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Author:

Kandel, Eric R.

Title:

In search of memory : the emergence of a new science of mind / Eric R. Kandel.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

W. W. Norton & Company,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xv, 510 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Kandel, Eric R.
Neurologists--United States--Biography.
Medical scientists--United States.--Biography.
Nobel prizes.
Memory.
Neurobiology.
Cellular signal transduction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 453-484) and index.

Contents:

Personal memory and the biology of memory storage -- A child in Vienna -- An American education -- One cell at a time -- The nerve cell speaks -- Conversation between nerve cells -- Simple and complex neuronal systems -- Different memories, different regions of the brain -- Searching for an ideal model for studying memory -- Neural analogs of learning -- Strengthening synaptic connections -- A center for neurobiology and behavior -- Even a simple behavior can be modified by learning -- Synapses change with experience -- The biological basis of individuality -- Molecules and short-term memory -- Long-term memory -- Memory genes -- A dialogue between genes and synapses -- A return to complex memory -- Synapses also hold our fondest memories -- The brain's picture of the external world -- Attention must be paid! -- A little red pill -- Mice, men, and mental illness -- A new way to treat mental illness -- Biology and the renaissance of psychoanalytic thought -- Consciousness -- Rediscovering vienna via stockholm -- Learning from memory: prospects -- Glossary -- Notes and sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

ISBN:

9780393058635
9780393058635 (hardcover)
0393058638 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)61758023

LCCN:

2005028565

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