Rapport, Richard L.

Nerve endings : the discovery of the synapse / Richard Rapport. - 1st ed. - New York : W.W. Norton, c2005. - 240 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-220) and index.

A new way to see -- I have grown slow and palsied -- A laboratory in the kitchen -- Cells, fibers and networks -- The black reaction -- The trench of science -- Climbing fibers and basket endings -- Sincere congratulations burst forth -- The prize -- Higher magnification -- Epilogue recollections of my life.

Wilson's Senior High School, November 2006 School Library Journal, August 2005 Booklist, May 2005 Science Books & Films (A.A.A.S.), November 2005

Presents a comprehensive analysis of the research conducted by nineteenth-century histologists Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramโon y Cajal in the area of how nerve cells communicate and the discovery of the synapse, the space between those cells

Adult$b Follett Library Resource

0393060195

2005000942


Ramโon y Cajal, Santiago, 1852-1934.
Golgi, Camillo, 1843-1926.


Nerves--History

QP364 / .R37 2005

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