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050	0	0	_aQP363 _b.O273 2004
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100	1		_aOchs, Sidney, _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA history of nerve functions : _bfrom animal spirits to molecular mechanisms / _cSidney Ochs.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2004.
300			_a1 online resource (ix, 438 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aRecent developments have extended our knowledge of the basic functions of nerves: notably, the demonstration of the mechanism within nerve fibers which transports a wide range of essential materials. In order to understand how this discovery occurred, it is necessary to examine its history. The story begins in ancient Greece when nerves were conceived of as channels through which animal spirits carried sensory impressions to the brain. As science developed, the discoveries of various physical and chemical agents supplanted the agency of animal spirits until the molecular machinery of transport was recognized. In this fascinating and complete history, Sidney Ochs begins with a chronological look at this path of discovery, followed in the second half by a thematic approach wherein the author describes the electrical nature of the nerve impulse, fiber form and its changes in degeneration and regeneration, reflexes, learning, memory and other higher functions in which transport participates.
650		0	_aAxonal transport _xHistory.
650		0	_aNerves _xHistory.
650		0	_aNeurology _xHistory.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521247429
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511546358
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