Description: Molecular Aspects of Neurobiology Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). Author(s): Rita Levi-Montalcini, Pietro Calissano, Eric R. Kandel, Adriana Maggi Format: Paperback Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG, Germany Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K ISBN-13: 9783642706929, 978-3642706929 Synopsis The past two decades may well become known as the golden era of neurobiology. This field, that in the first half of this century seemed far too complex to be investigated with the low resolution techniques available to the investigators, suddenly blossomed in the second half of the century into one of the most promising areas of biology, thanks to discoveries which took place practically simultaneously in most areas of neurobiological research. Here we mention only some of the most important: the discovery of the large number of neurotransmitters from monoamines to peptides, the identification of the mechanism of action of different agents through their binding to specific receptors, the recognition that neuro transmitters act most of the time through a second messenger, and the discovery that growth and differentiation of nerve cells depend on activation by the protein molecule; all these were recognized I!S specific growth facts, of which the NGF was both the frrst to be dis covered and the object of the most intensive investigation. Recently, the development of highly sophisticated techniques such as recombinant DNA and monoclonal antibodies has been suc cessfully applied at the cellular and subeellular level to the study of nerve cells, neuronal cell population, and to the mechanism of their interaction. Studies pursued with the collaboration of different investigators all over the world have opened a new panorama of the tremendous complexity of the CNS, from the neuron to the whole organism.
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Book Title: Molecular Aspects of Neurobiology
Number of Pages: 206 Pages
Publication Name: Molecular Aspects of Neurobiology
Language: English
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin AND Heidelberg Gmbh & Co. KG
Item Height: 244 mm
Subject: Biology
Publication Year: 2011
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 389 g
Author: Eric R. Kandel, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Pietro Calissano, Adriana Maggi
Item Width: 170 mm
Series: Proceedings in Life Sciences
Format: Paperback
