PART 1: EPISTEMOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT THE STUDY OF NORMAL AND ABNORMAL HUMAN BEHAVIORS
1. Knowledge, by Philosophy or Science? Psychotherapy or Neuroscience?
Humberto Luis Mesones-Arroyo
2. Phenomenology as an approach method in the Neurosciences
Ivana Antón Mlinar
3. Trends in Philosophy of Mind and in Philosophy of Neuroscience
Juan José Sanguineti
4. Neurosciences, Neuroeconomics, and Metaphysics
Ricardo F. Crespo, PhD
5. Towards a Psychotherapy with a Philosophical Basis
Ricardo Aranovich
6. DSM5: A Bioethical Overview
Gilberto A. Gamboa-Bernal
PART 2: FROM BASIC NEUROSCIENCES TO HUMAN BRAIN
7. Brain Renin-Angiotensin System: A Novel Therapeutic Target for Psychostimulant and Alcohol Related Disorders?
M. Constanza Paz, Natalia A. Marchese, Claudia Bregonzio, and Gustavo C. Baiardi
8. Role of the Neuropeptide Angiotensin II in Stress and Related Disorders
Claudia Bregonzio, Maria de los Angeles Marinzalda, and Gustavo Baiardi
9. Neurovascular Cognitive Alterations: Implication of Brain Renin-Angiotensin System (Ras). Therapeutic Opportunities and Risk Factors
Natalia Andrea Marchese, Brenda Solange Casarsa, Gustavo Baiardi, and Claudia Bregonzio
10. Prevention of Stress-Induced Cognitive Impairment: Today and Tomorrow
Emil Trofimiuk and Jan J. Braszko
11. Circadian Synchronization of Cognitive Functions
Ana Cecilia Anzulovich-Miranda
12. The Role of Iron and Other Trace Elements on Mental Development and Cognitive Function
Silvia Izquierdo Álvarez, Eloísa Urrechaga Igartua, Maria Teresa Llorente Ballesteros, and Jesús Fernando Escanero Marcén
13. New Insights in Glutamate-Mediated Mechanisms Underlying Benzodiazepines Dependence and Cocaine Vulnerability
Emilce Artur de la Villarmois, Laura A. Gabach and Mariela F. Pérez
14. Soy and Psychotropic Effects: A Brief Overview
Rose E. Nina-Estrella
15. Use of Psychotropic Drugs: Between the Medicalization and Rationality
Alicia Panini, Marisa Garraza, Mauricio Teves, Emiliano Giraudo, Claudia Calderón
PART 3: NEUROSCIENCES, LEARNING, TEACHING AND THE ROLE OF SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
16. Learning Styles: From Basic Investigation to Learning in the Classroom.Gabriela Díaz-Véliz
17. Learning Styles and Strategies: The Importance of the Tool Selection
Jesús Fernando Escanero Marcén, Marisol Soria Aznar, Manuel Guerra Sánchez, Jackson Silva and Pascual Angel Gargiulo
18. Attentional Capacity in Children: Intervention Programmes for its Development
Mirta Susana Ison
19. Social Representation and Imagery of Labor.
Evaluation Process of the Psychosocial and Labor Vulnerability (PSLV) and its Relation With Mental Health
Carlos Bonantini, Mauricio Cervigni, Melisa Mandolesi, Victor Quiroga, and Miguel Gallegos
PART 4: EXPLAINING HUMAN PATHOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS: FROM BRAIN DISORDERS TO PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
20. The Ying and Yang of Pain: Protective vs. Damaging
Cristian G. Acosta
21. Neuropsychological Disorders after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury or Concussion
G. Bermúdez and .V. Lafuente
22. Animal Models of psychopathology and its relation to clinical
About the Author:
Pascual Ángel Gargiulo, PhD
Specialist in Psychiatry
Professor of Psychopathology
Catholic University of Argentina
Head
Laboratory of Neurosciences and Experimental Psychology
National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET)
Professor of Pharmacology
National University of Cuyo
Mendoza, Argentina
Humberto Luís Mesones-Arroyo, M.D., DPM
Psychiatrist by University Complutense of Madrid and University of Buenos Aires
Former Director of National Institute of Mental Health (Argentina).
Member of the Council of the Institute of Neurobiology (Buenos Aires)
Member of the Board of Certification, National Academy of Medicine (Argentina)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
