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“alan j mccomas”

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  • Aranzio's Seahorse and the Search for Memory and Consciousness

    The Search for Memory and Consciousness

    by Alan J. McComas ...
    In the final volume of his historical neuroscience trilogy, prize-winning author Alan J. McComas recounts the research that led to recognition of the hippocampus, a structure deep within the brain, as being primarily responsible for memory. This intriguing and exciting account includes observations on patients with memory loss as well as insights from ingenious laboratory experiments. Using ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

  • Neuromuscular Function and Disorders

    by Alan J. McComas ...
    Neuromuscular Function and Disorders focuses on the various processes underlying disordered neuromuscular function. Topics covered include the nature of membrane defects in myotonia and familial periodic paralysis; the disorder of neuromuscular transmission responsible for myasthenia gravis and the various pseudo-myasthenic syndromes; and the disorders of Schwann cell function which cause ... Read more

    $65.69 USD

  • Sherrington's Loom

    An Introduction to the Science of Consciousness

    by Alan J. McComas ...
    In Sherrington's Loom, Alan McComas provides a historical account of the research that has led to recognition of key mechanisms underlying consciousness. Evidence is assembled from a rich variety of sources--neurological patients, animal behavior, laboratory studies, and especially brain stimulation and recording in humans and animals. Among the remarkable advances in the field has been the ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Galvani's Spark

    The Story of the Nerve Impulse

    by Alan McComas ...
    Galvani's Spark chronicles the gradual understanding of the nerve impulse which is the basis of all thoughts, sensations and actions. The story begins with Luigi Galvani's chance observation of a spark from a friction machine causing a frog's leg to twitch from across the room. The accurate recording and the understanding of the properties of the nerve fiber membrane that makes the impulse ... Read more

    $92.69 USD

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    From Stone Age surgery to modern neuroscience

    by Andrew P. Wickens ...
    A History of the Brain tells the full story of neuroscience, from antiquity to the present day. It describes how we have come to understand the biological nature of the brain, beginning in prehistoric times, and progressing to the twentieth century with the development of Modern Neuroscience.This is the first time a history of the brain has been written in a narrative way, emphasizing how our ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Paediatric Biomechanics and Motor Control

    Theory and Application

    Edited by Mark De Ste Croix, Thomas Korff ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Sport and Exercise Science
    Paediatric Biomechanics and Motor Control brings together the very latest developmental research using biomechanical measurement and analysis techniques and is the first book to focus on biomechanical aspects of child development. The book is divided into four main sections – the biological changes in children; developmental changes in muscular force production; developmental changes in the ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • The Brain

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Michael O'Shea ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    How does the brain work? How different is a human brain from other creatures' brains? Is the human brain still evolving? In this fascinating book, Michael O'Shea provides a non-technical introduction to the main issues and findings in current brain research, and gives a sense of how neuroscience addresses questions about the relationship between the brain and the mind. Chapters tackle subjects ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • We Are Electric

    Inside the 200-Year Hunt for Our Body's Bioelectric Code, and What the Future Holds

    by Sally Adee ...
    Science journalist Sally Adee breaks open the field of bioelectricity—the electric currents that run through our bodies and every living thing—its misunderstood history, and why new discoveries will lead to new ways around antibiotic resistance, cleared arteries, and new ways to combat cancer.You may be familiar with the idea of our body's biome: the bacterial fauna that populate our gut and can ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Cognitive Neuroscience

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Richard Passingham ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Up to the 1960s, psychology was deeply under the influence of behaviourism, which focused on stimuli and responses, and regarded consideration of what may happen in the mind as unapproachable scientifically. This began to change with the devising of methods to try to tap into what was going on in the 'black box' of the mind, and the development of 'cognitive psychology'. With the study of patients ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Spark of Life: Electricity in the Human Body

    Electricity in the Human Body

    by Frances Ashcroft ...
    A lively exploration of the surprising role that electricity plays in our bodies.What happens during a heart attack? Can someone really die of fright? What is death, anyway? How does electroshock treatment affect the brain? What is consciousness? The answers to these questions lie in the electrical signals constantly traveling through our bodies, driving our thoughts, our movements, and even the ... Read more

    $12.29 USD

  • 50 Human Brain Ideas You Really Need to Know

    by Moheb Costandi ...
    Series series 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know series
    Master the ideas central to understanding the human brain.In a series of 50 accessible essays, Mo Costandi introduces and explains all we know about the brain and how it works, outlining both long-standing theories and cutting-edge ideas.From the function of neurons and synaptic transmission, to the nervous system and personality, 50 Human Brain Ideas You Really Need to Know is a complete ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Permanent Present Tense

    The Unforgettable Life of the Amnesic Patient, H. M.

    by Suzanne Corkin ...
    In 1953, 27-year-old Henry Gustave Molaison underwent an experimental "psychosurgical" procedure -- a targeted lobotomy -- in an effort to alleviate his debilitating epilepsy. The outcome was unexpected -- when Henry awoke, he could no longer form new memories, and for the rest of his life would be trapped in the moment.But Henry's tragedy would prove a gift to humanity. As renowned neuroscientist ... Read more

    $18.99 USD