The war of the soups and the sparks : the discovery of neurotransmitters and the dispute over how ne...
The war of the soups and the sparks : the discovery of neurotransmitters and the dispute over how ne...
The war of the soups and the sparks : the discovery of neurotransmitters and the dispute over how nerves communicate / Elliot S. Valenstein.
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New York : Columbia University Press, 2005.
Date
2005.
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N612.8/42
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
1. Setting the stage : the neuron doctrine and synpase -- 2. The autonomic nervous system : testing drugs on visceral organs and skeletal muscles -- 3. An idea ahead of its time : the first hint at the existence of chemical neurotransmitters -- 4. Henry Dale : laying the foundation -- 5. Otto Loewi...
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Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, 2005.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2005.
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"The War of the Soups and the Sparks tells the saga of the dispute between the pharmacologists, who had uncovered the first evidence that nerves communicate by releasing chemicals, and the neurophysiologists, experts on the nervous system, who dismissed the evidence and remained committed to electrical explanations." "The protagonists of this story...
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The war of the soups and the sparks : the discovery of neurotransmitters and the dispute over how nerves communicate / Elliot S. Valenstein.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N612.8/42
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74VKqV7yVrpZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKqV7yVrpZ
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ISBN
0231509731 (elec.)
9780231135887 (cl. : alk. paper)
0231135882 (cl. : alk. paper)
9780231509732 (elec.)
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612.8
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991020262849702626
