In this selection from The Body, his compulsively readable and bestselling ownerโs manual to the human body, Bill Bryson introduces us to the mysterious, and often devastating, world of disease. Written with extraordinary insight and filled with remarkable facts, When Things Go Wrong deepens our
When Things Go Wrong - Diseases, Disorders of the Human Brain
โ Scribed by T. Mantamadiotis
- Publisher
- Intech
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 250
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Table of Contents
00 preface_ When Things Go Wrong - Diseases and Disorders of the Human Brain......Page 1
Part 1_ Syndromes and Disorders......Page 13
01 The Unique Properties of the
Prefrontal Cortex and Mental Illness......Page 15
02 Neurocognitive Aspects of Tourette
Syndrome and Related Disorders......Page 39
03 How Much Serotonin in the CNS is Too Much?......Page 63
04 Brain Commissural Anomalies......Page 81
05 Advances in Neuromodulation: The Orbitofrontal-Striatal Model Of, and Deep Brain Stimulation In, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder......Page 123
Part 2_ Neurodegenerative Diseases In Search of Therapies......Page 135
06 In Search of Therapeutic Solutions
for Alzheimerโs Disease......Page 137
07 Bis(12)-Hupyridone, a Promising
Multi-Functional Anti-Alzheimerโs Dimer
Derived from Chinese Medicine......Page 163
08 Schisandrin B, a Lignan
from Schisandra chinensis Prevents
Cerebral Oxidative Damage and Memory
Decline Through Its Antioxidant Property......Page 187
Part 3_ Brain Cancer......Page 201
09 CREB Signaling in Neural Stem/Progenitor
Cells: Implications for a Role in Brain Tumors......Page 203
Part 4_Brain Imaging......Page 217
10 MRI Techniques and New
Animal Models for Imaging the Brain......Page 219
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