Anna Huttenlocher (Madison University of Wisconsin)

From Loss to Memory

Behind the Discovery of Synaptic Pruning

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Produktbeschreibung

An engaging story of the discovery of synaptic pruning and the discoverer. From childhood in wartime/post-war Germany through to a US career in medicine and science, Peter Huttenlocher lived an inspiring life. Scientific discovery is brought alive throughout, including explorations of current work on autism, schizophrenia and Alzheimer's.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 161
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 256g
• ISBN-13: 9781009267069
• ISBN-10: 100926706X
• Artikelnr.: 70771545

Autorenporträt

Physician scientist Anna Huttenlocher is a Professor at University of Wisconsin, Madison and a member of the National Academy of Medicine. Her laboratory studies cell migration in inflammation and cancer. She directed the MD-Ph.D. program at UW-Madison and is a committed mentor to the next generation of physicians and biomedical scientists.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Discovering Synaptic Pruning
3. Else, Peter's Mother
4. Richard, Peter's Father, and Peter's Uncle Fritz
5. Greiz: Kriegskinder (Children of War)
6. In Braubach, after the War
7. University of Buffalo and Philosophy
8. Harvard Medical School
9. Understanding Sleep and Consciousness: Research at NIH
10. Entering the Cognitive Revolution: Neuroscience and Cognitive Psychology
11. Physician First, Scientist Second?
12. Comparative Brain Regions and Synapse Formation
13. Stimulating Progress on Developmental Brain Disorders
14. Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Schizophrenia: A Role for Synaptic Pruning?
15. Early Childhood Education
16. Peter and Janellen's Collaboration
17. Microglia and the Mechanisms of Synaptic Pruning
18. Looking Forward: Being a Physician and a Scientist
19. Parkinson's Disease and Berlin
20. Auf Deutsch
Reflections at the End
Glossary
Index.