Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
xv, 510 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-484) and index. |
Contents |
Personal memory and the biology of memory storage -- A child in Vienna -- An American education -- One cell at a time -- The nerve cell speaks -- Conversation between nerve cells -- Simple and complex neuronal systems -- Different memories, different regions of the brain -- Searching for an ideal model for studying memory -- Neural analogs of learning -- Strengthening synaptic connections -- A center for neurobiology and behavior -- Even a simple behavior can be modified by learning -- Synapses change with experience -- The biological basis of individuality -- Molecules and short-term memory -- Long-term memory -- Memory genes -- A dialogue between genes and synapses -- A return to complex memory -- Synapses also hold our fondest memories -- The brain's picture of the external world -- Attention must be paid! -- A little red pill -- Mice, men, and mental illness -- A new way to treat mental illness -- Biology and the renaissance of psychoanalytic thought -- Consciousness -- Rediscovering vienna via stockholm -- Learning from memory: prospects -- Glossary -- Notes and sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
Subject |
Kandel, Eric R.
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Neurologists -- United States -- Biography.
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Medical scientists -- United States -- Biography.
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Nobel Prizes.
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Memory.
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Neurobiology.
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Cellular signal transduction.
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ISBN |
0393058638 hardcover |
Standard No. |
9780393058635 |
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