Shepherd, Gordon M., 1933- ,

Foundations of the neuron doctrine / Gordon M. Shepherd, Professor of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine. - 25th anniversary edition. - xxvi, 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-310) and index.

From the beginnings to the cell theory -- Do nerve cells belong in the cell theory? -- Nerve cells or nerve nets? -- Kölliker gives in -- Support builds for network -- The nerve cell studies of Freud -- The revolutionary method of Golgi -- A neuron theory begins to take form : His, Forel, Nansen -- Ramón y Cajal: the shock of recognition -- The early discoveries of Cajal -- The laws of Cajal -- Joining the mainstream -- The neuron doctrine -- The law of dynamic polarization -- Controversy -- The synapse and the growth cone -- Forging a consensus -- Confrontation in Stockholm -- Modern revisions of the neuron doctrine.

9780190259389 (alk. paper) 0190259388 (alk. paper)

2015016485


Ramón y Cajal, Santiago, 1852-1934.


Neurons.
History, 19th Century.
Neuroanatomy--history.

QM451 / .S47 2016

611/.809

WL 102.5