Introduction: Why study history? Why the 1940s and 1950s?
Genes: starting with DNA
Signaling molecules: the first growth factor
Signaling molecules: the first neurotransmitters in the brain
Cell biology and the synapse
Physiology: the action potential
Physiology: synaptic potentials and receptor potentials
Functional organization of neurons and dendrites
Neural circuits: spinal cord, retina, invertebrate systems
Neural circuits: cortical columns and cortical processing
Neural systems: the neural basis of behavior
Learning and memory: Donald Hobb, Brenda Milner and H. M.
Neurology: foundations of brain imaging
Neurosurgery: from Cushing to Penfield
Neuropsychiatry: the breakthrough in psychopharmacology
Theoretical neuroscience: the brain as a computer and the computer as a brain
Summing up
Appendix A: Resources
Appendix B: Supporting material available on the web.
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Creating modern neuroscience : the revolutionary 1950s by Gordon M. Shepherd. ISBN 9780195391503. Published by Oxford University Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
