The Human Brain Stephen J. Gislason MD Table of Contents
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The Book of Brain Table of Contents Preface
Section 1 Essential Concepts Mind Consciousness Cells and Molecules Nature and Nurture The Developing Mind Caring for Infants Learning Modifies Brain Function Selection, Competition and Survival Drives & Cathexis Form and Content Approach-Avoidance Familiar & Strange Foraging Self Evaluation What is Intelligence? The Origins of Intelligence Intelligence and Learning Language, Literacy and IQ Reasoning Education Psyche and Soma Misunderstanding Mind & Body Psychosomatic Beliefs Stress Psychoneuroimmunology Conditioning, Choices, Freedom Personality Introversion & Extroversion Eigenstates Contexts and Learning Mental Illness Social Chaos Different Academic Views Emotions and Feelings Interface between Body and World Feelings Are Inner States Empathy Mood Feelings of Attraction Feelings of Nurture, Caring, and Affiliation Irritability & Gain Controls
Section 2 Mechanisms of Brain Disturbances An Overview Blood Brain Barrier Alcohol and Drugs Problems in the Food Supply Protein Diseases Peptides Derived From Food Proteins Amino Acid Diseases Mitochondrial Amino Acid Processor Non-Nutrient Amino Acids Atlantic Mussels and Memory Loss Blood Sugar Regulation Burning Fat as Fuel Cerebral Circulation Hypoglycemia Alcohol Alcoholism Ethanol Metabolism of Ethanol Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome Soya Problems Coffee, Tea and Chocolate Heavy Metals Pesticides and other Chemicals Childhood Disorders Behavior Disturbances & Food Autism Attention Deficit & Hyperactivity Allergy and the Nervous System Cytokines Immune-Mediated Protein Diseases Cow’s Milk Proteins Gluten Proteins Gluten and the Brain Gluten and Cerebellar Ataxia Milk, Gluten and Autism Psychotropic Drugs Good Drugs, Bad Drugs? Pyschedelics Mind Alteration by Prescription Drugs Antidepepressants Dangerous Drugs? Drugs for ADHD Dangerous ADHD Drugs? Psychotropic Drugs and Seniors Insomnia Narcotic drugs
Section 3 Brain Nutrition What are the Best Fats to Eat? Calcium Magnesium Vitamin B1 Thiamin Vitamin B3 Niacin Vitamin B6, Pyridoxine Vitamin B12 – Cobalamin Folic Acid Alcoholism and B vitamin Deficiency Vitamin E Amino Acid Therapy Phytochemicals Turpenes Anthocyanins Eating Behaviors Eating Biology Appetite and Eating Behaviors Lips and Mouth The Appetite Control System Regulators of Appetite You Can’t Defy ACS Weight Regulation Must Be Spontaneous. Food Addiction Nutritional Therapy Alpha Nutrition Program Food Choices Program Food Exclusions Elemental Nutrient Formulas Steps to a Nutritional Program Parents & Children Exercise Self Regulation Selftalk Meditation Sitting & Walking Practice Helping Disturbed People
Section 4 Features of the Brain Neurons One System, PsycheSomaWorld Connected to the Environment Neuroanatomy Four Regions of the Cerebral Hemispheres Two Hands, Two Hemispheres How Many Senses? Vision Limbic System Amygdala Cerebral Cortex Frontal Lobes Movement and Space Standing, Walking Broca and Wernicke Sleep and Dreaming Insomnia Biological Clocks Smell & Taste Pheromones Memory Implicit and Explicit Recognition & Navigation Memory Visual Working Memory Photographic Memory Unreliable Memory Brain and Genes Waves and Synapses Catecholamine Transmitters Dopamine Serotonin Acetylcholine Opioids Cannabinoids Amino Acid Neurotransmitters Peptides Nitrous Oxide
Section 5 Neurological Diseases Headaches Migraine Headaches Strokes Preventing Stroke Avoid Stimulant Drugs Who Benefits from ASA? Treating Stroke Depression Memory Disorders Dementia Alzheimer’s Disease Aluminum and Dementia Multiple Sclerosis Parkinson's Disease Jacob Creuzfelt Disease and Mad Cows Cycad Beans and Lytico-Bodig Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Schizophrenia Adolescents, Maturation & Pruning Drugs for Schizophrenics
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