The Physics of the Mind and Brain Disorders

Integrated Neural Circuits Supporting the Emergence of Mind
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-29672-2
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, Band 11, 793 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 14766 g

Reihe: Springer Series in Cognitive and Neural Systems

This book covers recent advances in the understanding of brain structure, function and disorders based on the fundamental principles of physics.  It covers a broad range of physical phenomena occurring in the brain circuits for perception, cognition, emotion and action, representing the building blocks of the mind.  It provides novel insights into the devastating brain disorders of the mind such as schizophrenia, dementia, autism, aging or addictions, as well as into the new devices for brain repair. The book is aimed at basic researchers in the fields of neuroscience, physics, biophysics and clinicians in the fields of neurology, neurosurgery, psychology, psychiatry.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Casanova, Manuel F.

Opris, Ioan

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Medizinische Physik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Brain, Mind & Disease through Physics Principles.- 1. Noether Theorem, Symmetry and Symmetry Breaking in the Brain.- 2. Physics of the neuron, brain and mind.- 3. Optogenetic dissection
of the cortical microcircuits and the connectome.- 4. Brain States.- 5. Brain waves in cortical layers and minicolumns.- 6. Brain functions: from perception to action and executive control hierarchy.- 7. Multisensory body perception and its relevance for self-consciousness.- 8. Memory and Cognition.- 9. What Consciousness is and how we can measure it.- 10. Neural correlates of normal and impaired consciousness.- 11. Consciousness as a manifestation of Synaptic Homeostasis.- 12. Philosophy of the mind.- 13. Genetics of the mind.- 14. Blood Brain Barrier and the Mind.- 15. Cortical and subcortical substrates of cognition and cognitive disorders, including schizophrenia and autism.- 16. Cortical and subcortical substrates of emotion and affective disorders, including depression and anxiety.- 17. Creativity and Mind.- 18. Optimizing Brain Fitness.- 19. Practicing Mindfulness.- 20. The Spiritual Brain: Science and Religious Experience.- 21. Noninvasive tweaking of the mind.- 22. The Impact of 21st Century Technology on the Mind.- 23. Disorders of Brain-Mind as Symmetry Breaking.- 24. Brain Repair and Cognitive Brain Machine Interfaces.- 25. Nanotechnology and mind augmentation.- 26. Conclusion: This groundbreaking view over the brain disorders through the laws of
physics is needed for further understanding/progress.- Index.