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Online-Ressource (XVIII, 214 p. 35 illus., 10 illus. in color, digital)
ISBN:
9789400757486
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1299198198
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9781299198197
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Content:
This book, written by one of the leaders in the field of the neurosciences, provides an explanation of the symptoms and eventual untimely suicide of one of literatures greatest authors; Virginia Woolf. The sources used are letters and statements from Woolf herself, the literature she wrote and comments, letters and any other documentation that refers to her mental state and her medical status. The author uses current insights into depression, the mental consequences of child abuse and drug interactions/effects to examine her life. The book should appeal to researchers in the neurosciences, psychology and psychiatry as well as to a broader audience, mainly individuals who are interested in the life of this literary genius.M. R. Bennett AOis Professor of Neuroscience and University Chair at the University of Sydney, Founding Director of the Brain and Mind Research Institute and Adjunct Professor of Neuropsychiatry. He is the author of many papers and books in neuroscience and neuropsychiatry, including The Idea of Consciousness (1997) and a History of the Synapse (2001) as well as more recently Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience(2003) and History of Cognitive Neuroscience(2008) with his colleague Peter Hacker. Maxwell Bennett has been President of the International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience, the Australian Neuroscience Society, as well as Chairing Brain and Mind Research Asia/Pacific. He is the recipient of numerous awards for his research in neuroscience, including the Neuroscience Medal, the Ramaciotti Medal and the Macfarlane Burnet Medal
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Virginia Woolfand Neuropsychiatry; Preface; Note to the Reader; Contents; Part I: Introduction; Chapter 1: Sexual Abuse, Literary Genius and a Mind Gone Awry: Virginia Woolf: The Interleaving of Literary Precociousness and Major Depression; References; Chapter 2: The Development of Early 20th Century Psychiatry and Its Failure: The Incapacity of Psychiatry to Alleviate VirginiaWoolf's Suffering; Introduction; Notes; References; Chapter 3: Freud, the Subconscious and Virginia Woolf: Freud's Failure to Support Virginia Woolf; Notes; References
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Chapter 4: Virginia Woolf's Suicide: An Introduction to the Neuropsychiatry of Depression in the 21st Century: The Central Role of the SynapseStress; Anxiety; Depression; Childhood Abuse: Stress, Depression and Suicide in Later in Life; Notes; References; Part II: Neuropsychiatry and Suicide; Chapter 5: Brain Networks, Hormones and Genes Implicated in Depression: The Pre-frontal Limbic Network: Modulationof Synapses by Hormones and Epigenetic Mechanisms; Introduction: The Prefrontal-Limbic Network (PLN) in Depression; Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis Modulation of PLN in Depression
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Basal Ganglia Modulation of PLNMidbrain Modulation of PLN; Modulation of the PLN by the Hypothalamus in Depression; Glucocorticoid Modulation of the PLN; Interaction Between the PLN and Glucocorticoids; The Role of Glucocorticoid Receptors in Determining the Basal Level of Glucocorticoids and Hence of PLN Activity; Epigenetics and Depression; Effect of Epigenetic Methylation of the Type II Glucocorticoid Receptor Gene in the Hippocampus on PLN-Hypothalamic Function; Epigenetics of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) in Suicide Victims
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Changes in Gray Matter in PLN of Suicidal Patients: Synapse Regression Due to Changes in Glucocorticoids and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorsEpigenetic Regulation of the Glucocorticoid Receptor in Suicide Victims; Conclusion; Modulation of the PLN by the Basal Ganglia in Depression; The PLN-Basal Ganglia Loop; The Goal-Directed PLN-Basal Ganglia Loop; The Goal-Directed PLN-Basal Ganglia Loop in Depression; The Habit-Learning Basal Ganglia Networks; Conclusion; Modulation of the PLN by the Midbrain in Depression; The PLN-Midbrain Loop; The Mesolimbic Network
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Distribution of Dopamine Receptors in the StriatumInteraction Between Dopamine and Glutamate Receptors in the Striatum; The PLN-Ventral Tegmentum Loop; The Mesocortical Network; Distribution of Dopamine Receptors in Prefrontal Cortex; Interaction Between Dopamine and Glutamate Receptors in Prefrontal Cortex; The PLN-Raphe Nucleus Loop; Interaction Between Serotonin and Glutamate Receptors in Prefrontal Cortex; The PLN-Midbrain Loop: Pharmaceutical Interventions Targeting Serotonin and Dopamine Receptors; Conclusion; The PLN and Depression; References
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Chapter 6: The Pathology of Synapses in Brain Networks Implicated in Depression: Brain Imaging of Prefrontal-Limbic Networks Point to a Loss of Synapses in Depression
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789400757479
Additional Edition:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Bennett, Maxwell R., 1939 - Virginia Woolf and neuropsychiatry Dordrecht : Springer, 2013 ISBN 9789400757479
Language:
English
Keywords:
Woolf, Virginia 1882-1941
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Neuropsychiatrie
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Bibliografie
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-007-5748-6
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Author information:
Bennett, Maxwell R. 1939-
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