LEADER 03980nam 22007092 450 001 9910973614603321 005 20151005020621.0 010 $a1-107-14138-9 010 $a1-280-54118-0 010 $a9786610541188 010 $a0-511-21389-1 010 $a0-511-21568-1 010 $a0-511-21031-0 010 $a0-511-31396-9 010 $a0-511-54635-1 010 $a0-511-21387-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000354305 035 $a(EBL)266499 035 $a(OCoLC)171139208 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000172164 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11182763 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000172164 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10150787 035 $a(PQKB)11187331 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511546358 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC266499 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL266499 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10131654 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL54118 035 $a(OCoLC)560236351 035 $a(PPN)261351761 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000354305 100 $a20090508d2004|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA history of nerve functions $efrom animal spirits to molecular mechanisms /$fSidney Ochs 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 438 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 08$a0-521-24742-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 367-420) and index. 327 $aCOVER; 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 327 $a12 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 330 $aRecent 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. 606 $aAxonal transport$xHistory 606 $aNerves$xHistory 606 $aNeurology$xHistory 615 0$aAxonal transport$xHistory. 615 0$aNerves$xHistory. 615 0$aNeurology$xHistory. 676 $a573.8/5/09 700 $aOchs$b Sidney$01845072 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910973614603321 996 $aA history of nerve functions$94428523 997 $aUNINA