1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910449933403321

Titolo

Soul, psyche, brain [[electronic resource] ] : new directions in the study of religion and brain-mind science / / edited by Kelly Bulkeley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

ISBN

1-4039-6509-9

9786611364502

1-281-36450-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2005.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 278 p. 2 illus.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BulkeleyKelly <1962->

Disciplina

612.8/233

Soggetti

Cognitive neuroscience

Brain - Religious aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Soul, Psyche, Brain is a collection of essays that address the relationships between neuroscience, religion and human nature. Kelly Bulkeley's book highlights some startling new developments in neuroscience that have many people rethinking spirituality, the mind-body connection, and cognition in general. Soul, Psyche, Brain explores questions like: what can knowledge about the neurological activities of the brain tell us about consciousness? And what are the practical implications of brain-mind science for ethics and moral reasoning?



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996202084203316

Titolo

Aromatic amino acids in the brain

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; New York : , : Elsevier, , 1974

ISBN

1-280-78342-7

9786613693815

0-470-72005-0

0-470-71772-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (408 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium (new series) ; ; 22

Disciplina

599/.01/88

Soggetti

Amino acids

Brain chemistry

Aromatic compounds

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Symposium on Aromatic Amino Acids in the Brain held at the Ciba Foundation on 15th-17th May, 1973"--Participants page.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Aromatic Amino Acids in the Brain; Contents; Chairman's introduction; Control of plasma amino acid concentrations; Discussion; Amino acid transport in the brain in vivo and in vitro; Discussion; Octopamine, phenylethanolamine, phenylethylamine and tryptamine in the brain; Discussion; Tyrosine aminotransferase in the brain; Discussion; Properties of pterin-dependent aromatic amino acid hydroxylases; Discussion; The in vivo estimation of rates of tryptophan and tyrosine hydroxylation: effects of alterations in enzyme environment and neuronal activity; Discussion

The regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase activity in adrenergic nervous tissue Discussion; Nutritional control of the synthesis of 5-hydroxytryptamine in the brain; Discussion; The transfer of tryptophan across the synaptosome membrane; Discussion; Tryptophan concentration in the brain; Serum free tryptophan: control of brain concentrations of tryptophan and of synthesis of 5-hydroxytryptamine; Fatty acids and the disposition of tryptophan; Discussion of the three preceding papers

Monoamine metabolites in the cerebrospinal fluid: indicators of the



biochemical status of monoaminergic neurons in the cerebral nervous system Discussion; Do tryptophan concentrations limit protein synthesis at specific sites in the brain?; Discussion; Aromatic amino acid supply and protein synthesis in the brain; Discussion; Effects of amino acid imbalance on amino acid utilization, protein synthesis and polyribosome function in cerebral cortex; Discussion; L-Dopa, polysomal aggregation and cerebral synthesis of protein; Discussion; a-Methyldopa, an unnatural aromatic amino acid

Synthetic p-halogenophenylalanines and protein synthesis in the brain Discussion; Effects of a-methyltryptophan on tryptophan, 5-hydroxytryptamine and protein metabolism in the brain; Discussion; Chairman's closing remarks; Index of contributors; Subject index