Buy a book... 
| Towards a Theory of Neuroplasticity | Buy a book...
|
| Author(s): | C. A. Shaw and J. C. McEachern (Eds) |
| Publisher: | Psychology Press |
| ISBN: | 184169021X |
| Format: | hardback |
| 479pp | |
| Price: | £44.95 |
| Review Date: | 07 August 2001 |
| Review: | 'Neuroplasticity' means a change in the nervous system. This book looks at the nature of neuroplasticity. A key question is whether various forms of neuroplasticity described for different species and in different areas of the nervous system are related or if they are completely different processes. This book addresses this question by putting forward a broad survey of many of the major areas in neuroplasticity research. The topics range across all levels of nervous system organisation, from the molecular to the behavioural levels for species ranging from C. elegans to humans. The effects of development and neuropathological events are also discussed. There are sections on: behavioural and systems approaches to experience, learning and memory; circuit, cellular and synaptic aspects of neuroplasticity; molecular and genetic determinants; developmental aspects; 'pathological neuroplasticity and the response to injury; and Is there a theory to neuroplasticity? |