Foundations of the neuron doctrine

Foundations of the neuron doctrine

by Shepherd, Gordon M.

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The neuron doctrine, first formulated in 1891, states that the brain is constructed of individual neurons, organized into functioning circuits that mediate behaviour. Above all else, this is the main concept that underlies all of modern neuroscience. This 25th anniversary edition explains how this theory was the product of an explosion of histological studies and vigorous debates near the end of the 19th century by an extraordinary group of scientists, most importantly the leading figure of the…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Foundations of the neuron doctrine / Gordon M. Shepherd, Professor of Neurobiology, Yale University Schoool of Medicine.

Summary

The neuron doctrine, first formulated in 1891, states that the brain is constructed of individual neurons, organized into functioning circuits that mediate behaviour. Above all else, this is the main concept that underlies all of modern neuroscience. This 25th anniversary edition explains how this theory was the product of an explosion of histological studies and vigorous debates near the end of the 19th century by an extraordinary group of scientists, most importantly the leading figure of the time, Santiago Ramon y Cajal of Spain, and includes the foremost nervous system investigators of many countries, such as Albrecht Kolliker, Sigmund Freud.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2016
  • Edition:Twenty-fifth anniversary edition

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (385 pages) : : illustrations.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780190259389, 0190259388, 9780190259396, 0190259396
  • oclc:ocn980844885
  • LC Classification:QM451
  • Dewey Decimal:611/.809

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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Subjects

History Neuroanatomie -- Histoire Neuroanatomy Neuroanatomy -- history Neurones -- Histoire Neurons Neurons -- History Ramón y Cajal, Santiago

Writers

Shepherd, Gordon M.

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