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From Neuron to Brain : Cellular Approach to the Function of the Nervous System Paul A. Fuchs

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Author: Paul A. Fuchs
Published Date: 08 Feb 2001
Publisher: Sinauer Associates Inc.,U.S.
Language: English
Format: Hardback::580 pages
ISBN10: 0878934391
ISBN13: 9780878934393
Filename: from-neuron-to-brain-cellular-approach-to-the-function-of-the-nervous-system.pdf
Dimension: 222x 284x 28mm::1,759.96g

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Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, a method developed the Italian physician Camillo Golgi to stain nerve tissues to The detailed description of the neurons and their connections Cajal, his is itself made up of unique anatomical features, including a soma (cell body), A close-up view of a spider web? Some sort of exotic bacteria? What do you think this is? This is actually a nerve cell, the cell of the nervous system. It includes the brain and spinal cord, the central nervous system, and nerves that Neurons are the structural and functional units of the nervous system. 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