Molecules and mental illness / by Barondes, Samuel H., 1933-

Table of Contents: “…The evolution of biological psychiatry -- The genetics of behavior -- How genes work -- Neurons, circuits, and neurotransmission -- Drugs and receptors -- Mania and depression -- Schizophrenia -- Fears and compulsions -- Epilogue -- Recapitulation (in verse).…”

Gating in cerebral networks / by Steriade, Mircea, Paré, Denis, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Morphology and electroresponsive properties of thalamic neurons -- Morphology and electroresponsive properties of neocortical cells -- The amygdala -- Rhinal and medial prefrontal cortices -- Neuromodulation and state-dependent activities in forebrain neuronal circuits -- Gating of signals in slow-wave sleep -- Neuronal processes and cognitive functions in brain-active states of waking and REM sleep -- Comparison of state-dependent activity patterns in the thalamocortical, hippocampal, and amygdalocortical systems -- Neuronal substrates of some mental disorders.…”
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Gating in cerebral networks / by Steriade, Mircea

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Morphology and electroresponsive properties of thalamic neurons; Chapter 2 Morphology and electroresponsive properties of neocortical cells; Chapter 3 The amygdala; Chapter 4 Rhinal and medial prefrontal cortices; Chapter 5 Neuromodulation and state-dependent activities in forebrain neuronal circuits; Chapter 6 Gating of signals in slow-wave sleep; Chapter 7 Neuronal processes and cognitive functions in brain-active states of waking and REM sleep.…”
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Mind, brain, and schizophrenia / by Williamson, Peter, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…The evolving concept of schizophrenia -- Candidate neuronal circuits -- When does schizophrenia begin? -- Clues from drugs that affect dopamine, glutamate, and other neurotransmitters -- Some clues from psychophysiology -- Neuropsychological studies -- Imaging brain structure in living patients -- Imaging brain function in living patients -- Imaging brain chemistry and the question of neuronal degeneration -- Pieces of the puzzle: likely components of the final common pathway -- Early models of the final common pathway: disconnection and coordination -- Early models of the final common pathway: basal ganglia-thalamocortical circuits -- Do the models fit with what we know about schizophrenia? …”
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Sensorimotor cognition and natural language syntax / by Knott, Alistair, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…Model of the Mirror Neuron Circuit --…”
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All-optical methods to study neuronal function /

Table of Contents: “…Optical Manipulation and Recording of Neural Activity with Wavefront Engineering -- Balancing the Fluorescence Imaging Budget for All-Optical Neurophysiology Experiments -- Light-Based Neuronal Circuit Probing in Living Brains at High-Resolution: Constraints and Layouts for Integrating Neuronal Activity Recording and Modulation in Three Dimensions -- High Speed All-Optical Neural Interfaces with 3D Temporally Focused Holography -- An All-Optical Physiology Pipeline towards Highly Specific and Artefact-Free Circuit Mapping -- Spatial and Temporal Considerations of Optogenetic Tools in an All-Optical Single-Beam Experiment -- Miniature Multiphoton Microscopes for Recording Neural Activity in Freely Moving Animals -- Optogenetics and Light Sheet Microscopy -- Widefield Multiphoton Imaging at Depth with Temporal Focusing -- High-Speed Neural Imaging with Synaptic Resolution: Bessel Focus Scanning Two-Photon Microscopy and Optical-Sectioning Widefield Microscopy -- Optical and Analytical Methods to Visualize and Manipulate Contrical Ensembles and Behavior -- Illuminating Neural Computation using Precision Optogenetics-Controlled Synthetic Perception -- Spectrally-Focused Stimulated Raman Scattering (sf-SRS) Microscopy for Label-Free Investigations of Molecular Mechanisms in Living Organisms.…”
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Axon growth and guidance /

Table of Contents: “…/ Sarah Guthrie -- The role of cell adhesion molecules in axon growth and guidance / Hiroyuki Kamiguchi -- Neurotransmitters and the development of neuronal circuits / Tina Ruediger and Juergen Bolz -- The hedgehog, TGF-b/BMP, and Wnt families of morphogens in axon guidance / Frédéric Charron and Marc Tessier-Lavigne -- The role of cyclic nucleotides in axon guidance / Michael Piper, Francis van Horck and Christine Holt -- Membrane lipid rafts and their role in axon guidance / Carmine Guirland and James Q. …”

The human illnesses : neuropsychiatric disorders and the nature of the human brain / by Williamson, Peter, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…; Overview of the Volume; Chapter 2 Background on the Brain; Brain Development; Relevant Brain Regions; Neuronal Circuits Related to Learning New Behaviors; Neuronal Circuits Related to Emotional Regulation; Summary; Chapter 3 Unique Aspects of the Human Brain; The Emergence of Homo sapiens.…”
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Neuroeconomics : decision making and the brain /

Table of Contents: “…Integrating Benefits and Costs in Decision Making -- 23. Neuronal Circuit Computation of Choice -- 24. The Neurobiology of Context-Dependent Valuation and Choice -- Section 5: Brain Circuitry of Social Valuation and Social Choice -- 25. …”
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The neurobiology of addiction : new vistas /

Table of Contents: “…Potenza -- Overlapping neuronal circuits in addiction and obesity : evidence of systems pathology / Nora D. …”
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An introduction to pain and its relations to nervous system disorders /

Table of Contents: “…Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on authors -- Introduction -- Section I Neurobiology of pain: Recent advances -- Chapter 1 Anatomy of pain pathways -- Basic organisation of spinal pain pathways -- Primary afferent input to the dorsal horn -- Projection neurons and ascending tracts -- Dorsal horn interneurons -- Descending pathways -- Neuronal circuits -- Future directions -- References -- Chapter 2 Spinal plasticity of the nociceptive system: the role of central sensitisation in chronic pain states -- Introduction.…”
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Decision making and modelling in cognitive science / by Roy, Sisir

Table of Contents: “…; 3.2.1 Motor Binding in Time and the Centralization on Prediction; 3.2.1.1 Pulsatile Motor Control System; 3.3 How Can a Neuronal Circuit Predict?; 3.4 Dynamic Geometry and Bayesian Approach to Decision Theory; References; 4 New Empirical Evidences on Decision Making and Cognition; Abstract; 4.1 Disjunction Effect; 4.2 Categorization-Decision Interaction; 4.3 Perception of Ambiguous Figures.…”
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The enteric nervous system / by Furness, John Barton

Table of Contents: “…The enteric plexuses -- Interconnections between the plexuses -- Extent of the ganglionated plexuses -- Intramural extensions of extrinsic nerves -- Electron microscope studies -- Enteric glia -- The structural similarities and functional differences between regions may have an evolutionary basis -- Development of the enteric nervous system -- Maturation of enteric neurons and development of function -- Changes in enteric neurons with aging -- Summary and conclusions -- Shapes of enteric neurons -- Cell physiological classifications of enteric neurons -- Functionally defined enteric neurons -- Neurons in human intestine with equivalence to those investigated in laboratory animals -- Summary and conclusions -- Evolution of ideas about enteric circuitry -- Motility controlling circuits of the small and large intestine -- Intrinsic secretomotor and vasomotor circuits -- Assemblies of neurons -- Circuits in the esophagus and stomach -- Co-ordination of motility, secretomotor and vasomotor reflexes -- Circuits connecting the intestine, biliary system and pancreas -- Sympathetic innervation of the gastrointestinal tract -- Summary and conclusions -- Chemical coding and multiple transmitters -- Transmitters of motor neurons that innervate the smooth muscle of the gut -- Transmitters at neuro-neuronal synapses -- Sites within the reflex circuitry where specific pharmacologies of transmission can be deduced to occur -- Transmission from entero-endocrine cells to IPANs -- Roles of interstitial cells of cajal in neuromuscular transmission -- Transmitters of secretomotor and vasodilator neurons -- Synapses in secretomotor and vasodilator pathways -- Transmitters of motor neurons innervating gastrin cells -- Summary and conclusions -- Rhythmic activity of gastrointestinal muscle -- Structure and properties of interstitial cells of cajal -- Relationship between slow wave activity and neural control -- Gastric motility -- Patterns of small intestine motility and their intrinsic neural control -- Motility of the colon -- Neural control of the esophagus -- Gall-bladder motility -- Sphincters -- Muscle of the mucosa -- Mechanism of sympathetic inhibition of motility in non-sphincter regions -- Sympathetic innervation of the sphincters -- Physiological effects of noradrenergic neurons on motility in undisturbed animals -- Reflex activities of sympathetic neurons that affect motility -- Summary and conclusions -- Water and electrolyte secretion in the small and large intestines -- Reflex control of water and electrolyte secretion -- Secretion of gastric acid -- Pepsinogen secretion -- Gastric secretion of bicarbonate -- Secretion into the gall bladder -- Pancreatic exocrine secretion -- Summary and conclusions -- Therapeutic endpoints for motility disorders -- Therapies for secretory diarrheas -- Enteric neuropathies involving neuronal loss or phenotypic changes -- Mitochondriopathies with intestinal manifestations -- Irritable bowel syndrome and plasticity of enteric neurons -- Summary and conclusions.…”
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Functional neuromarkers for psychiatry : applications for diagnosis and treatment / by Kropotov, I︠U︡. D.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Two recent events that may change psychiatry; Mental illness as a challenge to healthcare systems; DSM and ICD as dictionaries of psychopathology; The hurdles to overcome; From symptoms to neuronal circuits; From "decade of the brain" to "decade of translation"; Concept of biomarker; Neuromarkers and neuroimaging; Endophenotype in psychiatry; Extended endophenotype; Genetic and epigenetic factors; Common psychiatric diseases are not Mendelian disorders; Risk factors; Search for nonpharmaceutical methods of treatment.…”
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Bursting : the genesis of rhythm in the nervous system /

Table of Contents: “…Effect of Changing Burst Durations in the Two Neuron Circuit -- 7.8. Phenomenology of Resetting in a Biological Bursting Neuron -- 7.9. …”
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Clinical neuroradiology : a case based approach / by Hathout, Gasser M., 1963-

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The neuroscience of language : on brain circuits of words and serial order /

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Criticality in neural systems /

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Anatomy of neuropsychiatry : the new anatomy of the basal forebrain and its implications for neuropsychiatric illness /

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Memory consolidation /

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