Neurogenesis and Neural Plasticity

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Belzung, Catherine. (Editor), Wigmore, Peter. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences, 15
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Neurology.; Psychiatry.; Psychopharmacology.; Animal behavior.; Stem cells.; Biomedicine.; Stem Cells.; Behavioural Sciences.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36232-3

Neurogenesis and synaptogenesis, once thought to occur mainly during development, have now been established as key features of adult brain function.� Together they enable the brain to respond to both internal and external changes, giving the brain a previously unrecognised level of flexibility.� Alt...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Part 1. Characterization
• Stem Cells. Hippocampal Neurogenesis. Olfactory Neurogenesis. Synaptogenesis. Neurotrophins
• Part 2. Environmental Factors
• Stress. Enrichment. Exercise. Cytotoxic Drugs and Memory
• Part 3. Diseases
• Depression. Addiction. Neurodegeneration
• Part 4. Ageing and Repair
• Ageing. Repair.