The unconscious. Chapters I and II.

ANALYTIC COMBINATORICS — ( Chapters I , II , III , IV , V , VI , VII , VIII , IX ?

Who Am I: The Conscious and the Unconscious Self

Who am I? What is the self and where does it come from? This may be one of the oldest problems in philosophy. Beyond traditional philosophy, only very recently approaches from neuroscience (in particular imaging studies) have tried to address these questions, too. So what are neural substrates of our self? An increasing body of evidence has demonstrated that a set of structures labeled as corti...

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Electromyography (EMG) is a procedure for evaluating and recording the electrical activity produced by skeletal muscles. EMG has several clinical and prosthetic applications, which include the diagnosis of neuromuscular problems, biomechanical and motor control deficits, and other functional disorders. Moreover, it can be used as a control signal for interfacing with orthotic and/or prosthetic ...

Summaries of the chapters

Rat adjuvant (AA) and collagen-induced (CIA) polyarthritis models, and more recently the monoarticular streptococcal cell wall (SCW) model have been used to evaluate novel therapeutic approaches to treat Rheumatoid Arthritis. All three models share mechanistic and pathologic features with each other, as well as with human RA. Most notably, they are all T cell and macrophage mediated. All have b...

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Neuroprosthetics is a fast-growing area that brings together Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience and seeks to interface the neural system directly to prostheses. The main goal is to restore motor, sensory, and cognitive functions. Neuroprosthetics is electrical stimulation technologies that replace or assist malfunctioned neuromuscular systems and attempt to restore normal body functions. T...