The Birth of Modern Neuroscience in Turin (Hardcover)

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

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2022
Authors:	Stefano Sandrone • Lorenzo Lorusso
Dimensions:	240 x 160 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-090758-7
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Neurology & clinical neurophysiology Promotions
LSN:	0-19-090758-4
Barcode:	9780190907587

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