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Receptors / Richard M. Restak.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Restak, Richard, 1942-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Neurotransmitter receptors.
- Neurotransmitters.
- Physical Description:
- 228 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Bantam trade paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bantam Books, 1995.
- Summary:
- Neuropyschiatrist Richard Restak leads us on an exhilarating and disquieting scientific adventure into the bold new frontier of the mysteries of the human brain. He explores the possibilities of relieving and curing conditions and diseases of the brain, and documents the likelihood that one day it will be possible to choose your own personality.
- Contents:
- Disordered thought, disordered molecule
- Brain
- Magic intoxicants
- Dr. Hofmann and the magic circle
- Lethargy in a guinea pig
- Clasping the neuron
- Anatomy of melancholy
- Russian dolls
- Double agents
- Good drugs-bad drugs
- Dust of angels
- Dr. Freud and the devil's bargain
- Mother's little helper
- Mr. Guinea pig
- Tracking the marijuana receptor
- Designer brain.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-218) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0553374419
- OCLC:
- 32375653
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