The war of the soups and the sparks : the discovery of neurotransmitters and the dispute over how nerves communicate /

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Author / Creator:Valenstein, Elliot S.
Imprint:New York : Columbia University Press, ©2005.
Description:1 online resource (xviii, 237 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11201308
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ISBN:9780231509732
0231509731
0231135882
9780231135887
9780231135887
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Like the cracking of the genetic code and the creation of the atomic bomb, the discovery of how the brain's neurons work is one of the fundamental scientific developments of the twentieth century. The discovery of neurotransmitters revolutionized the way we think about the brain and what it means to be human yet few people know how they were discovered, the scientists involved, or the fierce controversy about whether they even existed. The War of the Soups and the Sparks tells the saga of the dispute between the pharmacologists, who had uncovered the first evidence that nerves communicate.
Other form:Print version: Valenstein, Elliot S. War of the soups and the sparks. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2005
Standard no.:10.7312/vale13588
Publisher's no.:EB00639440 Recorded Books