An engaging story of the discovery of synaptic pruning and the discoverer. From childhood in wartime/post-war Germany through to a US career in medicine and science, Peter Huttenlocher lived an inspiring life. Scientific discovery is brought alive throughout, including explorations of current work on autism, schizophrenia and Alzheimer's.
An engaging story of the discovery of synaptic pruning and the discoverer. From childhood in wartime/post-war Germany through to a US career in medicine and science, Peter Huttenlocher lived an inspiring life. Scientific discovery is brought alive throughout, including explorations of current work on autism, schizophrenia and Alzheimer's.
Physician scientist Anna Huttenlocher is a Professor at University of Wisconsin, Madison and a member of the National Academy of Medicine. Her laboratory studies cell migration in inflammation and cancer. She directed the MD-Ph.D. program at UW-Madison and is a committed mentor to the next generation of physicians and biomedical scientists.
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Acknowledgments Preface 1. Introduction 2. Discovering Synaptic Pruning 3. Else, Peter's Mother 4. Richard, Peter's Father, and Peter's Uncle Fritz 5. Greiz: Kriegskinder (Children of War) 6. In Braubach, after the War 7. University of Buffalo and Philosophy 8. Harvard Medical School 9. Understanding Sleep and Consciousness: Research at NIH 10. Entering the Cognitive Revolution: Neuroscience and Cognitive Psychology 11. Physician First, Scientist Second? 12. Comparative Brain Regions and Synapse Formation 13. Stimulating Progress on Developmental Brain Disorders 14. Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Schizophrenia: A Role for Synaptic Pruning? 15. Early Childhood Education 16. Peter and Janellen's Collaboration 17. Microglia and the Mechanisms of Synaptic Pruning 18. Looking Forward: Being a Physician and a Scientist 19. Parkinson's Disease and Berlin 20. Auf Deutsch Reflections at the End Glossary Index.
Acknowledgments Preface 1. Introduction 2. Discovering Synaptic Pruning 3. Else, Peter's Mother 4. Richard, Peter's Father, and Peter's Uncle Fritz 5. Greiz: Kriegskinder (Children of War) 6. In Braubach, after the War 7. University of Buffalo and Philosophy 8. Harvard Medical School 9. Understanding Sleep and Consciousness: Research at NIH 10. Entering the Cognitive Revolution: Neuroscience and Cognitive Psychology 11. Physician First, Scientist Second? 12. Comparative Brain Regions and Synapse Formation 13. Stimulating Progress on Developmental Brain Disorders 14. Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Schizophrenia: A Role for Synaptic Pruning? 15. Early Childhood Education 16. Peter and Janellen's Collaboration 17. Microglia and the Mechanisms of Synaptic Pruning 18. Looking Forward: Being a Physician and a Scientist 19. Parkinson's Disease and Berlin 20. Auf Deutsch Reflections at the End Glossary Index.
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