The brain that changes itself : stories of personal triumph from the frontiers of brain science
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat26139
Doidge, Norman.
--New York:
Penguin Books
, 2007.
- Call Number
- WL 102 D657 2007
- Location
- Nova Scotia Hospital
A new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the old notion that the human brain is immutable. Psychoanalyst Doidge traveled the country to meet both the brilliant scientists championing neuroplasticity and the people whose lives they've transformed--people whose mental limitations or brain damage were seen as unalterable. We see a woman born with half a brain that rewired itself to work as a whole, blind people who learn to see, learning disorders cured, IQs raised, aging brains rejuve…
- Call Number
- WL 102 D657 2007
- Author
- Doidge, Norman
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Date of Publication
- 2007
- Physical Description
- 427 p
- ISBN
- 9780143113102
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Brain Damage, Chronic - rehabilitation
- Mental Disorders - rehabilitation
- Neuronal Plasticity
- Abstract
- A new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the old notion that the human brain is immutable. Psychoanalyst Doidge traveled the country to meet both the brilliant scientists championing neuroplasticity and the people whose lives they've transformed--people whose mental limitations or brain damage were seen as unalterable. We see a woman born with half a brain that rewired itself to work as a whole, blind people who learn to see, learning disorders cured, IQs raised, aging brains rejuvenated, stroke patients learning to speak, children with cerebral palsy learning to move with more grace, depression and anxiety disorders successfully treated, and lifelong character traits changed. Using these stories to probe mysteries of the body, emotion, love, sex, culture, and education, Dr. Doidge has written an inspiring book that will permanently alter the way we look at our brains, human nature, and human potential.--From publisher description.
- Contents
- A woman perpetually falling : rescued by the man who discovered the plasticity of our senses -- Building herself a better brain : a woman labeled "retarded" discovers how to heal herself -- Redesigning the brain : a scientist changes brains to sharpen perception and memory, increase speed of thought, and heal learning problems -- Acquiring tastes and loves : what neuroplasticity teaches about sexual attraction and love -- Midnight resurrections : stroke victims learn to move and speak again -- Brain lock unlocked : using plasticity to stop worries, obsessions, compulsions, and bad habits -- Pain : the dark side of plasticity -- Imagination : how thinking makes it so -- Turning our ghosts into ancestors : psychoanalysis as a neuroplastic therapy -- Rejuvenation : the discovery of the neuronal stem cell and lessons for preserving our brains -- More than the sum of her parts : a woman shows us how radically plastic the brain can be -- The culturally modified brain -- Plasticity and the idea of progress.
- Format
- Book
- Publication Type
- Case Reports
- Location
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Copies
- 1
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
The Life Cycle of the Corpus Luteum
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41463
Rina Meidan, editor.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2017.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book describes the life cycle of a unique endocrine gland that is absolutely essential for the establishment and maintenance of pregnancy in all mammalian species. The corpus luteum is unique because it is formed and destroyed every (non-fertile) reproductive cycle. When fertilization occurs, the corpus luteum is rescued or maintained. The processes that control corpus luteum formation, demise (luteolysis), or maintenance are just beginning to be unraveled in recent years; they involve div…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Meidan, Rina
- Responsibility
- Rina Meidan, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 283 pages) : 54 illus., 40 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319432380
- 9783319432366 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Corpus Luteum
- Abstract
- This book describes the life cycle of a unique endocrine gland that is absolutely essential for the establishment and maintenance of pregnancy in all mammalian species. The corpus luteum is unique because it is formed and destroyed every (non-fertile) reproductive cycle. When fertilization occurs, the corpus luteum is rescued or maintained. The processes that control corpus luteum formation, demise (luteolysis), or maintenance are just beginning to be unraveled in recent years; they involve diverse cell types and mechanisms. Some of these processes resemble tumor development angiogenesis, for instance but interestingly enough, this resemblance is only up to a point. The corpus luteum uses mechanisms that allow its normal, physiological growth and disappearance. Pulling together key research on the corpus luteum, this volume is of interest to both reproductive endocrinologists and comparative physiologists, with clinical relevance spanning comparative animal studies to women's health.
- Contents
- 1. Luteal Angiogenesis -- 2. Roles of Hypoxia in Corpus Luteum Formation -- 3. Luteal Steroidogenesis -- 4. Lipid Droplets and Metabolic Pathways Regulate Steroidogenesis in the Corpus Luteum -- 5. Steroid Hormone Receptors in the Corpus Luteum -- 6. Immune Cells and their Effects on the Bovine Corpus Luteum -- 7. The Rodent Corpus Luteum -- 8. Regulation of corpus luteum function in the domestic dog (Canis familiaris) and comparative aspects of luteal function in the domestic cat (Felis catus) -- 9. Luteolysis in Ruminants: Past Concepts, New Insights, and Persisting Challenges -- 10. Corpus Luteum Rescue in Nonhuman Primates and Women -- 11. Corpus Luteum and Early Pregnancy in Ruminants -- 12. Corpus Luteum Regression and Early Pregnancy Maintenance in Pigs --13. The Corpus Luteum and Womens Health.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
