Title | The Neurosciences: Paths of Discovery, I [electronic resource] / edited by Frederic G. Worden, Judith P. Swazey, George Adelman |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Birkhรคuser Boston, 1992 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6817-5 |
Descript | XXII, 622 p. online resource |
1. Introduction and Overview -- The F.O. Schmitt Lecture -- 2. Sources of Discovery in Neuroscience -- Comparative Approaches to the Nervous System -- 3. Behavior to Neurobiology: A Zoologistโs Approach to Nervous Systems -- 4. Molecular Recognition in the Immune and Nervous Systems -- 5. Neural Specificity: Fifty Years of Vagaries -- Nerve Cells and Brain Circuits -- 6. From the Last Skirmishes around the Neuron Theory to the Functional Anatomy of Neuron Networks -- 7. The โWiring Patternsโ of the Brain: Neuroanatomical Experiences and Their Implications for General Views of the Organization of the Brain -- Membrane Excitability and Synaptic Transmission -- 8. Neuromembranes: Paths of Ions -- 9. Under the Spell of the Synapse -- 10. Discoveries of Neurotransmitter Agents and Modulators of Neuronal Functions -- Neurotransmitters and Brain Function -- 11. Biochemical and Pharmacological Approaches in the Study of Sympathetic Nerves -- 12. The Gains in Brain Are Mainly in the Stain -- Adventures with Unexpected Observations -- 13. The Concept of Neurosecretion and Its Place in Neurobiology -- 14. NGF: An Uncharted Route -- 15. The Isolated Brain and Its Aftermath -- Sensory and Motor Systems -- 16. From Nerves to Eyes -- 17. The Importance of Steady-State Equilibria in Small-Celled Reticular Systems -- 18. Crossroads on the Pathways to Discovery -- 19. Half a Century in the Neurosciences: Personal Comments on Choices and Decisions -- Behavior and Brain -- 20. Neuropsychology: Its Sources, Principles, and Prospects -- 21. Physiological Psychology: A Crossroad in Neurobiology -- 22. Mapping the Mind onto the Brain -- The Brain: Neural Object and Conscious Subject -- 23. Philosophy or PhysicsโMind or Molecules -- 24. In Search of Psyche -- 25. The Mind and the Brain -- The Neuroscience Community: People and Ideas -- 26. The Minute Experiment and the Large Picture -- 27. Some European Neuroscientists: A Personal Tribute -- The Neuroscience Community: Some Organizational Developments -- 28. The Role of Research Institutes in the Advancement of Neuroscience: Ransonโs Institute of Neurology, 1928โ1942 -- 29. Forging a Neuroscience Community: A Brief History of the Neurosciences Research Program -- On the Nature of Research in Neuroscience -- 30. Creative Dialogues: Discovery, Invention, and Understanding in Sleep-Wakefulness Research -- 31. On the Nature of Research in Neuroscience -- Name Index