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Author Kandel, Eric R.

Title In search of memory : the emergence of a new science of mind / Eric R. Kandel.

Publication Info. New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2006]
©2006

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  616.8 KANDEL    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY KANDEL    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  616.8 KAN    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Barney Branch - Adult Department  616.8 KAN    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  616.8 KANDEL    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Biography  B KANDEL    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xv, 510 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography 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.
Neurologists -- United States -- Biography.
Medical scientists -- United States -- Biography.
Nobel Prizes.
Memory.
Neurobiology.
Cellular signal transduction.
ISBN 0393058638 hardcover
Standard No. 9780393058635
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