Transmitters and Modulators in Health and Disease New Frontiers in Neuroscience

Prominent international researchers contributed to this volume of reports advancing the study of brain function and morphology. Comprising investigations in several areas of neuroscience, the book includes research in neurodegenerative diseases and in neuroregeneration in adults. Described here are...

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Other Authors: Shioda, Seiji (Editor), Homma, Ikuo (Editor), Kato, Nobumasa (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tokyo Springer Japan 2009, 2009
Edition:1st ed. 2009
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Stimulating Music: Combining Melodic Intonation Therapy with Transcranial DC Stimulation to Facilitate Speech Recovery after Stroke
  • Serotonin release acts on 5-HT2 receptors in the dorsomedial medulla oblongata to elicit airway dilation in mice
  • Breathing is to live, to smell and to feel
  • Role of the medial frontal wall for readiness of motor execution
  • Poster Presentations
  • Ryanodine receptor type 1 / calcium release channel in the endoplasmic reticulum as the target of nitric oxide to cause the intracellular calcium signaling
  • Decreased sensitivity to negative facial emotions and limbic lesions in patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1
  • Generation of Rac1 conditional mutant mice by Cre/loxP system
  • Orexin modulates neuronal activities of mesencephalic trigeminal sensory neurons in rats
  • Investigation of the anxiolytic effects of Kampo formulation, Kamishoyosan, used for treating menopausal psychotic syndromes in women
  • Neuropeptides and Behavior
  • Evolution of neuropeptide concepts illustrated by MIF-1 and MSH
  • Increased leptin supply to hypothalamus by gene therapy confers life-long benefits on energy homeostasis, disease cluster of metabolic syndrome- diabetes type 1 and 2, dyslipidemia and cardiovascular ailments- and bone remodeling
  • Feeding regulation in the brain: Involvement of Neuropeptide W
  • Feeding regulation in the brain: Role of galanin-like peptide (GALP)
  • Neuropeptides, Bioamines, and Clinical Implications
  • Neuropeptide Y and its Role in Anxiety-related Disorders
  • The search for a fetal origin for autism: Evidence of aberrant brain development in a rat model of autism produced by prenatal exposure to valproate
  • Sexually dimorphism and social brain circuit: Its implication to Autism
  • Functional Mapping of Sensory and Motor Brain Activity
  • Activation of Microglia Induced Learning and Memory Deficits
  • Increased behavioral activity with regular circadian rhythm in PACAP specific receptor (PAC1) transgenic mice
  • Expression and localization of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) specific receptor (PAC1R) after traumatic brain injury in mice