Sunday, November 1, 2009

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First lesson of neuroscience (Alberto Oliverio)

On the Italian market there good books university (usually translations) dedicated to neuroscience as well as works that deal in a more focus on specific aspects of this large and complex subject area: it is less easy to find texts that can serve as an introduction to simple but sufficient and proper. The libretto by Alberto Oliverio performs this role well by tapping into four chapters, agile and clear as many issues which, while not exhaustive, they manage to convey the idea of \u200b\u200ba science of many faces with deep roots and evolving. The first chapter begins very usefully with a brief reference to the historic birth of modern neuroscience and in particular to one of the events that marked the origins of cellular neurobiology: the controversy between Golgi and Cajal the two researchers who will share the Nobel in 1906 on the nature discrete or continuous neural networks. Call important to reiterate that the neurosciences are beginning to land disputes controversies of confrontation between conflicting interpretations. Since the discovery of the mechanisms of communication between nerve cells is passed to the study of the brain and its organization: the second chapter ( Ontogeny and phylogeny ) deals with it starting from the comparison between the evolutionary and developmental neurobiology, through the study of the emergence structures increasingly complex and specialized, and their ability to respond adequately to stimuli from the external outlines the functions of different areas and connections between them. In the next chapter discusses the functions of the mind's control of the emotions from the memory to oblivion with a constant reference to the neural basis of behavior. Finally, the last of these issues are explored and reported to the never-ending debate on the relationship between mind and brain cognitive function. The book is presented as a lesson from the title (or more realistically I think a number of lessons) in an introductory college course, this cut means that the various topics are treated in a concise manner. The part of the cellular neurobiology, for example if you wanted to listen to the mood of the reviewer might be a bit 'more developed, but the overall structure of the book is balanced and responds well to which the author has set. (David Lovisolo, Index).

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