscience of the cerebellum is missing. The goal of this endeavour is to bring up to date information relevant for basic science and also for clinical activities. To reach this goal, the most renowned authors are gathered in a unique and in-depth book with a format of a handbook. We emphasize the connections between molecular findings, imaging features, behavioural/neuropsychological aspects, and clinical implications.
Author : A. I. Selverston,P. Ascher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1994-06-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : UOM:39015031794103
Despite the remarkable advances made in molecular neurobiology over the last ten years, very little progress has been made towards understanding how the brain performs higher functions: cognition, behavior, learning, and memory. One of the greatest challenges facing modern neurobiology, therefore, is the integration of data that comes from disparate levels of analysis. This volume presents the results of the Dahlem conference convened to address these issues. The purpose of the conference was to bring together brain researchers, who approach their work at different conceptual levels, to consider how their results might be synthesized into a more integrated view of how the brain works. To try and accomplish this, two specific examples were chosen: the modulation of neural circuits and the phenomena of long-term potentiation (LTP). Neuromodulation has been studied from the molecular to the behavioral level with dramatic breakthroughs at the circuit level over the last five years. Due to the possibility that it may be the cellular mechanism for certain types of learning and memory, LTP has also been studied at different levels. To assist in understanding LTP and neuromodulation at the molecular, cellular, circuit, and behavioral levels, the background papers written for the meeting are included in this volume. The conference itself was devoted to discussing LTP and neuromodulation from the perspective of each of the different levels, and the results of these discussions are presented in the group reports. Particular emphasis was given to a consideration of how the rapid progress in molecular and cellular neurobiology can be integrated into systems and behavioral neurobiology. Specific suggestions for future research in both areas were discussed thoroughly. This volume presents what is most probably the most authoritative, up-to-date assessment of LTP and neuromodulation currently available. Goal of this Dahlem Workshop: to apply new cellular and molecular concepts to the understanding of plasticity in synapses, cells, local circuits, and defined systems in the mature brain.
Author : A. E. Harding
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Medical
ISBN : UCSD:31822008171324
In this volume, more than 50 leading international experts review the latest scientific and clinical observations on inherited ataxias. The book demonstrates how molecular genetic studies, as well as recent physiological, neurochemical, and clinical data, have generated new concepts on the nosology of these disorders. Close attention is given to the important practical applications of these new findings - in diagnosis, prognosis, and genetic counseling, in development of tests for prenatal diagnosis and carrier detection, and in the search for more effective therapies. The opening chapter identifies the clinical features that distinguish the various inherited ataxic syndromes and presents a classification based on etiology, mode of inheritance, age of onset, and associated clinical features. A major portion of the book focuses on current clinical and molecular genetic studies of different forms of inherited ataxia. Coverage includes a molecular analysis of the Friedreich's ataxia locus and extensive studies on autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay, ataxia telangiectasia, dominantly inherited spinocerebellar ataxias, Machado-Joseph disease, and inherited prion diseases. The contributors provide detailed information on the various clinical phenotypes of each form of inherited ataxia and thoroughly explain the use of linkage analysis and other molecular genetic techniques to localize and isolate the genes responsible for these diseases. The book also reviews the most significant research findings on neurotransmitters in the cerebellum, on the phosphoinositide second messenger system in cerebellar degenerative disorders, and on oligodendrocyte-associated andmyelin-associated inhibitors of neurite growth in the adult nervous system. The contributors assess recent progress in developing drugs for treatment of ataxias and other cerebellar movement disorders and identify new targets for pharmacological intervention. Experimental therapeutic observations on cerebellar grafting in heredodegenerative ataxia are also presented. This volume is an invaluable reference for clinicians treating patients with ataxias or counseling families at risk for inherited neurological diseases. It is also a rich source of ideas for molecular geneticists and for neuroscientists investigating disorders of the cerebellum.
Author : Bor-Sen Chen,Cheng-Wei Li
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 878 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780128097076
Big Mechanisms in Systems Biology: Big Data Mining, Network Modeling, and Genome-Wide Data Identification explains big mechanisms of systems biology by system identification and big data mining methods using models of biological systems. Systems biology is currently undergoing revolutionary changes in response to the integration of powerful technologies. Faced with a large volume of available literature, complicated mechanisms, small prior knowledge, few classes on the topics, and causal and mechanistic language, this is an ideal resource. This book addresses system immunity, regulation, infection, aging, evolution, and carcinogenesis, which are complicated biological systems with inconsistent findings in existing resources. These inconsistencies may reflect the underlying biology time-varying systems and signal transduction events that are often context-dependent, which raises a significant problem for mechanistic modeling since it is not clear which genes/proteins to include in models or experimental measurements. The book is a valuable resource for bioinformaticians and members of several areas of the biomedical field who are interested in an in-depth understanding on how to process and apply great amounts of biological data to improve research. Written in a didactic manner in order to explain how to investigate Big Mechanisms by big data mining and system identification Provides more than 140 diagrams to illustrate Big Mechanism in systems biology Presents worked examples in each chapter
Author : Charles Watson,George Paxinos,Luis Puelles
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 815 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780123694973
The Mouse Nervous System provides a comprehensive account of the central nervous system of the mouse. The book is aimed at molecular biologists who need a book that introduces them to the anatomy of the mouse brain and spinal cord, but also takes them into the relevant details of development and organization of the area they have chosen to study. The Mouse Nervous System offers a wealth of new information for experienced anatomists who work on mice. The book serves as a valuable resource for researchers and graduate students in neuroscience. Systematic consideration of the anatomy and connections of all regions of the brain and spinal cord by the authors of the most cited rodent brain atlases A major section (12 chapters) on functional systems related to motor control, sensation, and behavioral and emotional states A detailed analysis of gene expression during development of the forebrain by Luis Puelles, the leading researcher in this area Full coverage of the role of gene expression during development and the new field of genetic neuroanatomy using site-specific recombinases Examples of the use of mouse models in the study of neurological illness
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780444634269
Progress in Brain Research is the most acclaimed and accomplished series in neuroscience, firmly established as an extensive documentation of the advances in contemporary brain research. The volumes, some of which are derived from important international symposia, contain authoritative reviews and original articles by invited specialists. The rigorous editing of the volumes assures that they will appeal to all laboratory and clinical brain research workers in the various disciplines: neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, neuroendocrinology, neuropathology, basic neurology, biological psychiatry, and the behavioral sciences. This volume, The Cerebellum and Memory Formation: Structure, Computation and Function, covers topics including feedback control of cerebellar learning; cortico-cerebellar organization and skill acquisition; cerebellar plasticity and learning in the oculomotor system, and more. Leading authors review the state-of-the-art in their field of investigation, and provide their views and perspectives for future research The volume reflects current thinking about the ways in which the cerebellum can engage in learning, and the contributors come from a variety of research fields The chapters express perspectives from different levels of analysis that range from molecular and cellular mechanisms through to long-range systems that allow the cerebellum to communicate with other brain areas
Author : National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Division of Research Grants
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1328 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Medicine
ISBN : IND:30000090352893
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Medicine
ISBN : UOM:39015014022589
Author : Salvador Martinez,José A. Armengol
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-17
Category : Cerebellum
ISBN : 9782889196197
In this book, laboratory leaders on cerebellar neuroscience have revised the present body of knowledge about cerebellum anatomy and function. The trip throughout the cerebellar vineyard organization starts from the causal study of morphogenesis (that is, the molecular and cellular mechanisms underplaying form generation) to the molecular mechanism regulation cellular differentiation: Basson, Dusart, Hawkes, Martinez and Rosi’s groups contributions. Then, neurodevelopmental anomalies associated with structural disorganization are revised in Jissendi and Batkovich’s group reviews, describing and discussing pathogenic processes. Finally, functional mechanisms of cerebellar circuits involved in motor learning are revised by Delgado-Garcia and Armengol’s group contribution.
