1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457563603321

Autore

Ochs Sidney

Titolo

A history of nerve functions : from animal spirits to molecular mechanisms / / Sidney Ochs [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004

ISBN

1-107-14138-9

1-280-54118-0

9786610541188

0-511-21389-1

0-511-21568-1

0-511-21031-0

0-511-31396-9

0-511-54635-1

0-511-21387-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 438 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

573.8/5/09

Soggetti

Axonal transport - History

Nerves - History

Neurology - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-420) and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 INTRODUCTION: GREEK SCIENCE AND THE RECOGNITION OF NERVE AS A CHANNEL; 2 GALEN'S PHYSIOLOGY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; 3 NERVE, BRAIN, AND SOUL IN THE MIDDLE AGES; 4 RENAISSANCE AND THE NEW PHYSIOLOGY; 5 NEW PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL MODELS OF NERVE IN THE ENLIGHTENMENT; 6 NEW SYSTEMATIZATIONS OF NERVE FUNCTION IN THE ENLIGHTENMENT; 7 ELECTRICITY AS THE AGENT OF NERVE ACTION; 8 NERVE FIBER FORM AND TRANSFORMATION; 9 WALLERIAN DEGENERATION: EARLY AND LATE PHASES; 10 NERVE REGENERATION; 11 CHARACTERIZATION OF AXOPLASMIC TRANSPORT

12 MOLECULAR MODELS OF TRANSPORT13 ACTIONS OF NEUROTOXINS AND NEUROPATHIC CHANGES RELATED TO TRANSPORT; 14



PURPOSEFUL REFLEXES AND INSTINCTIVE BEHAVIOR; 15 NEURAL EVENTS RELATED TO LEARNING AND MEMORY; 16 EPILOGUE: WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE RELATION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM TO MIND; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Recent developments have extended our knowledge of the basic functions of nerves: notably, the demonstration of the mechanism within nerve fibers which transports a wide range of essential materials. In order to understand how this discovery occurred, it is necessary to examine its history. The story begins in ancient Greece when nerves were conceived of as channels through which animal spirits carried sensory impressions to the brain. As science developed, the discoveries of various physical and chemical agents supplanted the agency of animal spirits until the molecular machinery of transport was recognized. In this fascinating and complete history, Sidney Ochs begins with a chronological look at this path of discovery, followed in the second half by a thematic approach wherein the author describes the electrical nature of the nerve impulse, fiber form and its changes in degeneration and regeneration, reflexes, learning, memory and other higher functions in which transport participates.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910140141503321

Autore

Didier Anouchka

Titolo

Le dommage écologique pur en droit international

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Graduate Institute Publications, 2013

[Place of publication not identified], : Graduate Institute Publications, 2013

ISBN

2-940503-24-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (80 pages)

Collana

eCahiers de l'Institut ; ; Nombre 18

Soggetti

International Law

Law, Politics & Government

International Law - General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

La marée noire causée par les installations pétrolières Deepwater Horizon dans le golfe du Mexique en 2010 a rappelé le préjudice écologique incontestable provoqué par les déversements d’hydrocarbures. Cependant, combien vaut un oiseau mort ? Le droit vient-il encadrer la réparation d’un tel préjudice ? Plus généralement, le droit international parvient-il à appréhender les spécificités du dommage environnemental pur ? Ce travail s’attaque à la question – centrale bien que peu étudiée – de l’évaluation de l’atteinte environnementale considérée comme une atteinte aux intérêts collectifs. Faisant état de la fragmentation extrême dont souffre la réparation du dommage écologique pur, et ce malgré sa reconnaissance tacite par le droit international, l’auteur en appelle à la création d’un régime de responsabilité pour les Etats et les exploitants. Ce faisant, elle recommande des révisions de conventions pour une reconnaissance expresse du dommage écologique pur et pour des mesures de restauration qui iraient par-delà les estimations monétaires et utilitaristes de l’environnement, pour prendre en compte les valeurs de non-usage et d’existence.  Prix Mariano Garcia Rubio 2012 en droit international.