Symposium on the synapse / by Herbert S. Gasser, Joseph Erlanger, Detlev W. Bronk [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gasser, Herbert S. (Herbert Spencer), 1888-1963.

American Physiological Society (1887- )

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nerves.

Synapses.

Medical Subjects:

Synapses.

Physical Description:

pages [361]-474. ; 27 cm

Other Title:

Synapse, Symposium on the.

Place of Publication:

Springfield, Ill. ; Baltimore, Md. : C. C. Thomas, 1939.

Contents:

Gasser, H. S. Axons as examples of nervous tissue.

Erlanger, Joseph. The initiation of impulses in axons.

Bronk, D. W. Synaptic mechanisms in sympathetic ganglia.

Lorente de Nó, Raphael. Transmission of impulses through cranial motor nuclei.

Forbes, Alexander. Problems of synaptic function.

Notes:

"The material contained in this brochure ... formed the subject matter of a symposium on the mechanism of synaptic transmission held at Toronto, April 29, 1939, under the auspices of the American Physiological Society at its annual meeting."--Prefatory note.

"Reprinted from Journal of neurophysiology, 1939, 2, 361-472."

Includes bibliographies.

OCLC:

3450108