MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY OF THE MAMMALIAN BRAIN by Patrick McGeer, Sir John C. Eccles, Edith G. McGeer ( 9780306423291 )

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Title:

MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY OF THE MAMMALIAN BRAIN

By:

Patrick McGeer, Sir John C. Eccles, Edith G. McGeer

Format:

Hardback

List price:	£72.00
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ISBN 10:

0306423294

ISBN 13:

9780306423291

Publisher:

KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS GROUP

Pub. date:

31 March, 1987

Edition:

2nd Revised edition

Pages:

774

Synopsis:

The human brain is the inner universe through which all external events are perceived. That fact alone should ensure that neuroscience will eventually receive top priority in the list of human endeavors. The brain represents the pinnacle of sophistication in the realm of living systems. Yet it is an imperfect organ, whose failures in disease processes lead to the occupation of more than half of all hospital beds and whose variable performance in the healthy state contributes in undetermined degree to the world's social problems. Every significant advance in or understanding of the brain has yielded enormous practical dividends. There is every reason to believe the future holds even greater promise. In the preface to our first edition, we drew attention to the establishment of graduate programs in dozens of universities around the world and the emergence of numerous international journals devoted to interdisciplinary work on the brain. The discoveries that have flowed from this activity have required extensive updating of the details of this book, which is a testimony to the fruitfulness of neuroscience research. Yet the basics remain the same.It is more important than ever that the neuroscientist be presented with the fundamental subdisciplines that together make up the total of brain research in an integrated manner.

Illustrations:

87 black & white illustrations, biography

Publication:

Netherlands

Imprint:

Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers

Returns:

Returnable

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BRAIN AND CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE (PB)

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