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The Physics of the Mind and Brain Disorders

Integrated Neural Circuits Supporting the Emergence of Mind

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Editors:
  1. Ioan Opris

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

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  2. Manuel F. Casanova

    1. Greenville Health System, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine Greenville, Greenville, USA

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  • Unique approach to the brain functions through the laws of physics
  • Renowned experts of various disciplines
  • A book that summarizes our knowledge in the most challenging area of neuroscience
  • The book provides a walking tour spanning introspection, behaviourism, the cognitive revolution to recent advances in neuroimaging and electrophysiology
  • Summarizes a new discipline in the making, the science of the mind

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Cognitive and Neural Systems (SSCNS, volume 11)

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Table of contents (35 chapters)

  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 Åžerban, Andrei Barborică, Adina-Maria Roceanu, Ioana-Raluca Mîndruță, Jean Ciurea, Ana-Maria Zăgrean et al.
      Pages 361-381
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • 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

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Physics of the Mind and Brain Disorders

  • Book Subtitle: Integrated Neural Circuits Supporting the Emergence of Mind

  • Editors: Ioan Opris, Manuel F. Casanova

  • Series Title: Springer Series in Cognitive and Neural Systems

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29674-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-29672-2Published: 15 December 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80622-8Published: 30 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-29674-6Published: 01 December 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2363-9105

  • Series E-ISSN: 2363-9113

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 793

  • Number of Illustrations: 181 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Neurosciences, Physics, general, Neurology, Behavioral Sciences

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