Author: John Smythies

Glutamate and GABA are the main information carrying neurotransmitters in the brain. Their action is modulated by a further series of small molecules called neuromodulators. The major neuromodulators …

Schizophrenia is a severe brain disorder that affects 1% of the population. Its cause is due to the interaction of a number of abnormal genes with environmental factors. This book summarizes new adva …

Published since 1959, this serial presents in-depth reviews of key topics in neuroscience, from molecules to behavior. The serial stays keenly atuned to recent developments through the contributions …

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 cont …

Direct versus Indirect Realism: A Neurophilosophical Debate on Consciousness brings together leading neuroscientists and philosophers to explain and defend their theories on consciousness. The book o …

A comprehensive review of current research on synaptic plasticity.The traditional model of synapses as fixed structures has been replaced by a dynamic one in which synapses are constantly being delet …

Philosophical and scientific defenses of Indirect Realism and counterarguments to the attacks of qualiaphobes.Many philosophers and cognitive scientists dismiss the notion of qualia, sensory experien …