Plasticity in the adult brain : from genes to neurotherapy : proceedings of the 22nd International Summer School of Brain Research, held at the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 20-24 August 2001 / edited by M.A. Hofman ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

International Summer School of Brain Research, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Hofman, M. A. (Michel A.)

Nederlands Instituut voor Hersenonderzoek.

Conference Name:

International Summer School of Brain Research (22nd : 2001 : University of Amsterdam)

Series:

Progress in brain research ; v. 138.

Progress in brain research, 0079-6123 ; v. 138

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neuroplasticity--Congresses.

Neuroplasticity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (497 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the past decade neuronal plasticity has become a major theme of modern neurobiology, from cellular and molecular mechanisms of synapse formation in worms and insects to behavioural recovery from strokes in elderly humans. For this reason the focus of interest in the present volume of Progress in Brain Research is on the topic of neuroplasticity in mature organisms, including humans. Contributions range from neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity in the adult primate brain, to neural mechanisms of learning and memory, and the influence of environmental factors and aging on the functiona

Contents:

Front Cover; PLASTICITY IN THE ADULT BRAIN: FROM GENES TO NEUROTHERAPY; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Section I: Neurogenesis in adulthood: New neurons in old brains; Chapter 1. Neurogenesis in adult primates; Section II: Brain plasticity: From molecule to neural network; Chapter 2. Semaphorins: contributors to structural stability of hippocampal networks?; Chapter 3. Neurotrophins and visual cortical plasticity; Chapter 4. Dendritic spines: elementary structural units of neuronal plasticity

Chapter 5. Abnormal plastic changes in a rat model for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: a short reviewChapter 6. Cortical map plasticity in animals and humans; Section III: Learning and memory; Chapter 7. A brain adaptation view of plasticity: is synaptic plasticity an overly limited concept?; Chapter 8. Environmental enrichment and the brain; Chapter 9. Sex hormones, neuroprotection and cognition; Chapter 10. Memory reactivation and consolidation during sleep: from cellular mechanisms to human performance; Chapter 11. Sensory loss and cortical reorganization in mature primates

Chapter 12. Human brain plasticity: evidence from sensory deprivation and altered language experienceSection IV: Circadian and seasonal plasticity; Chapter 13. Modes of plasticity within the mammalian circadian system; Chapter 14. Functional plasticity of the circadian timing system in old age: light exposure; Chapter 15. What is the adaptive role of neurogenesis in adult birds?; Chapter 16. A brain for all seasons: cellular and molecular mechanisms of photoperiodic plasticity; Section V: Neural plasticity in aging and neuropathology

17. Regulation of synaptic plasticity in memory and memory decline with aging18. Synaptic plasticity in the diabetic brain: advanced aging?; 19. Adult neurogenesis: implications for psychiatry; 20. Brain aging and Alzheimer's disease; use it or lose it; 21. Functional genomics and psychiatric illness; Section VI: Cell implantation and gene therapy; Chapter 22. The fifteenth C.U. Ariëns Kappers Lecture (An introduction); Chapter 23. New strategies in neural repair

Chapter 24. Regulation of dopamine cell type and transmitter function in fetal and stem cell transplantation for Parkinson's diseaseChapter 25. Neuroprotection for Parkinson's disease using viral vector-mediated delivery of GDNF; Section VII: Stem cells: Their role in brain repair; Chapter 26. Glial stem-like cells: implications for ontogeny, phylogeny, and CNS regeneration; Chapter 27. Induced neurogenesis by endogenous progenitor cells in the adult mammalian brain; Chapter 28. The use of human embryonic stem cells for research: an ethical evaluation; Subject Index

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Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611012854

9781281012852

1281012858

9780080497730

008049773X

OCLC:

476068559