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Author:   Manuel F. Casanova ,  Ioan Opris
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Weight:   7.545kg
ISBN:  

9789402402162

ISBN 10:   9402402160
Pages:   436
Publication Date:   23 October 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction.- Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle.- Modular organization of the prefrontal cortex: the legacy of Patricia Goldman-Rakic.- The types of functional and structural subdivisions of cortical areas.- The types of functional and structural subdivisions of cortical areas.- The minicolumn in comparative context.- Unusual cortical lamination patterns in the sengis (elephant shrews) do not appear to influence the presence of cortical minicolumns.- Active inference, predictive coding and cortical architecture.- Columnar organization of the motor cortex: direction of movement.- Discrete, place-defined macrocolumns in somatosensory cortex: lessons for modular organization of the cerebral cortex.- Prefrontal cortical microcircuits for executive control of behavior.- Cytoarchitectural modules: functional specialisation and disruption in neuropsychiatric disorders.- The relevance of subplate modifications to connectivity in the cerebral cortex of individuals with autism spectrum disorders.-The minicolumnopathy of autism.- Clinical applications of electrophysiological approaches based on cortical modularity in autism.- Index.

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This is an important new book covering a fundamental area of neuroscience. Neuroscientists and physicians in the clinical neurosciences would enjoy reading this fascinating book. I highly recommend it. (Michael Joel Schrift, Doody's Book Reviews, October, 2015)

“This is an important new book covering a fundamental area of neuroscience. Neuroscientists and physicians in the clinical neurosciences would enjoy reading this fascinating book. I highly recommend it.” (Michael Joel Schrift, Doody's Book Reviews, October, 2015)

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