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Neuroscience research in alcohol-related disorders has made remarkable progress in the last two decades. The advances are due, in great part, to the large array of powerful biomedical, bioengineering, and computational biological techniques that are now employed. To date, there has not been a comprehensive text that covers recently developed methods in alcohol-related research. Methods in Alcohol-Related Neuroscience Research provides up-to-date technical guidance for investigators doing research at the molecular, cellular, systems, and behavioral levels. These techniques include a wide variety of approaches, ranging from gene mapping and examination of molecular interactions of alcohol at the sub-cellular level to recording of neural activities in freely-behaving animals and imaging alcohol effects on the living human brain. Written by a panel of experts, Methods in Alcohol-Related Neuroscience Research not only provides information of a technical nature but also gives an overview of the many areas in investigating the effects of alcohol on the brain.
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METHODS & NEW FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE Series Editors Sidney A. Simon, Ph.D. Miguel A.L. Nicolelis, M.D., Ph.D.
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The Somatosensory System: Deciphering the Brain’s Own Body Image, Randall Nelson, Ph.D., Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee College of Medicine New Concepts in Cerebral Ischemia Rick Lin, Ph.D., Professor/Department of Anatomy, University of Mississippi Medical Center DNA Arrays: Technologies and Experimental Strategies Elena Grigorenko, Associate Professor/Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Methods in alcohol-related neuroscience research / [edited by] Yuan Liu, David M. Lovinger p. cm. (Methods & new frontiers in neuroscience) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8493-0203-X (alk. paper) 1. Alcohol--Physiological effect--Research--Methodology. 2. Bra