| Description |
1 online resource (x, 334 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; The early history of the synapse: from Plato to Sherrington; Emergence of the concept of transmitter release at peripheral and central synapses; The discovery of acetylcholine and the concept of receptors at synapses; The discovery of adrenaline and the concept of autoreceptors at synapses; The discovery of amino acid transmission at synapses in the central nervous system; Monoaminergic synapses and schizophrenia: the discovery of neuroleptics |
| Summary |
An attempt to provide a history of those discoveries concerning the identification and function of synapses that provide the foundations for research during this new century |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Synapses -- Research -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Physical.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0203302540 |
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9780203302545 |
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