The brain-behavior continuum : the subtle transition between sanity and insanity / Jose Luis Perez Velazquez, Marina Frantseva.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perez Velazquez, Jose Luis.

Contributor:

Frantseva, Marina.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brain--physiology.

Behavior--physiology.

Nervous System Diseases.

Cognitive neuroscience.

Neurophysiology.

Medical Subjects:

Brain--physiology.

Behavior--physiology.

Nervous System Diseases.

Physical Description:

xv, 353 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, [2011]

Summary:

This book is a comprehensive overview of the main current concepts in brain cognitive activities at the global, collective (or network) level, with a focus on transitions between normal neurophysiology and brain pathological states. It provides a unique approach of linking molecular, and cellular aspects of normal and pathological brain functioning with their corresponding network, collective and dynamical manifestations that are subsequently extended to behavioral manifestations of healthy and diseased brains. This book introduces a high-level perspective, searching for simplification amongst the structural and functional complexity of nervous systems by consideration of the distributed interactions that underlie the collective behavior of the system. The authors hope that this approach could promote a global comprehensive understanding of high-level laws behind the elementary biological processes, while, perhaps, introducing elements of biological complexities to the mathematical/computational readership. The title of the book refers to the main point of the monograph: that there is a smooth continuum between distinct brain activities resulting in different behaviors, and that, due to the plastic nature of the brain, the behavior can also alter the brain function, thus rendering artificial the boundaries between the brain and its behavior. Book jacket.

Contents:

Basic principles of nervous system activity and function

Dynamical perspective on nervous system activity

Epilepsy: the transition to seizures

Parkinson's disease: transition between sensorimotor coordination patterns

Sudden and subtle transitions in altered states of consciousness

Psychiatric deviations: transitions within the behavioral continuum

Societal views on brain and behavior.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-349) and index.

ISBN:

9789814340601

981434060X

OCLC:

697261739