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Nerve Endings: The Discovery of the Synapse
Contributor(s): Rapport, Richard (Author)

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 ISBN: 0393337529     ISBN-13: 9780393337525
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
OUR PRICE: $20.85  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 2005
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Annotation: Modern medicine is ever indebted to the doctor who interpreted the elusive--and rather extraordinary--anatomy of the nerve cell. This is the story not only of one of the 19th century's greatest discoveries but also of the frailty, perseverance, and creativity of human beings.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Science | History
- Science | Life Sciences - Human Anatomy & Physiology
- Medical | Neuroscience
Dewey: 612.8
Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" L (0.69 lbs) 244 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
Features: Ikids
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 102889
Reading Level: 11.6   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 9.0
 
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Two doctors, the Spaniard Cajal and the Italian Golgi, were racing against each other to find out what brain cells looked like and how they managed to communicate with one another. Both did their most important research in labs set up on their kitchen tables, for lack of better facilities; and both made landmark findings that led to their jointly receiving the 1906 Nobel Prize. Yet one man would find that neurons communicated over a gap, later named the 'synapse', while the other would die convinced that every brain cell connected to the next. From Parkinson's to neurosurgery, from the mechanics of memory to clinical depression, modern medicine is ever indebted to the one who interpreted the elusive - and rather extraordinary - anatomy of the nerve cell.
 
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