Neural Plasticity

Neural Plasticity

Author: Peter R. Huttenlocher

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2009-07-01

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 0674038932

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Neural plasticity--the brain's ability to change in response to normal developmental processes, experience, and injury--is a critically important phenomenon for both neuroscience and psychology. Increasing evidence about the extent of plasticity--long past the supposedly critical first three years--has recently emerged. Neural Plasticity offers the first succinct and lucid integration of this research and its implications. Pointing out the negative and the positive consequences of plasticity, Peter Huttenlocher describes plasticity in children and adults (in normal aging and in response to trauma), in sensory systems, the motor cortex, higher cortical functions, and language development, proceeding system by system, and paying particular attention to the cerebral cortex. One of the book's strengths is its range of references, not only to studies on human subjects but to the experimental study of animal models as well. This book will be a unique contribution to research and to the literature on clinical neuroscience.


The Plastic Brain

The Plastic Brain

Author: Rommy von Bernhardi

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-10-26

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 3319628178

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A comprehensive overview of the many factors that can influence brain plasticity throughout the lifespan. Addresses perinatal plasticity, functional state plasticity, injury-induced plasticity, and stressor-induced plasticity. Because it looks at so many aspects of the field, this volume will serve as a great resource for students as well as researchers interested in expanding their knowledge. The volume comes out as an integrated view based in the expertise of Ibero American neuroscientists working in the field.


Neural Plasticity and Memory

Neural Plasticity and Memory

Author: Federico Bermudez-Rattoni

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2007-04-17

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 1420008412

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A comprehensive, multidisciplinary review, Neural Plasticity and Memory: From Genes to Brain Imaging provides an in-depth, up-to-date analysis of the study of the neurobiology of memory. Leading specialists share their scientific experience in the field, covering a wide range of topics where molecular, genetic, behavioral, and brain imaging techniq


Sleep, Neuronal Plasticity and Brain Function

Sleep, Neuronal Plasticity and Brain Function

Author: Peter Meerlo

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-05-18

Total Pages: 561

ISBN-13: 3662468786

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This book reviews current knowledge on the importance of sleep for brain function, from molecular mechanisms to behavioral output, with special emphasis on the question of how sleep and sleep loss ultimately affect cognition and mood. It provides an extensive overview of the latest insights in the role of sleep in regulating gene expression, synaptic plasticity and neurogenesis and how that in turn is linked to learning and memory processes. In addition, readers will learn about the potential clinical implications of insufficient sleep and discover how chronically restricted or disrupted sleep may contribute to age-related cognitive decline and the development of psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and depression. The book consists of 19 chapters, written by experts in basic sleep research and sleep medicine, which together cover a wide range of topics on the importance of sleep and consequences of sleep disruption. This book will be of interest to students, researchers and clinicians with a general interest in brain function or a specific interest in sleep.


Neurogenesis and Neural Plasticity

Neurogenesis and Neural Plasticity

Author: Catherine Belzung

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2014-07-08

Total Pages: 447

ISBN-13: 364236232X

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This volume brings together authors working on a wide range of topics to provide an up to date account of the underlying mechanisms and functions of neurogenesis and synaptogenesis in the adult brain. With an increasing understanding of the role of neurogenesis and synaptogenesis it is possible to envisage improvements or novel treatments for a number of diseases and the possibility of harnessing these phenomena to reduce the impact of ageing and to provide mechanisms to repair the brain.


Translational Research in Traumatic Brain Injury

Translational Research in Traumatic Brain Injury

Author: Daniel Laskowitz

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2016-04-21

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 1498766579

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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains a significant source of death and permanent disability, contributing to nearly one-third of all injury related deaths in the United States and exacting a profound personal and economic toll. Despite the increased resources that have recently been brought to bear to improve our understanding of TBI, the developme


Neural Plasticity and Cognitive Development

Neural Plasticity and Cognitive Development

Author: Joan Stiles

Publisher: OUP USA

Published: 2012-05-29

Total Pages: 383

ISBN-13: 0195389948

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This title addresses fundamental questions about human brain development through the study of children with early occurring focal brain injury.


Neural Plasticity in Adult Somatic Sensory-Motor Systems

Neural Plasticity in Adult Somatic Sensory-Motor Systems

Author: Ford F. Ebner

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2005-05-26

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 0203508033

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Synthesizing current information about sensory-motor plasticity, Neural Plasticity in Adult Somatic Sensory-Motor Systems provides an up-to-date description of the dynamic processes that occur in somatic sensory-motor cortical circuits or somatic sensory pathways to the cortex due to experience, learning, or damage to the nervous system. The book e


The Neuroscience of Adolescence

The Neuroscience of Adolescence

Author: Adriana Galván

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-07-10

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 1107089921

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Written by an award-winning developmental neuroscientist, this is a comprehensive and cutting-edge account of the latest research on the adolescent brain.