Elements of Molecular Neurobiology by C. U. M. Smith

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This edition of the popular text incorporates recent advances in neurobiology enabled by modern molecular biology techniques. Understanding how the brain works from a molecular level allows research to better understand behaviours, cognition, and neuropathologies. Since the appearance six years ago of the second edition, much more has been learned about the molecular biology of development and its relations with early evolution. This "evodevo" (as it has come to be known) framework also has a great deal of bearing on our understanding of neuropathologies as dysfunction of early onset genes can cause neurodegeneration in later life. Advances in our understanding of the genomes and proteomes of a number of organisms also greatly influence our understanding of neurobiology.
* Well known and widely used as a text throughout the UK, good reviews from students and lecturers.
* Good complement to Fundementals of Psychopharmacology by Brian Leonard.
This book will be of particular interest to biomedical undergraduates undertaking a neuroscience unit, neuroscience postgraduates, physiologists, pharmacologists.
It is also a useful basic reference for university libraries.
Maurice Elphick, Queen Mary, University of London
"I do like this book and it is the recommended textbook for my course in Molecular Neuroscience. The major strength of the book is the overall simplicity of the format both in terms of layout and diagrams."
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* Amazon Sales Rank: #501745 in Books
* Published on: 2002-11-15
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Paperback
* 630 pages

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"…will prove very useful to every individual interested in molecular neurobiology research..." (Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, Vol.29, 2005)

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This thoroughly revised and updated new edition of C.U.M. Smith's 1996 text gives an account of the molecular biology of the brain as it stands at the beginning of the twenty-first century. While retaining the overall structure of the second edition, this new edition incorporates new material on: genomics; ion channels; neural stem cells; gap junctions; channelopathies; cannabinoids; DNA-chips manipulation of K+-channels; molecular bases of memory; motor neuron disease; Alzheimer's Disease.

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Aston Univ., Birmingham, UK. Comprehensive updated textbook gives an account of the molecular biology of the brain. Contains new topics on genomics, ion channels, neural stem cells, gap-junctions, channelopathies, cannabinoids, DNA-chips and molecular bases of memory. Softcover, hardcover available, listed in approval week 2003-12. Previous edition: c1989.