Novel Trends in Brain Science

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-IX

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2. Main Focus

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Brain Imaging

      1. Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Neuroimaging

         • Wen-Yih Isaac Tseng, Li-Wei Kuo

         Pages 5-24

      2. Overview of MR Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Spatially Normalized FDG-PET for Diffuse Axonal Injury Patients with Cognitive Impairments

         • Ayumi Okumura, Jun Shinoda, Jituhiro Yamada

         Pages 25-35

      3. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Cognitive Brain Research

         • S -H. Annabel Chen

         Pages 37-62

      4. Spectral Analysis of fMRI Signal and Noise

         • Chien-Chung Chen, Christopher W. Tyler

         Pages 63-76

      5. Magnetoencephalography: Basic Theory and Estimation Techniques of Working Brain Activity

         • Yumie Ono, Atsushi Ishiyama

         Pages 77-93

3. Related Topics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95

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   2. Learning and Memory

      1. Interactions Between Chewing and Brain Activity in Humans

         • M. Onozuka, Y. Hirano, A. Tachibana, W. Kim, Y. Ono, K. Sasaguri et al.

         Pages 99-113

      2. Involvement of Dysfunctional Mastication in Cognitive System Deficits in the Mouse

         • Kazuko Watanabe, Kin-ya Kubo, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Atsumichi Tachibana, Wanjae Kim, Yumie Ono et al.

         Pages 115-129

      3. Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Short-Term and Long-Term Memory from Molluscan Systems

         • Manabu Sakakibara

         Pages 131-148

      4. Role of the Noradrenergic System in Synaptic Plasticity in the Hippocampus

         • Ming-Yuan Min, Hsiu-Wen Yang, Yi-Wen Lin

         Pages 149-164

   3. Stress and Fear

      1. Involvement of the Amygdala in Two Different Forms of the Inhibitory Avoidance Task

         • Keng-Chen Liang, Chen-Tung Yen, Chun-Hui Chang, Chun-Chun Chen

         Pages 167-182

      2. Bruxism and Stress Relief

         • Sadao Sato, Kenichi Sasaguri, Takero Ootsuka, Juri Saruta, Shinjiro Miyake, Mari Okamura et al.

         Pages 183-200

   4. Pain

      1. Muscular Pain Mechanisms: Brief Review with Special Consideration of Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness

         • Kazue Mizumura

         Pages 203-224

      2. ASIC3 and Muscle Pain

         • Chih-Cheng Chen

         Pages 225-232

      3. Tail Region of the Primary Somatosensory Cortex and Its Relation to Pain Function

         • Chen-Tung Yen, Ren-Shiang Chen

         Pages 233-252

4. Back Matter

   Pages 253-254

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An enormous number of neurons in the brain form neural circuits by creating s- aptic bonds with other neurons. Many of those circuits come together and function as a system. To clarify the function of the human brain, a study needs to be dev- oped as a whole, not merely at the molecular, cellular, or systemic level. With the development of neural science, knowledge of the molecules and neurons that comprise the brain has increased exponentially in the last two decades. The mysteries of human brain function are being solved in sequence with the use of the latest medical technologies such as PET, fMRI, MEG, and TEM, and in this way, research in neural science is making rapid progress. Springer Japan has given me the opportunity to publish this book, Novel Trends in Brain Science, which introduces the most important and latest knowledge in neural science on brain function imaging, learning, memory, emotions, and pain. In particular, the relationship between well-developed oral cavities and highly advanced brain function is an extremely new and unique area of study and is expected to become an entirely new ? eld. As of 2006, two Japanese–Taiwanese joint conferences on neural science have been held, in Gifu Prefecture (Japan) last year and in Taipei this year. In this book I have collected original research introduced by neuroscientists representing both countries at those conferences, and I am con? dent that the work brought together here will promote further research on the human brain.

• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
• brain
• brain imaging
• cortex
• functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
• magnetic resonance
• magnetic resonance imaging
• magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
• memory
• muscle
• neuroimaging
• neurons

• Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Kanagawa Dental Collge, Yokosuka Kanagawa, Japan

  Minoru Onozuka

• Institute of Zoology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan ROC

  Chen-Tung Yen

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