"Brain: Connectivity and Functional Specialization" ed. by Thomas Heinbockel, Yongxia Zhou

This volume describes nerve cells in terms of their anatomical and functional connections. All chapters represent recent contributions to the rapidly developing field of neural connectivity. This book addresses neural connectivity at these various scales in health and disease.

The term connectome refers to a comprehensive map of neural connections, like a wiring diagram of an organism’s nervous system. Connectomics, the study of connectomes, can be applied to individual neurons and their synaptic connections, as well as to connections between neuronal populations or to functional and structural connectivity of different brain regions. The chapters review novel findings related to neuroanatomy and cell biology, neurophysiology, neural plasticity, changes of connectivity in neurological disorders, and sensory system connectivity.
The book provides the reader with an overview of the current state-of-the-art of research of neural connectivity and focuses on the most important evidence-based developments in this area. Individual chapters focus on recent advances in specific areas of neural connectivity and in different brain regions.


Contents
1. Cytokine Profile as a Marker of Cell Damage and Immune Dysfunction after Spinal Cord Injury
2. Blood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction in the Detrimental Brain Function
3. Physical and Cognitive Therapy (PCT) in Critically Ill Patient
4. Brain Functional Architecture and Human Understanding
5. The Neurofunctional Model of Consciousness: The Physiological Interconnectivity of Brain Networks
6. Interplay between Primary Cortical Areas and Crossmodal Plasticity


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