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| Principles of Neural Science | 
 enlarge | Authors: Eric R. Kandel, James H. Schwartz, Thomas M. Jessell
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical
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Customer Ratings:  43 comments
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 4
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1414
Shipping Weight (pounds): 7.5
Dimensions (inch): 11 x 8.4 x 2.3
ISBN: 0838577016
Dewey Decimal Number: 612.8
EAN: 9780838577011
Publication Date: January 5, 2000
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| Customer Comments:
 great way to learn March 1, 2001
1 out of 5 found this comment useful.
During early 99 I had de chance to use the text in English, but in 2.000 the university I'm working for the last 18 year, bought the text in Spanish, it was a real success for the pre-grade Psychology student, at Universidad Central de Chile. The clear development of subjects, and the good writing (small ??) in some translation of ideas to spanish, but it worth the task of working with the text Congratulation mr. Kandell and co-auther
Good overview of neurobiology November 27, 2000
8 out of 9 found this comment useful.
This book provides a comprehensive overview of neurobiology. While it originated as 65 lectures given by faculty at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, it is very readable, and may be suitable for the motivated general reader.
 An improvement over previous editions. November 26, 2000
20 out of 21 found this comment useful.
While this book (in this and previous incarnations) has been hailed as the "bible" of neuroscience, there are some flaws the potential reader should be made aware of. The first batch of chapters dealing with the machinery of the cell are repetitive in terms of their respective contents. Some judicious editing would have been nice in this section. Although the writing style improves in subsequent chapters, those dealing with the molecular biology of the neuron could be a little clearer. Levitan and Kaczmarek's "The Neuron" could be used to either introduce or supplement these chapters. The illustrations throughout are a major improvement over the last edition's over-use of black and white stick figures. While it is a very good teaching text for the money, check your university bookstore or library for other neuroscience texts which might give a clearer functional overview. In the long gap between this edition and the last a number of good graduate level texts have arisen to fill the need.
Dexamethasone November 14, 2000
0 out of 7 found this comment useful.
The prescribed Dexamethasone test for Cushing's Syndrome in the 4th edition is wrong...otherwise a good book for any medical student
advanced neurosciences November 11, 2000
7 out of 9 found this comment useful.
This is a tremendous book. I've been using it for teaching since the 2nd edition. I don't know where or how Dr. Kandel (a brand-new Nobel winner) and his co-authors find the time to update this along with all the other writing and research they do, but it's great that they do. The illustrations have caught up to the computer age and are even better than before. The price is astonishing for a medical or graduate school textbook - really a great value.
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