Birth of Modern Neuroscience in Turin
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This book is a journey to discover and rediscover famous and lesser known aspects of the birth of modern neuroscience in Turin, from pre-Enlightenment to the 1980s. The pioneering contributions of neuroscientists from Turin and working in Turin and how they shaped the national and
international community are critically explored. A brief selection of topics covered by The Birth of Modern Neuroscience in Turin:
- Luigi Rolando's neuroanatomical drawings
- Cesare Lombroso's controversial stances on criminal anthropology
- Angelo Mosso's pioneering 'neuroimaging' experiments
- Ernesto Lugaro's contributions to neuroplasticity and psychiatry
- Federico Kiesow and the development of experimental psychology in Europe
- Camillo Negro's first clinical neurological movies
- Giuseppe Levi's histological works and his mentorship
- Rita Levi Montalcini and her Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the Nerve Growth Factor
international community are critically explored. A brief selection of topics covered by The Birth of Modern Neuroscience in Turin:
- Luigi Rolando's neuroanatomical drawings
- Cesare Lombroso's controversial stances on criminal anthropology
- Angelo Mosso's pioneering 'neuroimaging' experiments
- Ernesto Lugaro's contributions to neuroplasticity and psychiatry
- Federico Kiesow and the development of experimental psychology in Europe
- Camillo Negro's first clinical neurological movies
- Giuseppe Levi's histological works and his mentorship
- Rita Levi Montalcini and her Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the Nerve Growth Factor
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0190907584
ISBN13:9780190907587
Release Date:February 2022
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:310 Pages
Weight:1.25 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.8"
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