Mechanisms of Synaptic Transmission
Subtitle: Bridging the Gaps (1890-1990)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: May 14, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9780195137613
Subjects: Neurosciences; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Anthropology - Physical; Neuropsychology; Neuroscience; Medical / Neuroscience; 20th century; History; Neural transmission; Research; Synapses
First sentence: In October 1889 Santiago Ramon y Cajal (Fig. 1-1), a new member of the German Anatomical Society, appeared in Berlin for its annual meeting, having pooled his meager resources to make a first trip in Europe beyond his native Spain.
Description: "Synaptic transmission plays a central role in the nervous system, for it connects through intricate chemical and electrical mechanisms the diverse elements into a functioning whole. This is a broad account of anatomical, biochemical, embryological, medical, pathological, pharmacological, and physiological studies on synaptic transmission during the hundred years beginning in 1890." "The book will be of interest to basic and clinical neuroscientists, pharmacologists, and physiologists, to historians and philosophers of the life sciences and medicine, and to their respective students."--Jacket.