This compilation presents original study results on the leading edge of neuroscience research. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research results across a broad spectrum. Included in this volume is the role of oestrogen on cognitive functions; brain disorders, brain medicines and the blood-brain barrier; brain auditory processing during behaviour seen from unitary activity; neuroinflammatory factors as targets against neurological and psychiatric disorders; the psychoneuroendocrinology of music effects on health; the neuroprotective mechanism of fibronectin and neural models for social development in shared parieto-motor circuits.