TY - BOOK ID - 7689353 TI - Transmitters and Modulators in Health and Disease : New Frontiers in Neuroscience AU - Shioda, Seiji. AU - Homma, Ikuo. AU - Kato, Nobumasa. AU - International Symposium for Life Sciences PY - 2009 SN - 4431998667 4431990380 9786612333385 1282333380 4431990399 PB - Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Neurosciences --Research --Congresses. KW - Neurosciences KW - Neurotransmitter Agents KW - Neuropeptides KW - Neurodegenerative Diseases KW - Brain Mapping KW - Nerve Tissue Proteins KW - Nervous System Diseases KW - Peptides KW - Diagnostic Techniques, Neurological KW - Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action KW - Diagnostic Imaging KW - Physiological Effects of Drugs KW - Investigative Techniques KW - Proteins KW - Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins KW - Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures KW - Pharmacologic Actions KW - Diseases KW - Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment KW - Chemical Actions and Uses KW - Diagnosis KW - Chemicals and Drugs KW - Neurology KW - Medicine KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Research KW - Neural sciences KW - Neurological sciences KW - Neuroscience KW - Medicine. KW - Neurology. KW - Psychiatry. KW - Medicine & Public Health. KW - Medical sciences KW - Nervous system KW - Medicine and psychology KW - Mental health KW - Psychology, Pathological KW - Neuropsychiatry KW - Neurology . UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7689353 AB - 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 the effects of neuropeptides and biogenic amines on feeding, respiration, and other autonomic functions as well as on behavior. One chapter focuses on regulation of the blood brain barrier function by various neuropeptides, proteins, receptors, and transporters. Another is concerned with the modulation of higher brain functions by neuropeptides and biogenic monoamines. Yet another chapter presents research on ischemic neuronal damage and hippocampal neurogenesis in the adult mouse. Morphological or physiological techniques to study neuropeptides and neuromodulators influencing higher-order or brain-stem functions are given particular attention. The use of bio-imaging tools such as brain navigation systems and fMRIs with patients in a clinical setting creates new possibilities for investigation of human brain function and specialization of treatment. ER -