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Neuroscience

Our collection of 42 books.

Neurochemical Basis of Brain Function and Dysfunction

Edited by Thomas Heinbockel and Antonei B. Csoka
ISBN 978-1-83880-000-0, Print ISBN 978-1-78985-999-7,
Edited Volume
78 pages, October, 2019

Neurochemistry is a vitally important academic discipline that contributes to our understanding of molecular, cellular, and medical neurobiology. As a field, neurochemistry focuses on the role of the chemical entities that build the nervous system, t ...
Comparative Endocrinology of Animals

Edited by Edward Narayan
ISBN 978-1-83881-194-5, Print ISBN 978-1-83880-396-4,
Edited Volume
102 pages, July, 2019

In this book, the editor has reviewed the scientific articles from a diverse group of scientists from around the world who actively participate in comparative endocrinology. Some of the important categories represented here are human health, aquacult ...
Neurons - Dendrites and Axons

Edited by Gonzalo Emiliano Aranda Abreu and María Elena Hernández Aguilar
ISBN 978-1-78985-124-3, Print ISBN 978-1-78985-123-6,
Edited Volume
128 pages, February, 2019

The brain is the most complex structure that exists in the universe, consisting of neurons whose function is to receive information through dendrites and transmit information through the axon. In neurosciences one of the main problems that exists are ...
Serotonin

Edited by Ying Qu
ISBN 978-1-78985-236-3, Print ISBN 978-1-78985-235-6,
Edited Volume
74 pages, February, 2019

My scientific journey brought me from Lanzhou in China, Leuven in Belgium, Bethesda in the USA, all the way to San Diego. Sometimes I pick up an assortment of scattered seashells while walking along the beautiful Torrey Pines Beach in San Diego. Like ...
Eat, Learn, Remember

Edited by Aise Seda Artis
ISBN 978-1-78985-166-3, Print ISBN 978-1-78985-165-6,
Edited Volume
74 pages, February, 2019

Memory is mainly the outcome of learning. And forgetting is sometimes a blessed physiological event, and sometimes part of a serious pathology. Recent findings suggest that alterations in the gut microbiome may play a pathophysiological role in human ...
Hypothalamus in Health and Diseases

Edited by Stavros J. Baloyannis and Jan Oxholm Gordeladze
ISBN 978-1-78984-445-0, Print ISBN 978-1-78984-444-3,
Edited Volume
142 pages, December, 2018

The human hypothalamus, a small structure at the base of the brain, has strategic importance for the harmonic function of the human body. It controls the autonomic nervous system, neuroendocrine function, circadian and circannual rhythms, somatic act ...
Prefrontal Cortex

Edited by Ana Starcevic and Branislav Filipovic
ISBN 978-1-78923-904-1, Print ISBN 978-1-78923-903-4,
Edited Volume
132 pages, October, 2018

The prefrontal cortex reaches its greatest development in the human brain, making up nearly one third of the neocortex. Due to its remarkable evolution, the prefrontal cortex plays an important role in higher integrative functions such as information ...
Hydrocephalus - Water on the Brain

Edited by Bora Gürer
ISBN 978-1-78923-487-9, Print ISBN 978-1-78923-486-2,
Edited Volume
164 pages, August, 2018

Hydrocephalus is a common manifestation of many diseases. Caring and treating a patient with hydrocephalus involve engagement and acquire a deep knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and technical details. Despite the technological developments, treatmen ...