Foundations of the neuron doctrine / Gordon M. Shepherd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shepherd, Gordon M., 1933-2022, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neuroanatomy--History.

Neuroanatomy.

Neurons--History.

Neurons.

Ramón y Cajal, Santiago, 1852-1934.

Ramón y Cajal, Santiago.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 pages)

Edition:

Twenty-fifth anniversary edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-025940-X

0-19-026848-4

0-19-025939-6

OCLC:

936290179