Creating modern neuroscience : the revolutionary 1950s
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Gordon M Shepherd
- ناشر : Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
- شابک / ISBN : 9780195391503
Description
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.
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.
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.
