Gordon M Shepherd

Foundations of the Neuron Doctrine

25th Anniversary Edition

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The neuron doctrine, first formulated in 1891, states that the brain is constructed of individual neurons, organized into functioning circuits that mediate behavior. Above all else, this is the main concept that underlies all of modern neuroscience. This 25th Aniversary Edition of The Foundations of the Neuron Doctrine explains how this theory was the product of an explosion of histological studies and vigorous debates near the end of the nineteenth centuryby an extraordinary group of scientists, most importantly the leading figure of the time, Santiago Ramon y Cajal of Spain, and includes the foremost nervous system investigators of many countries, such as Albrecht Kolliker, Sigmund Freud, Wilhelm His, August Forel, Fritdjof Nansen and GustavRetzius.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 771g
• ISBN-13: 9780190259389
• ISBN-10: 0190259388
• Artikelnr.: 43368270

Autorenporträt

Gordon M. Shepherd is Professor of Neurobiology at Yale University School of Medicine. He carries out research on the olfactory pathway as a simple system for the microcircuit organization of the brain. He is a former Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neurophysiology and Journal of Neuroscience. His books include Handbook of Brain Microcircuits (edited with Sten Grillner) and Creating Modern Neuroscience.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Commentaries on The Neuron Doctrine
Cajal, Golgi and Ariadne's Needle - Marina Bentivoglio
Reflections on the Neuron Doctrine - Javier DeFelipe
The Neuron Doctrine Revisited: A Personal Account - Sten Grillner
Camillo Golgi, Foundations of the Neuron Doctrine, and the
History of Neurosciences - Paolo Mazzarello
Some Reflections on the Neuron Doctrine - Larry Swanson
1. Introduction
2. From the Beginnings to the Cell Theory
3. Do Nerve Cells Belong in the Cell Theory?
4. Nerve Cells or Nerve Nets?
5. Kolliker Gives In
6. Support Builds for Network
7. The Nerve Cell Studies of Freud
8. The Revolutionary Method of Golgi
9. A Neuron Theory Begins to Take Form: His, Forel, Nansen
10. Ramón y Cajal: The Shock of Recognition
11. The Early Discoveries of Cajal
12. The Laws of Cajal
13. Joining the Mainstream
14. The Neuron Doctrine
15. The Law of Dynamic Polarization
16. Controversy
17. The Synapse and the Growth Cone
18. Forging a Consensus
19. Confrontation in Stockholm
20. Modern Revisions of the Neuron Doctrine
Comment on Sources
References
Index