Brain Renaissance: From Vesalius to Modern Neuroscience is published on the 500th anniversary of the birth and the 450th anniversary of the death of Vesalius. The authors translated those Latin chapters of the Fabrica dedicated to the brain, a milestone in the history of neuroscience. Many chapters are accompanied by a commentary tracking the discoveries that paved the way to our modern understanding of the brain - from the pineal gland that regulates sleep, the fornix and mammill...

Connections define the functions of neurons: information flows along connections, as well as growth factors and viruses, and even neuronal death can progress through connections. Accordingly, knowing how the various parts of the brain are interconnected to form functional systems is a prerequisite for properly understanding data from all fields in the neurosciences.Clinical Neuroanatomy: Brain Circuitry and Its Disorders bridges the gap between neuroanatomy and clinical ne...

Che cosa lega una filastrocca infantile a una donna assassinata in un quartiere popolare di Londra, e a una casa sperduta nella campagna inglese, che Molly e Giles Davis hanno trasformato in pensione? Gli ospiti appena arrivati si rendono conto che, a causa di una violenta tempesta di neve, saranno bloccati in casa per qualche giorno. E prima che la linea telefonica si interrompa, vengono avvisati che un assassino è tra loro... e che ucciderà... I colpi di scena, nei romanzi di Agatha Chri...