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Autore |
Shepherd Gordon M. <1933-> |
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Titolo |
Creating modern neuroscience [[electronic resource] ] : the revolutionary 1950s / / Gordon M. Shepherd |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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9786612328978 |
1-282-32897-2 |
0-19-974147-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (337 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Neurosciences - History - 20th century |
Medical sciences - History - 20th century |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; 1. Introduction: Why Study History? Why the 1940's and 1950's?; 2. Genes: Starting with DNA; 3. Signaling Molecules: The First Growth Factor; 4. Signaling Molecules: The First Neurotransmitters in the Brain; 5. Cell Biology and the Synapse; 6. Physiology: The Action Potential; 7. Physiology: Synaptic Potentials and Receptor Potentials; 8. Functional Organization of Neurons and Dendrites; 9. Neural Circuits: Spinal Cord, Retina, Invertebrate Systems; 10. Neural Circuits: Cortical Columns and Cortical Processing; 11. Neural Systems: The Neural Basis of Behavior |
12. Learning and Memory: Donald Hebb, Brenda Milner, and H. M.13. Neurology: Foundations of Brain Imaging; 14. Neurosurgery: From Cushing to Penfield; 15. Neuropsychiatry: The Breakthrough in Psychopharmacology; 16. Theoretical Neuroscience: The Brain as a Computer and the Computer as a Brain; 17. Summing Up; Appendix A: Resources; Appendix B: Supporting Material Available on the Web; References; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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For modern scientists, history often starts with last week's journals and is regarded as largely a quaint interest compared with the advances of today. However, this book makes the case that, measured by major |
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advances, the greatest decade in the history of brain studies was mid-twentieth century, especially the 1950's. The first to focus on worldwide contributions in this period, the book ranges through dozens of astonishing discoveries at all levels of the brain, from DNA (Watson and Crick), through growth factors (Hamburger and Levi-Montalcini), excitability (Hodgkin and Huxley), synapses (K |
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