In search of memory
Subtitle: the emergence of a new science of mind
By: Eric R. Kandel.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 510
Subjects: Kandel, Eric R; Neurologists -- United States -- Biography; Medical scientists -- United States -- Biography; Nobel Prizes; Memory; Neurobiology; Cellular signal transduction
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Personal memory and the biology of memory storage; title: A child of Vienna; title: An American education; title: One cell at a time; title: The nerve cell speaks; title: Conversation between nerve cells; title: Simple and complex neuronal systems; title: Different memories, different regions of the brain; title: Searching for an ideal model for studying memory; title: Neural analogs of learning; title: Strengthening synaptic connections; title: A center for neurobiology and behavior; title: Even a simple behavior can be modified by learning; title: Synapses change with experience; title: The biological basis of individuality; title: Molecules and short-term memory; title: Long-term memory; title: Memory genes; title: A dialogue between genes and synapses; title: A return to complex memory; title: Synapses also hold our fondest memories; title: The brain's picture of the external world; title: Attention must be paid!; title: A little red pill; title: Mice, men, and mental illness; title: A new way to treat mental illness; title: Biology and the renaissance of psychoanalytic thought; title: Consciousness; title: Rediscovering vienna via stockholm; title: Learning from memory: prospects; title: Glossary; title: Notes and sources; title: Acknowledgments.