Complex Brain Functions: Conceptual Advances in Russian Neuroscience

by Robert Miller (Editor), Alexey M Ivanitsky (Editor)

Overview

There are many difficulties hindering western scientists from becoming acquainted with Russian scientific literature, including both political and language barriers. Russian science has a long and proud tradition going back as far as Peter the Great and the founding of the Russian Academy of Science in 1725. However, Russian neuroscientists from th

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135287788
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	05/30/2000
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	432
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Robert Miller, Alexey M Ivanitsky

Table of Contents

1. Volume Transmission in the Striatum as Constituting Information Processing 2. Unitary Postsynaptic Mechanisms of LTP and LTD in the Neocortex 3. Memory Consolidation: Narrowing the Gap Between Systems and Molecular Genetics Neurosciences 4. Informational Synthesis in Crucial Cortical Areas, as the Brain Basis of Subjective Experience 5. Nature of Sensory Awareness: the Hypothesis of Self-identification 6. Brain Mechanisms of Emotions 7. The Functional Significance of High-frequency Components of Brain Electrical Activity 8. EEG Mapping in Emotional and Cognitive Pathology 9. Brain Organization of Selective Tasks Preceding Attention: Ontogenetic Aspects 10. Formation and Realization of Individual Experience in Humans and Animals: a Psychological Approach 11. Applicability of the Reinforcement Concept to Studies in Simple Nervous Systems 12. Sensory Factors in the Ontogenetic Reorganization of Behaviour 13. Colour Spaces of Animal-trichromats (Rhesus Monkeys and Carp), Revealed by Instrumental Discrimination Learning 14. Neurobiology of Gestalts 15. The Striatal Cholinergic System and Instrumental Behaviour 16. The Motor Cortex Inhibits Synergies Interfering With a Learned Movement: Reorganization of Postural Co-ordination in Dogs 17. Biochemical Correlates of Individual Behaviour 18. Brain Serotonin in Genetically Defined Defensive Behaviour

Editorial Reviews

Primarily Russian researchers in neuroscience and psychology provide insight into the often closed (due to both political and language barriers) world of Russian scientific literature. The chapters cover a wide range of specialties, from research at the cellular level, to studies of higher nervous functioning in animals and humans. Specific papers discuss topics including memory consolidation; the nature of sensory awareness; the brain mechanisms of emotion; the formation and realization of individual experience in humans and animals; the neurobiology of Gestalts; and biochemical correlates of individual behavior. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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