Neurogenesis and Neural Plasticity

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Belzung, Catherine (Editor), Wigmore, Peter (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences, 15
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Neurology.; Psychiatry.; Psychopharmacology.; Behavioral sciences.; Stem cells.; Biomedicine.; Stem Cells.; Behavioral Sciences.

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.