Neuroscience A Historical Introduction

Name: Neuroscience A Historical Introduction
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ISBN: 9780262026802

ISBN-10: 0262026805

ISBN-13: 9780262026802

Edition: 2014

Authors: Mitchell Glickstein

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This introduction to neuroscience is unique in its emphasis on how we know what weknow about the structure and function of the nervous system. What are the observations andexperiments that have taught us about the brain and spinal cord? The book traces our currentneuroscientific knowledge to many and varied sources, including ancient observations on the role ofthe spinal cord in posture and movement, nineteenth-century neuroanatomists' descriptions of thenature of nerve cells, physicians' attempts throughout history to correlate the site of a braininjury with its symptoms, and experiments on the brains of invertebrates. After an overview of thebrain and its connections to the sensory and…

Book details

List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 1/17/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 418
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English

Mitchell Glickstein is Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience at University College London. He has held research and teaching positions at Caltech, University of Washington, Brown University, and Dartmouth College.