Neuronal Networks in Brain Function, CNS Disorders, and Therapeutics - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0124158048 ISBN 13: 9780124158047

Publisher: Academic Press, 2014

Synopsis

Neuronal Networks in Brain Function, CNS Disorders, and Therapeutics, edited by two leaders in the field, offers a current and complete review of what we know about neural networks. How the brain accomplishes many of its more complex tasks can only be understood via study of neuronal network control and network interactions. Large networks can undergo major functional changes, resulting in substantially different brain function and affecting everything from learning to the potential for epilepsy.

With chapters authored by experts in each topic, this book advances the understanding of:

• How the brain carries out important tasks via networks
• How these networks interact in normal brain function
• Major mechanisms that control network function
• The interaction of the normal networks to produce more complex behaviors
• How brain disorders can result from abnormal interactions
• How therapy of disorders can be advanced through this network approach

This book will benefit neuroscience researchers and graduate students with an interest in networks, as well as clinicians in neuroscience, pharmacology, and psychiatry dealing with neurobiological disorders.

• Utilizes perspectives and tools from various neuroscience subdisciplines (cellular, systems, physiologic), making the volume broadly relevant
• Chapters explore normal network function and control mechanisms, with an eye to improving therapies for brain disorders
• Reflects predominant disciplinary shift from an anatomical to a functional perspective of the brain
• Edited work with chapters authored by leaders in the field around the globe – the broadest, most expert coverage available

About this title

About the Authors

Carl L. Faingold is an American neuroscientist who is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Pharmacology of Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, Illinois; he is a founding faculty member of both the department and the School of Medicine.

Hal Blumenfeld is a Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Neurosurgery at Yale University. He is an expert on brain mechanisms of consciousness and on altered consciousness in epilepsy. As director of the Yale Clinical Neuroscience Imaging Center (CNIC) he leads multi-disciplinary research and is also well known for his teaching contributions in neuroanatomy and clinical neuroscience.

From the Back Cover

How the brain accomplishes many of its more complex tasks can only be understood via study of neuronal network control and network interactions. Large networks are able to undergo major functional changes, resulting in substantially different brain function and affecting everything from learning to the potential for epilepsy. Edited by two leaders in the field, this volume will offer a current and comprehensive review of what we know about neural networks. With chapters authored by experts in each topic, the volume will serve to advance understanding of how the brain carries out important tasks via networks, how these networks interact in normal brain function, major mechanisms that control network function, the interaction of the normal networks to produce more complex behaviors, how brain disorders can result from abnormal interactions, and how therapy of disorders can be advanced through this network approach. Neuroscience researchers and graduate students alike with an interest in networks will benefit, as will clinicians in neuroscience, pharmacology and psychiatry dealing with neurobiological disorders

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0124158048
• ISBN 13: 9780124158047
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 512
• Editor: Faingold PhD Carl, Blumenfeld PhD Hal