neuroscience and neurobiology books

	Neurobiology of Mental Illness
	By: Eric J. Nestler, Dennis S. Charney ISBN: 0195189809 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Release Date: 21 July, 2005 Bioscience book rank: 530727	This is a huge book that covers every question that you may have about biological psychiatry, and even some that you haven't. As a graduate student in Neuroscience, I have found it invaluable as a theoretical reference. <br /> <br />The only downside is that it covers so much information, that it can be difficult to read on your own. I wish that I a class offered at my school that used this book. <br /> This book is wonderful. It begins with a section explaining many of the basics of neuroscience, which can be used as a reference for psychologists that are not schooled in neuroscience. There are sections for each of the most highly researched psychiatric and neurological disorders, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, Alzheimer's disease. I used this book as a (non-required) supplement to a neuropsychology seminar. The rest of the class relied solely on the content of the journal articles they were reviewing. With the aid of this book, I stood out as the teacher's pet. The information in this text pulls together research in the field in a way that is not done elsewhere. I noticed quite a few typos, which was surprising given that it wasn't the first edition and it cost so much. The content more than makes up for it, however, and I strongly recommend this book.
	Methods in Neuronal Modeling - 2nd Edition: From Ions to Networks (Computational Neuroscience)
	By: Christof Koch, Idan Segev ISBN: 0262112310 Publisher: The MIT Press Release Date: 04 June, 1998 Bioscience book rank: 257156	Great book for the theorist and experimentalist! I used the section on Epilepsy and the Neural Code for a grant I wrote. This book is a great reference and time spent reading it is very well rewarded. I bought the 1st & 2nd editions which are very different. Both editions are worth buying if one is involved with computer modeling, computation, mathematics, and plain old fashion recording neurophysiology. How do you write a review by multiple authors who are authorities in the respective fields of each chapter? Carefully. Does the review need to contain the usual metaphors which when finally finished leave a prospective researcher with feelings of Oprah's book store. No. So let's start. The book contains general overall experimental setups on the "dry" sort, giving the broad over all design or outline of the direction of the model (read calculations) then includes the formulas at the end each chapter. Extremely nice for incorporation into MathCad or Matlab. (this is not as simple as it sounds, moving a high verbage book into something meaningful on a computer can't always be with as much style and grace as one wants). Most of the models however are, for want of a better discripter, "realistic".I guess this means they are not movies. Whether a model is done using ionic balanced equations or transfer functions seems somewhat academic to me as long as the information gained is useful. The level at which one can "view" these models certainly depends on the math and assets one can throw at the problem. As an example without to much "sweat" most of the cable equations, represented either as diffusion or electrical can be simulated far better in Matlabs PDE toolbox using Finite Element Methods. This allows the model to be viewed from the same point of view at different aspects. And why some kind of transfer functions cannot be made, and used in classical control theory, I'm working on now. Most of the equations using standard algebraic formulas work better in Mathcad using iterative range variables in extinction type modeling. This allows for the injection of pharmalogical testing data based on frequency manipulation, along digital signal processing lines. And running out of room, why not just take the data, use it to train a neural net and then use a Segueno fuzzy inference system to solve for the equations of state, which works very well for large systems (heart)such as the McKay-Glass non-linear types?
	Social Neuroscience: Integrating Biological and Psychological Explanations of Social Behavior
	By: Eddie Harmon-Jones, Piotr Winkielman ISBN: 159385644X Publisher: The Guilford Press Release Date: 15 November, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 38228
	Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
	By: Jeffrey L. Cummings, Michael S. Mega ISBN: 0195138589 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Release Date: 23 January, 2003 Bioscience book rank: 81200	Very interenting form to present Human behavior as a biological perspective. Easy to read this very scientific knowledge. Perhaps the only "but" is one chapter about "conciouness". I tend to read a lot of neuropsychiatry books for work and this is the latest from Jeff Cummings - an author who seems to do little wrong! The production value on this book is very high - quite a few color illustrations are used. The text is, in general, sensible and useful but there are some minor inaccuracies and some topics not covered. In places the depth is not really adequate and it may not offer quite the same coverage as competing volumes. Overall, excellent in places, but some omissions - therefore I would give it ok(3stars). I am sure the next edition, will offer more.
	Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Second Edition
	By: Raymond P. Kesner, Jr., Joe L. Martinez ISBN: 0123725402 Publisher: Academic Press Release Date: 18 May, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 641774
	The The Neuroscience of Clinical Psychiatry: The Pathophysiology of Behavior and Mental Illness
	By: Edmund S Higgins, Mark S George ISBN: 0781766559 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Release Date: 01 May, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 623755	I became familiar with this book when I was searching for a text for the clinical neuroscience class I offer each year to graduate students in the Department of Psychology at my university. The book is what I would describe as "deceptively good." The authors haven't put a lot of pizzazz (sp?) into their writing; this is, after all, an upper level college textbook. However, the presentation of the material is well organized, and there is actually an awfully lot of good, up-to-date information succinctly included here. The latter is especially true if one is also conscientious about examining the figures - which, thankfully, in most instances supplement rather than merely repeat the text. I'm pleased with the selection of this text for my class. It's too early to tell about my students' response. But as someone who has taught in this area for quite a while, I know from experience we've long needed a book like this to introduce students to the exciting discoveries occurring in the realm of clinical neuroscience.
	Behavioral Neurobiology: The Cellular Organization of Natural Behavior
	By: Thomas J. Carew ISBN: 0878930922 Publisher: Sinauer Associates Inc Release Date: 30 June, 2004 Bioscience book rank: 138545
	The Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory: An Introduction
	By: Howard Eichenbaum ISBN: 019514175X Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Release Date: 15 January, 2002 Bioscience book rank: 574170
	Cognitive Neuroscience of Emotion (Series in Affective Science)
	By: Richard D. Lane, Lynn Nadel ISBN: 0195155920 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Release Date: 04 April, 2002 Bioscience book rank: 253438	Emotion had been largely ignored in cognitive neuroscience until some year ago (with LeDoux, Damasio, Panksepp leading the way) Now, there are various attempts to restore emotion as a very important and fruitfull line of research. Cognition cannot be understood stripped of emotion. This book is a collection of the many issues in affective neuroscience. There are various papers dealing with its neuronal correlates, its place in the cognitive hierarchy, with value, its conscious expression, among many other things. Emotion is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon, and cognitive neuroscience is trying to explain it from many prespectives. This book is the culmination of these attempts. Must-read for anyone interested in emotion and neuroscience.
	Neuroscience Nursing: A Spectrum of Care (Neuroscience Nursing a Spectrum of Care)
	By: Ellen Barker ISBN: 0323044018 Publisher: Mosby Release Date: 01 May, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 223353