XVI Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (SPN2019)

Ana Sebastião, Cláudia Almeida, Cláudia Valente, Inês Figueira, Maria José Diógenes, Rita Aroeira, Sandra Tenreiro, Sandra H. Vaz, Sara Xapelli

Frontiers Media SA

SPN2019 aims at bringing together the vibrant Portuguese Neuroscience community that has been...

Science Neuroscience

Keywords: neurodegeneration,­Cellular and molecular neurosciences,­sensory processing,­neural circuits,­psychiatric disorders

Neuroscience in Africa

Nilesh B. Patel, Vivienne A. Russell, Nouria Lakhdar-Ghazal

Frontiers Media SA

This Research Topic covers some of the latest research on brain and behavior in health and disease...

Science Neuroscience Behavioral Neuroscience

Keywords: Africa,­biodiveristy,­hiv/aids,­Trypanosomiasis,­Alcohol effects,­Emerging viral diseases,­Environmental Pollutants,­Neuroanatomy,­Ethnopharmacology

Brain Protein Aging and Dementia Control

Gen Sobue, Naruhiko Sahara

Frontiers Media SA

Science Neuroscience Neurodegeneration

Keywords: Proteinopathy,­Dementia,­neurodegenerative disease,­Brain aging,­protein aggregates

Coping With Extreme Environments: A Physiological/Psychological Approach

Costantino Balestra, Jacek Kot, Shai Efrati, François Guerrero, Jean-Eric Blatteau, Stéphane Besnard

Frontiers Media SA

Understanding how humans cope in extreme environments has expanded our knowledge of the...

Science Neuroscience Integrative Neuroscience

Keywords: Unsteady states,­Physiological challenges,­Hyperbaric,­temperature,­Diving,­Parabolic flights,­stress,­coping,­Learning,­Oxygen

Dynamics and Modulation of Synaptic Transmission in the Mammalian CNS

Maria Elisa Calcagnotto, Alberto A. Rasia-Filho, Idan Segev

Frontiers Media SA

Science Neuroscience Synaptic Neuroscience

Keywords: synaptic plasticity,­Synaptic Transmission,­neuronal-glial interactions,­dendritic spine,­neural circuitries formation,­Synaptic Function,­Neurodevelopmental disorders,­systems consolidation,­synaptic modulation

Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors and Neurological/Psychiatric Disorders

Enza Palazzo, Volker Neugebauer, Sabatino Maione

Frontiers Media SA

Considering that neurological and psychiatric illnesses do not still have efficient therapies and...

Science Neuroscience Molecular Neuroscience

Keywords: metabotropic glutamate receptors,­neurological disorders,­psychiatric disorders,­Neuroprotection,­Neuroinflammation,­excitotoxicity,­Neurogenesis,­Positive allosteric modulators,­negative allosteric modulators

Consciousness in Humanoid Robots

Antonio Chella, Angelo Cangelosi, Giorgio Metta, Selmer Bringsjord

Frontiers Media SA

Building a conscious robot is a scientific and technological challenge. Debates about the...

Science Neuroscience Neurorobotics

Keywords: Robot consciousness,­Robot awareness,­Machine consciousness,­Artificial Consciousness,­Autonomic Robotics

The Medial Prefrontal Cortex and Integration in ASD and Typical Cognition

Dorit Ben Shalom, Yoram S. Bonneh

Frontiers Media SA

This eBook explores within-discipline implications and and across-discipline connections of the Ben...

Science Neuroscience Human Neuroscience

Keywords: emotion,­Memory,­sensory,­motor,­Prefrontal Cortex

Assessing Cellular Microstructure in Biological Tissues using In Vivo Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance

Julien Valette, Itamar Ronen, Sune Nørhøj Jespersen

Frontiers Media SA

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and spectroscopy (MRS) techniques have opened new doors for...

Science Neuroscience Brain Imaging Methods

Keywords: NMR,­MRI,­Diffusion,­microstructure,­cell morphology,­Intracellular Space,­Extracellular Space,­Brain,­Prostate,­Spinal Cord