Ira B. Black

Broschiertes Buch

The Changing Brain

Alzheimer's Disease and Advances in Neuroscience

Beschreibung

In this "intriguing scientific thriller" ("Nature Neuroscience"), a clinical neurologist provides a dramatic account--the fictionalized story of a successful investment banker who succumbs to Alzheimer's--to illuminate the latest groundbreaking research in the "new age of the brain" (Christopher Reeve). 8 illustrations.

Autor

Ira B. Black, M.D., is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in Piscataway, New Jersey. He is a past president of the Society for Neuroscience of North America and is currently Chairman of the Society's Public Information Committee. His pioneering research in neuroscience has earned him numerous awards and honors including the Jacob Javits Award from the National Institutes of Health, the Levi-Montalcini Award, and the McKnight Award.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 452g
• ISBN-13: 9780195156973
• ISBN-10: 0195156978
• Artikelnr.: 22417592