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The Neurosciences: Paths of Discovery, I

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  • © 1992

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Editors:
  1. Frederic G. Worden
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  2. Judith P. Swazey
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  3. George Adelman
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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. The Neurosciences: Paths of Discovery

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
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    2. Introduction and Overview

      • George Adelman, Frederic G. Worden
      Pages 3-12

  3. The F.O. Schmitt Lecture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-14
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    2. Sources of Discovery in Neuroscience

      • John Z. Young
      Pages 15-46

  4. Comparative Approaches to the Nervous System

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-48
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    2. Behavior to Neurobiology: A Zoologist’s Approach to Nervous Systems

      • Donald Kennedy
      Pages 49-62

    3. Molecular Recognition in the Immune and Nervous Systems

      • Gerald M. Edelman
      Pages 65-74

    4. Neural Specificity: Fifty Years of Vagaries

      • Paul A. Weiss
      Pages 77-100

  6. Membrane Excitability and Synaptic Transmission

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-142
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    2. Neuromembranes: Paths of Ions

      • Kenneth S. Cole
      Pages 143-157

    3. Under the Spell of the Synapse

      • John G. Eccles
      Pages 159-179

    4. Discoveries of Neurotransmitter Agents and Modulators of Neuronal Functions

      • Ulf von Euler
      Pages 181-187

  7. Neurotransmitters and Brain Function

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-190
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    2. Biochemical and Pharmacological Approaches in the Study of Sympathetic Nerves

      • Julius Axelrod
      Pages 191-208

    3. The Gains in Brain Are Mainly in the Stain

      • Floyd E. Bloom
      Pages 211-227

  8. Adventures with Unexpected Observations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 229-230
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About this book

To commemorate properly the 70th birthday of a man who, by his very nature, is too busy to pause for any kind of ceremonial event unless it has a concomitant functional output was a difficult problem for the Staff and Associates of the Neurosciences Research Program. Frank (F. O. S. ) has always dreaded the prospect that sometime it might be appropriate for his colleagues to present him a Fest­ schrift. In fact, "Fest me no Schriften" became his battle cry, expressing his feeling that the idea of testimonials clustered into a book was anathema. So the "break­ through" idea for the planners was to organize a symposium around the theme of discovery in neuroscience that would be valuable scientifically and, in its demon­ stration of interdisciplinary interaction, would support that emphasis in Frank's career. After much planning a program was developed, beginning with a birthday party the evening before, followed by the two-day symposium, and closing with the first F. O. Schmitt Lecture in Neuroscience. We hope that publication of the scientific proceedings in this volume will be of interest not only to the neuroscience community, but also to a broad general readership interested in discovery, under­ standing, and the creative processes in scientific work. An organizing committee, chaired by Fred Worden, collected advice and guidance leading to the selection of speakers whose scientific careers have played an important part in the recent history of modern neuroscience.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Neurosciences: Paths of Discovery, I

  • Editors: Frederic G. Worden, Judith P. Swazey, George Adelman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6817-5

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Boston, MA

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Birkhäuser Boston 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-8176-3621-0Published: 11 December 1991

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-6817-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 622

  • Topics: Medicine/Public Health, general

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