Foundations of the neuron doctrine /

"The neuron doctrine, first formulated in 1891, states that the brain is constructed of individual neurons, organized into functioning circuits that mediate behavior. It is the fundamental principal that underlies all of neuroscience and clinical neurology. Foundations of the Neuron Doctrine gi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shepherd, Gordon M., 1933- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Edition:25th anniversary edition.
Subjects:
Ramón y Cajal, Santiago, > 1852-1934
Neuroanatomy > History.
Neurons > History.
Neurons.
Neurons
History, 19th Century
Neuroanatomy > history
Neuroanatomie > Histoire.
Neurones > Histoire.
Neurones.
Médecine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
MEDICAL > Anatomy.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Human Anatomy & Physiology.
Neuroanatomy
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • From the beginnings to the cell theory
  • Do nerve cells belong in the cell theory?
  • Nerve cells or nerve nets?
  • Kölliker gives in
  • Support builds for network
  • The nerve cell studies of Freud
  • The revolutionary method of Golgi
  • A neuron theory begins to take form : His, Forel, Nansen
  • Ramón y Cajal: the shock of recognition
  • The early discoveries of Cajal
  • The laws of Cajal
  • Joining the mainstream
  • The neuron doctrine
  • The law of dynamic polarization
  • Controversy
  • The synapse and the growth cone
  • Forging a consensus
  • Confrontation in Stockholm
  • Modern revisions of the neuron doctrine.

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