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Principles of Neural Science
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The editors have done a masterful job of weaving together the biologic, the behavioral, and the clinical sciences into a single tapestry in which everyone from the molecular biologist to the practicing psychiatrist can find and appreciate his or her own research.Abstract:
I have developed "tennis elbow" from lugging this book around the past four weeks, but it is worth the pain, the effort, and the aspirin. It is also worth the (relatively speaking) bargain price. Including appendixes, this book contains 894 pages of text. The entire panorama of the neural sciences is surveyed and examined, and it is comprehensive in its scope, from genomes to social behaviors. The editors explicitly state that the book is designed as "an introductory text for students of biology, behavior, and medicine," but it is hard to imagine any audience, interested in any fragment of neuroscience at any level of sophistication, that would not enjoy this book. The editors have done a masterful job of weaving together the biologic, the behavioral, and the clinical sciences into a single tapestry in which everyone from the molecular biologist to the practicing psychiatrist can find and appreciate his orread more
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Intrinsic primary afferent neurons and nerve circuits within the intestine
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Biomechatronic Design and Control of an Anthropomorphic Artificial Hand for Prosthetic and Robotic Applications
TL;DR: In this article, a biomechatronic approach is proposed to harmonize the mechanical design of an anthropomorphic artificial hand with the design of the hand control system, and a proper hand control scheme is designed and implemented for the study and optimization of hand motor performance in order to achieve a human-like motor behavior.
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Thyroid hormones states and brain development interactions
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Artemin is a vascular-derived neurotropic factor for developing sympathetic neurons.
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Modular organization of internal models of tools in the human cerebellum
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