The claustrum structural, functional, and clinical neuroscience

Of the Evidence from Expression of Calcium-Binding Proteins

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Smythies, John (Editor), Edelstein, Lawrence (Editor), Ramachandran, Vilayanur S. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Diego, CA Academic Press 2014, 2014
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Collection: Elsevier ScienceDirect eBooks - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Of the Evidence from Expression of Calcium-Binding Proteins
The present day is witnessing an explosion of our understanding of how the brain works at all levels, in which complexity is piled on complexity, and mechanisms of astonishing elegance are being continually discovered. This process is most developed in the major areas of the brain, such as the cortex, thalamus, and striatum. The Claustrum instead focuses on a small, remote, and, until recently, relatively unknown area of the brain. In recent years, researchers have come to believe that the claustrum is concerned with consciousness, a bold hypothesis supported by the claustrum's two-w
Item Description:Includes index
Physical Description:online resource (408 pages)
ISBN:9780124047228
9780124045668
130613322X
012404722X
9781306133227
0124045669