Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-484) and index.
Personal memory and the biology of memory storage -- A child in Vienna -- An American education -- One cell at a time -- The nerve cell speaks -- Conversation between nerve cells -- Simple and complex neuronal systems -- Different memories, different brain regions -- Searching for an ideal system to study memory -- Neural analogs of learning -- Strengthening synaptic connections -- A center for neurobiology and behavior -- Even a simple behavior can be modified by learning -- Synapses change with experience -- The biological basis of individuality -- Molecules and short-term memory -- Long-term memory -- Memory genes -- A dialogue between genes and synapses -- A return to complex memory -- Synapses also hold our fondest memories -- The brain's picture of the external world -- Attention must be paid! -- A little red pill -- Mice, men, and mental illness -- A new way to treat mental illness -- Biology and the renaissance of psychoanalytic thought -- Consciousness -- Rediscovering Vienna via Stockholm -- Learning from memory: prospects.
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The author relates how his own study of memory converged with four distinct disciplines to give rise to the development of a new science of the mind that has changed our understanding of learning, memory, and mental illness.
Kandel, Eric R.
Kandel, Eric R
Kandel, Eric R.,1929-
Kandel, Eric R.
Kandel, Eric R.
Kandel, Eric R.
Kandel, Eric R.
Kandel, Eric R., 1929-
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer, Bitterfeld
Cellular signal transduction.
Medical scientists-- United States, Biography.
Memory.
Neurobiology.
Neurologists-- United States, Biography.
Nobel Prizes.
History, 20th Century.
Neurobiology.
Neurosciences-- history.
Nobel Prize.
Mémoire.
Neurobiologie.
Neurologues-- États-Unis-- Biographies.
Prix Nobel.
Scientifiques en médecine-- États-Unis, Biographies.
Transduction du signal cellulaire.
Cellular signal transduction.
Forschung
Geheugen.
Medical scientists, Biography.
Medical scientists.
Memory.
Memory.
Neurobiology.
Neurobiology.
Neurologistas (biografia histórica)-- Estados unidos.