Biopsychology (Pinel)

Key differences between 10th and 9th editions

• Time lapse between current and previous editions: 4 years (2017 vs 2013).
• The First edition of Pinel's Biopsychology was published in 1990.
• The Tenth Ed. includes 1265 new citations.
• Content changes by chapter:
• Chapter 1: John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser, and Edvard Moser's discovery of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain - place cells and plate cells.
• Chapter 2:
• New DNA study, providing genetic evidence that Homo sapiens mated with their Neanderthal neighbors.
• Use of ancient DNA in studies
• Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance
• Chapter 3: The neuron classification problems.
• Chapter 5:
• Examples of using a combination of positron emission tomography (PET) and functional MRI techniques.
• The recent discovery how fMRI scans can provide a reliable way to communicate with patients in a vegetative state
• Human Connectome Project (HCP)
• Latest research and news about optogenetics
• Chapter 6: Explanation of many different types of retinal ganglion cells.
• Chapter 7: Medical definition of Merkel's disks and bulbous corpuscles (Ruffini endings).
• Chapter 8:
• Research on posterior parietal association cortex
• Control of robotic limbs by patients with implanted cortical microelectrode array
• Primary motor cortex and action map model
• Chapter 9:
• The importance of glial cells in the pathophysiology of Autism Spectrum Disorders
• The role of microglial cells in synaptic reorganization
• Chapter 10:
• Coverage of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative disease of the brain caused by repeated head traumas.
• New case study about Junior Seau, a football player who suffered from chronic brain damage
• Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) as a significant genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease
• Chapter 11:
• Research on time cells in the hippocampus
• New section on memory engram cells
• Chapter 12:
• Recent research on the role of the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus in hunger and satiety
• Impact of the intestinal microbiota alteration on obesity
• Chapter 13: New section on gender identity, a person's sense of being male or female.
• Chapter 18:
• Peripartum depression, the new term for depression associated with having a baby
• Brain stimulation therapies for the treatment of depression