General Medicine
Health
Care Information Resources
Dr Koop http://www.drkoop.com/reviews/index.asp
http://www.healthcentre.org.uk/
Health Information concerning treatment, cures, prevention,
diagnosis, risk factors, research, support groups, email lists, personal
stories and much more.
http://www.mayohealth.org/home
New York Online Access to Health
Research Organisations
http://www.dana.org/brainweb/
DANA oganisation
Brain
Disorders
Epilepsy
Foundation of America
Alzheimer's
Disease Review
Brain Disorders Network / Index
Autism Resources
Mental Health Net - PsychJournalSearch
Mental Health Net
Internet
Mental Health Resources
http://www.alz.org/research/current/causes/
Alzheimer’s disease
Psychology
and immunology together
http://www.msu.edu/user/chenhao/pniweb.htm
Psychoneuroimmunology Links
Psychoneuroimmunology
Research
PsychoNeuroImmunology
Research Society - organization for researchers in a number of scientific
and medical disciplines who are interested in interactions between the nervous
and immune systems, and the relationship between behavior and health.
Pyschoneuroimmunology
Research at the Institute of Psychology - located at Aurhus University.
Simonton
Cancer Center - offering
psychoneuroimmunology, books and mind-body cancer
treatment.
Wellness
Support Programme - cancer support, psychoneuroimmunology using
mind-body control to cure your disease.
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General
Brain sites
·
Agenesis
of the Corpus Callosum
- A huge mass of fibers interconnect the two hemispheres of
the human brain. Called the corpus callosum, the structure is missing in some
persons. This site contains abstracts of hundreds of articles written on the
subject in the 1990's.
·
AquaThought
Foundation
- privately funded research organization exploring
human-dolphin interaction and the neurological impact of contact.
·
BMV:
Behavioral Model of Visual Perception and Recognition
·
BrainMap
- provides access to a database of brain functional
information derived from human brain mapping research.
·
ChemoReception
Web: Neurobiology, Psychophysics, and Behavior
- neurobiology, psychophysics, and behavior. Exploring how
tastes, smells, and pheromones are received, perceived, and then translated
into responses and actions.
·
Cortical
Neuron-Astrocyte Interaction
- suggest that astrocytes are important to brain functions.
·
Global
Spinal Cord
- the Web edition of the neuroanatomy coursebook used by
first-year medical students at the University of Wisconsin Medical School.
·
Human
Brain Project
- includes databases of, and querying tools for, the full
range of information about the brain and behavior, as well as technologies for
such information to be managed, integrated, and shared over networks.
·
Layman's
View of Brain Functions
- information on brain chemistry.
·
Lymbic
Psychoses
- A unique article about Lymbic Psychoses and a fragment of
the work that Dr. Luis Pando has published in his latest book.
·
MGH
Neurology - Neurology Web-Forum
- start an interactive, online discussion about various
Neurology-related topics.
·
Microiontophoresis
- practical guide to the technique of microiontophoresis
employed in neuroscience research.
·
Model
of the Baroreceptor Vagal Reflex
·
Modeling
Interacting Populations of Biological Neurons
·
Modeling
of Orientation Selectivity in the Visual Cortex
·
Modeling
the Respiratory Rhythmogenesis
·
Motorik
und Konnektionismus
- human motor control and motor learning modelled with
artificial neural networks (in German).
·
MRI
of Hippocampus in Incipient Alzheimer's Disease
- thesis by Mikko Laakso.
·
Musclenet
- provides information on clinical, diagnostic criteria and
epidemiology of inherited neuromuscular disorders as well as on current
research.
·
Neurologist
Online
- adult neurology: migraine headache, stroke, seizures,
parkinsonism, back pain, managed care, consultation, brain, spinal cord,
nerves. Aids for patients and doctors.
·
NeuroNet
[neuronet.org]
- online resource targeted at neurologists, currently covering
dementia, stroke, epilepsy, and multiple sclerosis. Registration required.
·
NeuroNet
[pareras.com]
- a database offering clinical case consultation, access to
electronic journals, image database, and more.
·
Neurons
and their Growth Cones
- study of developing and regenerating nerve cells. Timelapse
movies of axons growing in the developing retina are provided.
·
NeuroRadiology.com
- clinical MRI of the brain atlas, Center for Minimally
Invasive Therapy, including new treatments for advanced head and neck cancer.
·
Neuroscience
Tutorial
- designed for medical students but suitable for the general
public as well. Created by the Washington University School of Medicine.
·
Neurosciences
Internet Resource Guide
·
Neurotrophin
- electronic journal for neurobiologists engaged in research
in the area of neurotrophic factors.
·
Olfaction
- explores in detail the current status of our understanding
of olfaction (smell) and the possible molecular interactions that specify
odorant signaling.
·
Paleoneurology
- the study of brain endocasts of extinct vertebrates. An
endocast is a casting for which the cranial cavity serves as a mold.
·
Patch
Clamp Resources
- technical information on single channel recording. Includes
information on methods, data analysis, and troubleshooting.
·
PDGF
Page
·
Pediatric
Epilepsy
- causes, general guidelines for treatment, clinical
modules/case studies and links.
·
Plasticity,
Unity, and Energy
- dedicated to realizing and explaining the human potential.
·
Purkinje
Park
- support the sharing of information between users of the
GENESIS neural simulator, and topics of general interest to the Computational
Neuroscience community:
·
Scientific
American: Debunking the Digital Brain
- individual neurons contribute to the brain's unmatched
complexity.
·
Seeing,
Hearing, and Smelling the World
- articles and illustrations present new information about our
senses and how they work.
·
Short
History of the Lobotomy
- history of the psychosurgical procedure that became known as
the 'Ice Pick Lobotomy' and its obsessive pioneer, Dr. Walter Freeman.
·
ShuffleBrain
- popular science articles on the question: how does the brain
store the mind?
·
USC
Neurosurgical Information Resource
- user-directed interactive databank dedicated to improving
access to the best neurosurgical care for the international patient and
physician community
·
Interspecies
Research & Development - dedicated to the study of dolphin human
interaction effects and therapeutic application of such interactions.
·
Lumbar
Epidural Addition to Percutaneous Discectomy Outcomes Group - randomized
clinical trial assessing percutaneous discectomy as an alternative to
conventional discectomy as the first surgical procedure in patients with
lumbar disc herniation.
·
Myelin
Project - working to accelerate research on repairing the myelin of the
central nervous system.
·
Neurolab@
·
Neurology
and Neurosciences Links
·
Neurology
Web-Forum [Mass. General Hospital] - an interactive, online discussion
about various Neurology-related topics.
·
Neuroscience
for Kids - created for elementary and secondary school students and
teachers who would like to learn more about the nervous system. Enjoy the
activities and experiments.
·
Sacks,
Oliver - official site of the neurologist-writer. Contact information,
news, and links.
·
USC
Brain Project - overall goal is to catalyze the integrated development of
experiment and modeling in the neuroscience community.
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Learning and Memory links
·
Blending and
Conceptual Integration
·
Cognition as Compression - describes the idea that a primary function of perception,
learning and thinking is compression of information.
·
Cognitive
Sciences Eprint Archive - CogPrints collects papers in areas of
psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, computer science, philosophy, and
biology pertinent to the study of cognition.
·
COGSCI:
Cognitive Science Discussion List - archives, subscription information,
guidelines, and links to various related mailing lists.
·
Connexions
- an interactive site and discussion list for philosophers and cognitive
scientists excited and puzzled by the mind.
·
Consciousness
and Neuroscience - written by Francis Crick and Christof Koch.
·
David
Chalmers' Consciousness Page - foundational issues in cognitive science,
consciousness, mental content, artificial intelligence, and more.
·
Force,
Information, and Cognitive Principles of Dynamic Representations - by Kai
X. Miao. Basic cognitive principles of how the human mind conceives of
mechanical information.
·
Human
Cognition in the Human Brain - presents a model of the way human cognition
is implemented in the brain, and a discussion of current problems in cognitive
psychology. Strong emphasis on neurobiological realistic view.
·
·
Memory
- from the Exploratorium. Explores the biological, psychological, and cultural
aspects of memory, from personal experiences to breakthroughs in cognitive
science.
·
MIT
Encyclopedia of Cognitive Sciences (MITECS) - comprehensive reference work
that represents the methodological and theoretical diversity of the cognitive
sciences.
·
The
Brain: The Frontier Within - information about the mind, including
research briefs, mental tools, and more.
·
University
of Alberta Cognitive Science Dictionary
·
University
of Helsinki, Finland@
·
Usenet
- sci.cognitive
Mental
Health
http://www.mentalhealth.com/p.html
All major brain disorders disscussed
Guide
to Dual Diagnosis: Mental Health and Addiction
http://www.lakeviewhealth.com/blog/mental-health-and-dual-diagnosis/
How to Get Help
http://www.mentalhealth.gov/get-help/index.html
Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator
http://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/
Health Insurance and Mental Health Services
http://www.mentalhealth.gov/get-help/health-insurance/index.html
Medicare Plans by State
https://www.ehealthmedicare.com/ehi/medicare/medicare-low-cost-insurance
Stress
Stress
information
http://www.mentalhealth.com/p.html
Stress can be good
http://panicdisorder.miningco.com/msub7.htm
Stress management Panic/Anxiety Disorders
Alternative
Medicine
Alternative
Medicine Homepage
Alt-MEDMarket's
Alternative Healthcare Index
New
Age Alternative Health Care
Yahoo's
Alternative Medicine Page
Dr.
Bower's Complementary Medicine Home Page
Cancer
Hypnosis, Meditation, and Cancer
Cancer
- Treatment and Prevention using Biological Medicines
Center
for Empirical Medicine
http://cancer.med.upenn.edu/disease/general/ General Information about Cancer
Immune
System
Self-Healing
and The Immune System
Spiritual
Consciousness on WWW - Healing Methods
Emerging
Viruses - AIDS and Ebola - Nature, Accident or Intentional?
Skin
Disorders
http://www.nsc.gov.sg/commskin/skin.html
Information on Common Skin Diseases