A history of the brain : from Stone Age surgery to modern neuroscience / Andrew P. Wickens

Author/Creator:

Wickens, Andrew P., author

Publication/Creation:

London : Psychology Press, 2015

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

A history of the brain : from Stone Age surgery to modern neuroscience / Andrew P. Wickens

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Electronic books

Subjects:

Brain--History
Neurosciences--History
Brain--history
Neurosciences--history

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Head or heart? the ancient search for the soul -- The discovery of the nervous system -- From late Antiquity to the Renaissance: the cell -- Doctrine -- Searching for the ghost in the machine -- A new life force: animal electricity -- The rise and fall of phrenology -- The nerve cell laid bare -- The return of the reflex -- Mapping the cerebral cortex -- The rise of psychiatry and neurology -- Solving the mystery of the nerve impulse -- The discovery of chemical neurotransmission -- Neurosurgery and clinical tales -- Surveying the last fifty years and looking ahead.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 389 pages) : ill

Local Note:

Available to current Emory University students, faculty and staff.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990035871420302486

ISBN:

9781317744832
1317744837

OCLC Number:

897376848