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Auteur principal : |
Shepherd Gordon M
(Auteur) |
Format : |
Livre |
Langue : |
anglais |
Titre complet : |
Creating modern neuroscience : the revolutionary 1950s / Gordon M. Shepherd |
Publié : |
Oxford, New York :
Oxford University Press
, 2010
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Description matérielle : |
1 vol. (ix-291 p.-[32] p. de pl.) |
Contenu : |
Introduction: Why study history? Why the 1940s and 1950s?. Genes: starting with DNA. Signaling molecules: the first growth factor. Signaling molecules: the first neurotransmitters in the brain. Cell biology and the synapse. Physiology: the action potential. Physiology: synaptic potentials and receptor potentials. Functional organization of neurons and dendrites. Neural circuits: spinal cord, retina, invertebrate systems. Neural circuits: cortical columns and cortical processing. Neural systems: the neural basis of behavior. Learning and memory: Donald Hobb, Brenda Milner and H. M.. Neurology: foundations of brain imaging. Neurosurgery: from Cushing to Penfield. Neuropsychiatry: the breakthrough in psychopharmacology. Theoretical neuroscience: the brain as a computer and the computer as a brain. Summing up. Appendix A: Resources. Appendix B: Supporting material available on the web |
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