The Physics of the Mind and Brain Disorders

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. What Makes the Human Brain Special: Key Features of Brain and Neocortex

      • Jon H. Kaas, Suzana Herculano-Houzel

      Pages 3-22

   3. Introduction: From Neurons to the Mind

      • Aurel I. Popescu, Ioan Opris

      Pages 23-51

3. Microcircuits and the Emergence of Mind

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53

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   2. Systems Theory, Emergent Properties, and the Organization of the Central Nervous System

      • Manuel F. Casanova, Ioan Opris, Estate Sokhadze, Emily L. Casanova

      Pages 55-68

   3. Prefrontal Cortical Microcircuits Support the Emergence of Mind

      • Ioan Opris, Manuel F. Casanova, Mikhail A. Lebedev, Aurel I. Popescu

      Pages 69-94

   4. The Hierarchical Circuit for Executive Control of Movement

      • Brian R. Noga, Ioan Opris

      Pages 95-127

   5. Symmetry and Noether Theorem for Brain Microcircuits

      • Liviu Bilteanu, Manuel F. Casanova, Ioan Opris

      Pages 129-153

   6. From Symmetry to Symmetry-Breaking in Locomotion

      • Brian R. Noga, Ioan Opris

      Pages 155-174

   7. Symmetry Breaking in Cognitive Disorders

      • Ioan Opris, Brian R. Noga, Liviu Bilteanu, Manuel F. Casanova

      Pages 175-191

   8. Gauge Fields in the Central Nervous System

      • Arturo Tozzi, Biswa Sengupta, James F. Peters, Karl J. Friston

      Pages 193-212

   9. Brain and Nonlinear Dynamics: Slow-Wave Sleep Regulates to the Edge of Chaos

      • D. Alistair Steyn-Ross, Moira L. Steyn-Ross

      Pages 213-232

   10. Slow Oscillation in Prefrontal Cortex Underlying Local Computations and Large-Scale Interactions

       • Shigeyoshi Fujisawa

       Pages 233-245

   11. Memory as Integration and Selection Processes Over Space and Time in Temporal Cortical Microcircuits

       • Masaki Takeda

       Pages 247-269

   12. Holographic Memory: A Novel Model of Information Processing by Neuronal Microcircuits

       • Alexey Redozubov

       Pages 271-295

   13. Factors Influencing Opposing Effects of Emotion on Cognition: A Review of Evidence from Research on Perception and Memory

       • Florin Dolcos, Yuta Katsumi, Ekaterina Denkova, Sanda Dolcos

       Pages 297-341

4. Disorders of the Mind

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 343-343

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   2. Neural Correlates of Normal and Impaired Consciousness

      • Andrea E. Cavanna

      Pages 345-359

   3. EEG Assessment of Consciousness Rebooting from Coma

      • Cosmin-Andrei Şerban, Andrei Barborică, Adina-Maria Roceanu, Ioana-Raluca Mîndruță, Jean Ciurea, Ana-Maria Zăgrean et al.

      Pages 361-381

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.

• Physics
• Brain
• Mind
• Neural circuits
• Brain disorders

• Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Department of Neurological Surgery, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, USA

  Ioan Opris

• Greenville Health System, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine Greenville, Greenville, USA

  Manuel F. Casanova

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