Dawn of the neuron : the early struggles to trace the origin of nervous systems
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- ISBN: 9780773545717
- ISBN: 0773545719
- ISBN: 9780773597327
- ISBN: 9780773597334
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xiv, 370 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm - Publisher: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-361) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Acknowledgments -- Preface -- The Precursors -- Louis Agassiz and the First Description of Jellyfish Neurons -- German Zoologists and the Rediscovery of Nerves in Jellyfish -- The Hertwig Brothers Open a New Era -- The Experimental Approach to Jellyfish Neurobiology: George Romances and Theodor Eimer -- Edward Schäfer, Jellyfish, and the Neuron Doctrine -- In the Footsteps of the Giants -- George H. Parker and the Broad View of the Elementary Nervous System -- Emil Bozler and the Rise of the Comparative Physiologists -- Carl Pantin and the Well-Tempered Nerve Net -- The Modern Era -- Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Additional Physical Form available Note: | Issued also in electronic format. |
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