El cerebro y las enfermedades del alma

Knowledge of the brain has advanced considerably in recent decades, and yet we are still light years away from being able to explain all its peculiarities. But at least we know that those characteristics that distinguish an individual, such as his consciousness, his memories or his emotions, come from the functioning of this wonderful and very complex organ. In this exciting text, the prestigious neuroscientist Juan Lerma and the biologist José Luis Rozas pose one of the great challenges that science is currently facing: understanding how the brain works, as well as understanding its diseases and how these can be considered disorders of the brain. soul. Some of these ailments, such as schizophrenia, depression or Alzheimer's, destroy the very essence of the person, and perhaps for this reason they have an enormous social and health cost. From neuroscience, a relatively young discipline, the authors offer answers to these and other problems and unravel the complexity of the brain and its mechanisms.