Reprogramming The Cerebral Cortex

Author : Stephen Lomber,Jos Eggermont
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2006-10-12
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780191583438

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Reprogramming the Cerebral Cortex by Stephen Lomber,Jos Eggermont Pdf

The brain has a remarkable ability to adapt in the event of damage - in many cases shifting responsibility for specific cognitive functions to other non-damaged brain regions. This 'plasticity' can be crucial in aiding recovery from stroke, trauma, and peripheral damage such as eye or ear damage. Over the past thirty years our view of cortical plasticity has evolved greatly. Early studies suggested that changes to cortical function due to peripheral lesions could only occur during development and that these plastic changes were specific to a particular temporal window or "critical period". Over time, it has been demonstrated that cortical modifications as a consequence of either peripheral or central lesions can induce adaptive, or beneficial, changes in cortical function in an effort to preserve or enhance function. More recently, studies have identified that many of these adaptive changes, once thought only possible in the developing brain, are also possible in the mature or developed brain. At present, many laboratories are defining the beneficial capabilities of cerebral cortex plasticity, upon which many proactive and therapeutic strategies may be developed in order to maximiSe the "reprogramming" capabilities of the cerebrum. 'Reprogramming the Cerebral Cortex' describes these exciting studies and examines adaptive cortical plasticity in a variety of systems (visual, auditory, somatomotor, cross-modal, language and cognition). The book leads the reader through the complexities and promise of neuroplasticity, and presents insights into current and future research and clinical practice. It is unique in looking at the beneficial capabilities of cerebral cortex plasticity, upon which many proactive and therapeutic strategies may be developed. The book will be a valuable resource for behavioural, systems, computational and cognitive neuroscientists, as well as clinicians and neuropsychologists.

Author : Stephen Lomber,Stephen G. Lomber,Jos Eggermont
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2006-10-12
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780198528999

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Reprogramming the Cerebral Cortex by Stephen Lomber,Stephen G. Lomber,Jos Eggermont Pdf

The brain has a remarkable ability to adapt in the event of damage - in many cases shifting responsibility for specific cognitive functions to other non-damaged brain regions. This 'plasticity' can be crucial in aiding recovery from stroke, trauma, and peripheral damage such as eye or ear damage. Over the past thirty years our view of cortical plasticity has evolved greatly. Early studies suggested that changes to cortical function due to peripheral lesions could only occur duringdevelopment and that these plastic changes were specific to a particular temporal window or "critical period". Over time, it has been demonstrated that cortical modifications as a consequence of either peripheral or central lesions can induce adaptive, or beneficial, changes in cortical function in aneffort to preserve or enhance function. More recently, studies have identified that many of these adaptive changes, once thought only possible in the developing brain, are also possible in the mature or developed brain. At present, many laboratories are defining the beneficial capabilities of cerebral cortex plasticity, upon which many proactive and therapeutic strategies may be developed in order to maximiSe the "reprogramming" capabilities of the cerebrum.'Reprogramming the Cerebral Cortex' describes these exciting studies and examines adaptive cortical plasticity in a variety of systems (visual, auditory, somatomotor, cross-modal, language and cognition). The book leads the reader through the complexities and promise of neuroplasticity, and presents insights into current and future research and clinical practice. It is unique in looking at the beneficial capabilities of cerebral cortex plasticity, upon which many proactive and therapeuticstrategies may be developed.The book will be a valuable resource for behavioural, systems, computational and cognitive neuroscientists, as well as clinicians and neuropsychologists.

Author : Aage R. Moller
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2006-10-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 0080465919

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Reprogramming the Brain by Aage R. Moller Pdf

The brain is plastic and it can change its function to adapt to changing demands of various kinds. The brain can also re-organize and change its function to better utilize its resources when parts of the brain have been damaged through injuries and diseases. This means that the brain is not “hard wired but can be reprogrammed when needed. This book describes different aspects of how the plasticity can become activated and how it can benefit the individual person. This book provides in-depth coverage of many important aspects of neural plasticity and how it applies to trauma, including strokes and disorders of the central nervous system that affect memory and cognition. The book also discusses how neural plasticity is involved in aphasia, pain and tinnitus. The roles of neural plasticity in motor rehabilitation and in adaptation to prostheses such as cochlear and cochlear nucleus implants are also topics of the book. * Provides in-depth coverage of many important aspects of neural plasticity and how it applies to trauma, including strokes and disorders of the central nervous system that affect memory and cognition * Discusses how neural plasticity is involved in aphasia, pain and tinnitus * Explains the roles of neural plasticity in motor rehabilitation and prosthesis such as cochlear and cochlear nucleus implants

Author : Masao Itō
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Medical
ISBN : STANFORD:36105030941285

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Neural Programming by Masao Itō Pdf

Author : John Cunningham Lilly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Brain
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006456821

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Programming and Metaprogramming in the Human Biocomputer by John Cunningham Lilly Pdf

Author : Thomas Rundquist
Publisher : Nova Media Inc
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1884239765

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Programming Children to Think Like Computers by Thomas Rundquist Pdf

The author when he was quite young 60 years ago programmed his mind to think like a computer in machine language. He made his thinking patterns in terms mostly in reasoning to be binary. This manual shows how he did it and has many pages by other scholars showing how to do it. Exercises for teaching children to do the same are included. He sold accounting computers after graduate school for what is now Unisys. When learning COBOL he pointed out Y2K the first day of instruction in 1969 to his zone manager. He has a number of books on amazon,barnesandnoble.com,nimcoinc.com and nationalschoolproducts.com. His website is www.novamediainc.com and has his resume plus art, military,political and publishing background.

Author : Emily Wilds
Publisher : Efalon Acies
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9791220201230

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Subconscious Mind by Emily Wilds Pdf

This book consists of two titles, which are the following: Book 1: The power of our minds stretches far beyond our current comprehension. No matter how much science keeps progressing, they still find new wonders of the human brain. One of the reasons for this, is that the subconscious mind suppresses and exposes many impulses and neural pathways that we don’t generally notice in our daily lives. Therefore, in this book, we focus on several things, which include: how to decrease fears, phobias, and anxiety through the subconscious mind; how to use curiosity, conscientiousness, and creativity to our advantage; the inner language and monologue in our brains; and the difference between subconscious and unconscious thoughts and ideas. Book 2: In order to tap into the amazing abilities of our brains, it can help to first understand how they work. This guide will aid you in your journey to comprehension. Some things that will be discussed, are how our subconscious mind procrastinates things, mind wandering and its significance, daily escapes, predispositions that shape our thoughts, creative skills, and free choice as a gift of nature. All of these topics can enlighten you about the very nature of our thoughts.

Author : Takeshi Kawauchi,Margareta Nikolić,Yoko Arai
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-21
Category : Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
ISBN : 9782889199624

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In vivo Cell Biology of Cerebral Cortical Development and Its Related Neurological Disorders: Cellular Insights into Neurogenesis and Neuronal Migration by Takeshi Kawauchi,Margareta Nikolić,Yoko Arai Pdf

The brain consists of a complex but precisely organized neural network, which provides the structural basis of higher order functions. Such a complex structure originates from a simple pseudostratified neuroepithelium. During the developing mammalian cerebral cortex, a cohort of neural progenitors, located near the ventricle, differentiates into neurons and exhibits multi-step modes of migration toward the pial surface. Tight regulation of neurogenesis and neuronal migration is essential for the determination of the neuron number in adult brains and the proper positioning of excitatory and inhibitory neurons in a specific layer, respectively. In addition, defects in neurogenesis and neuronal migration can cause several neurological disorders, such as microcephaly, periventricular heterotopia and lissencephaly. Recent advances in genetic approaches to study the developing cerebral cortex, as well as the use of a number of novel techniques, particularly in vivo electroporation and time-lapse analyses using explant slice cultures, have significantly increased our understanding of cortical development. These novel techniques have allowed for cell biological analyses of cerebral cortical development in vivo or ex vivo, showing that many cellular events, including endocytosis, cell adhesion, microtubule and actin cytoskeletal regulation, neurotransmitter release, stress response, the consequence of cellular crowding (physical force), dynamics of transcription factors, midbody release and polarity transition are required for neurogenesis and/or neuronal migration. The aim of this research topic is to highlight molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying cerebral cortical development and its related neurological disorders from the cell biological point of views, such as cell division, cell-cycle regulation, cytoskeletal organization, cell adhesion and membrane trafficking. The topic has been organized into three chapters: 1) neurogenesis and cell fate determination, 2) neuronal migration and 3) cortical development-related neurological disorders. We hope that the results and discussions contributed by all authors in this research topic will be broadly useful for further advances in basic research, as well as improvements in the etiology and care of patients suffering from neurological and psychiatric disorders.

Author : John C. Lilly
Publisher : Ronin Publishing
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-15
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1579511392

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Programming the Human Biocomputer by John C. Lilly Pdf

The parallels between the human brain and computers is easy to see today. But in the 1950’s when John Lilly developed his theory of the human biocomputer, this was a dramatic new way of viewing humans. Much like a driver can step out of the car, we are not our biocomputer. The Self is something far greater and more mysterious. Rooted in his extensive knowledge of neurophysiology, neuroanatomy and electronics and developed through personal experimentation in the sensory isolation tank which he invented, Lilly presents a method for learning to manipulate—to drive the bio-robot, which is our vehicle here on Earth. robots. This manual shows how to step out of the mind-body and find out who we really are.

Author : Erwin B. Montgomery, Jr.
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780190259600

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Deep Brain Stimulation Programming by Erwin B. Montgomery, Jr. Pdf

Principles of DBS electronics -- Principles of electrophysiology -- Controlling the flow of electrical charges -- DBS safety -- Nervous system responses to DBS -- DBS effects on motor control -- Pathophysiological mechanisms -- Approaches to programming -- Clinical assessments -- Approach to subthalamic nucleus -- Approach to globus pallidus internal -- Approach to thalamic DBS -- Algorithm for selecting electrode configurations and stimulation parameters -- Helpful programming hints -- Oscillator basics -- Discrete neural oscillators

Author : Larry R. Squire
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 12505 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-12
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780080963938

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Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, Volume 1 by Larry R. Squire Pdf

The Encyclopedia of the Neuroscience explores all areas of the discipline in its focused entries on a wide variety of topics in neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry and other related areas of neuroscience. Each article is written by an expert in that specific domain and peer reviewed by the advisory board before acceptance into the encyclopedia. Each article contains a glossary, introduction, a reference section, and cross-references to other related encyclopedia articles. Written at a level suitable for university undergraduates, the breadth and depth of coverage will appeal beyond undergraduates to professionals and academics in related fields.

Author : Rossana Actis-Grosso,Alessandra Galmonte
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781443875677

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Different Psychological Perspectives on Cognitive Processes by Rossana Actis-Grosso,Alessandra Galmonte Pdf

This book highlights some of the main lines of research in cognitive psychology in the Alps-Adria region, which, being geographically located in the centre of the European continent, encompasses eleven regions from six different countries: namely, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Serbia and Slovenia. The reason for bringing together authors from different geographical areas and with different approaches to the broad discipline defined as Cognitive Science is detailed in the first section of this book, which outlines a brief history of psychology in each country in the region and provides an overview of the spirit that characterizes the Alps-Adria working community. The Alps-Adria Rector Conference “believes that harmonious coexistence and efficient collaboration of the peoples and communities of the different regions constitute the characteristics and specificities of the present cultural landscape of the Alps-Adria region in Europe.” It is in this spirit that this book has been edited, underscoring the concept of unity in diversity that has characterized the Alps-Adriatic community. Furthermore, such unity is now a necessary attribute for science, where interdisciplinarity is both highly encouraged and increasingly accepted. The second and third sections of the book are devoted to situating this interdisciplinarity in the framework of cognitive science. As such, this book will serve as a basis for fruitful exchange not only inside the community, but also beyond both geographical and theoretical borders.

Author : Nikolaos Konstantinides,Filipe Pinto-Teixeira,Simon Hippenmeyer,Luisa Cochella,Marisa Karow
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023-02-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832513231

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Neuronal Identity from Fate Specification to Function by Nikolaos Konstantinides,Filipe Pinto-Teixeira,Simon Hippenmeyer,Luisa Cochella,Marisa Karow Pdf

Author : Fraser James Sim,Annalisa Buffo,Daniel A. Peterson,Christophe Heinrich
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889665105

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Engineering Adult Neurogenesis and Gliogenesis by Fraser James Sim,Annalisa Buffo,Daniel A. Peterson,Christophe Heinrich Pdf

Author : Xiaobing Fu,Andong Zhao,Tian Hu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-09
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783662561799

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Cellular Dedifferentiation and Regenerative Medicine by Xiaobing Fu,Andong Zhao,Tian Hu Pdf

This book focuses on the contribution of cell dedifferentiation to the regenerative process in all body systems, as well as its underlying molecular mechanisms and applications. The book is divided into four parts, the first of which addresses the history of cell dedifferentiation and regenerative medicine. In turn, Part II compares three routes by which cells change their phenotype: dedifferentiation, transdifferentiation, and reprogramming. Part III includes an extensive review of cell dedifferentiation events in all nine body systems for lower organisms and mammalians, respectively. The final part reviews the relationship between cell dedifferentiation and the development of cancer and several other diseases, while also outlining the prospects of and future research directions in cell dedifferentiation and regenerative medicine. The main purpose of the book is to underline the importance of cell dedifferentiation in stem cell and regenerative medicine by providing a systematical review of dedifferentiation in all body systems, together with the latest reliable evidence.