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Stanislav Reinis
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University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
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Jerome M. Goldman
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University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
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Table of contents (30 chapters)
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The Molecular Basis of Neuronal Activity
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- Stanislav Reinis, Jerome M. Goldman
Pages 3-22
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- Stanislav Reinis, Jerome M. Goldman
Pages 23-49
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- Stanislav Reinis, Jerome M. Goldman
Pages 51-58
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- Stanislav Reinis, Jerome M. Goldman
Pages 59-75
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- Stanislav Reinis, Jerome M. Goldman
Pages 77-87
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- Stanislav Reinis, Jerome M. Goldman
Pages 89-100
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- Stanislav Reinis, Jerome M. Goldman
Pages 101-122
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The Energy Supply to the Neurons
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Front Matter
Pages 123-123
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- Stanislav Reinis, Jerome M. Goldman
Pages 125-148
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- Stanislav Reinis, Jerome M. Goldman
Pages 149-161
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Proteins in the Brain: Metabolism and Function
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Front Matter
Pages 163-163
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- Stanislav Reinis, Jerome M. Goldman
Pages 165-172
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- Stanislav Reinis, Jerome M. Goldman
Pages 173-185
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- Stanislav Reinis, Jerome M. Goldman
Pages 187-199
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- Stanislav Reinis, Jerome M. Goldman
Pages 201-210
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- Stanislav Reinis, Jerome M. Goldman
Pages 211-239
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- Stanislav Reinis, Jerome M. Goldman
Pages 241-258
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- Stanislav Reinis, Jerome M. Goldman
Pages 259-283
About this book
This book discusses a particular aspect of brain function, that of storage and retrieval of memory of past experience, in terms of neuronal plasticity. In discussing this aspect of brain functions, however, it discusses brain mecha nisms in their wider sense as well. Clearly, the central nervous system is a highly interconnected system from all points of view, and it would not be possible to understand function in terms of only a single event or only a sin gle neurotransmitter. This is true for any biochemical activity that accompanies neuronal functional activity and accompanies behavior. The authors have commendably recognized this complexity, and recognize still more the need to present information in a compact and uniform manner in spite of the tremendous expansion of our knowledge in recent years. It is a somewhat easier task to gather a set of authors and record their results for a multiauthor symposium, but it is a most admirable endeavor for two authors to summarize a field that encompasses subjects such as transmission barri ers, lipids, proteins, energy, hormones, to name a few that this book covers so well in a compact manner, and in such depth as well. Metabolism and func tion cannot really be understood without understanding structural factors, changes in membrane properties, and changes in metabolism.