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A history of nerve functions : from animal spirits to molecular mechanisms /
Recent developments have extended our knowledge of the basic functions of nerves: notably, the demonstration of the mechanism within nerve fibers which transports a wide range of essential materials. In order to understand how this discovery occurred, it is necessary to examine its history. The stor...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Recent developments have extended our knowledge of the basic functions of nerves: notably, the demonstration of the mechanism within nerve fibers which transports a wide range of essential materials. In order to understand how this discovery occurred, it is necessary to examine its history. The story begins in ancient Greece when nerves were conceived of as channels through which animal spirits carried sensory impressions to the brain. As science developed, the discoveries of various physical and chemical agents supplanted the agency of animal spirits until the molecular machinery of transport was recognized. In this fascinating and complete history, Sidney Ochs begins with a chronological look at this path of discovery, followed in the second half by a thematic approach wherein the author describes the electrical nature of the nerve impulse, fiber form and its changes in degeneration and regeneration, reflexes, learning, memory and other higher functions in which transport participates. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 438 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-420) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511210310 0511210310 9780521247429 052124742X 0511207379 9780511207372 0511213891 9780511213892 0511215681 9780511215681 9786610541188 6610541183 9780511546358 0511546351 1107141389 9781107141384 1280541180 9781280541186 0511313969 9780511313967 0511213875 9780511213878 |