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"Wilder Penfield (1891-1976) is famous for his contributions to the understanding of epilepsy and for his discoveries of the relationship between the structure and function of the human brain. His operations, which involved stimulating the cerebral cortex of awake patients with a fine electrode, assured the complete removal of lesions that caused epilepsy. Less widely known is his use of the same technique to localize the interpretation of language, the recording of memories, and the ability to interpret the present in light of past experience. Radical Treatment follows the evolution of Penfield's thinking from his description of brain scars at the beginning of his career to his last thoughts on the human condition. Through a review of his clinical charts, intraoperative sketches, manuscript notes, and other archival material held at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, this book presents a fascinating narrative of the development of Penfield's career and the processes that led to each of his great discoveries. Richard Leblanc vividly conveys the collaborative nature of Penfield's work at the Royal Victoria Hospital and at MNI, which led to his greatest discoveries. Revealing the duality of a life in science, Leblanc shows that while Penfield was instrumental in establishing the localization of specific functions to distinct regions of the brain, he concurrently stressed the integrative action of the nervous system. Written by the leading authority on the history of Penfield's Montreal Neurological Institute, Radical Treatment is an insightful account of the scientific accomplishments of one of the twentieth century's most influential neuroscientists."--

Neuroscientists --- Neurosurgeons --- Neurosciences. --- Nervous system --- Neurosciences --- Surgery. --- Philosophy. --- Penfield, Wilder,

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Neurosciences --- Neuroscientists --- Life scientists --- Neural sciences --- Neurological sciences --- Neuroscience --- Medical sciences --- Nervous system --- Research

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In Tracing Autism, Des Fitzgerald offers an up-close account of the search for a neurological explanation of autism. As autism has gained cultural prominence with more diagnoses and more controversy, its biological causes remain elusive.Through in-depth interviews with neuroscientists, psychologists, and psychiatrists, Fitzgerald examines what it means to do scientific research in the ambiguous terrain of autism research, a field marked by shifting horizons of uncertainty and ambivalence. He draws out how autism scientists talk and feel their way through their research, demonstrating its profoundly affective character, and expanding our understanding of what is at stake in the new brain sciences.

Autism. --- Autism --- Neuroscientists. --- Life scientists --- Autistic disorder --- Autism spectrum disorders --- Hyperlexia --- Research. --- Autismus --- Neurology. --- Medicine --- Nervous system --- Neuropsychiatry --- Etiology. --- Diseases --- Autismus-Spektrum-Störung --- Psychische Störung --- Autist --- Neuropathology

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Santiago Ramon y Cajal (1852-1934) made prolific and lasting contributions to understanding "the life of the infinitely small." Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-1934) made prolific and lasting contributions to understanding "the life of the infinitely small." Widely thought of as the founder of neuroscience, Cajal made remarkable explorations into the organization and function of the nervous system. His work is still referred to more than that of any other scientist in the field.W. Maxwell Cowan's foreword to this edition conveys the excitement and energy of Cajal's life and endeavors, the liveliness and flamboyance of his engagements with the microscope. Cowan surveys Cajal's salient discoveries, noting that almost every important conceptual issue in neurobiology was foreshadowed in Cajal's work: the initial description of the climbing fibers of the cerebellum, the discovery of the growth cone, the concept of the "dynamic polarity" of the neurom an anticipation of the later discovery of axonal transport, and the prediction that new synapses may be formed throughout life to serve as a physical basis for learning and memory. W. Maxwell Cowen is Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Anatomy --- Physicians --- Anatomists --- Human Anatomy & Physiology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- biography. --- Biography --- Ramón y Cajal, Santiago, --- Physician --- Anatomies --- Cajal, Santiago Ramón y, --- Cajal, S. R. --- Doctor Bacteria, --- Bacteria, --- Ramón y Cajal, S. --- Nervous system. --- Neuroscientists. --- NEUROSCIENCE/General --- SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science --- Organs (Anatomy) --- Neurosciences --- Life scientists --- Ramón y Cajal, Santiago, --- Ramón Cajal, Santiago,

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A pioneer in sleep and dream science surveys his life and work through the lens of dreaming and consciousness.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY --- Science & Technology --- Neuroscientists --- Biological Science Disciplines --- Natural Science Disciplines --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Neurosciences --- Human Anatomy & Physiology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Neuroscience --- Hobson, J. Allan, --- Hobson, John Allan, --- Hobson, Allan, --- Life scientists --- Dreams. --- Dream interpretation. --- Rapid eye movement sleep. --- Consciousness. --- COGNITIVE SCIENCES/Psychology/Cognitive Psychology --- NEUROSCIENCE/General --- COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General --- Apperception --- Mind and body --- Perception --- Philosophy --- Psychology --- Spirit --- Self --- Fast wave sleep --- Paradoxical sleep --- REM sleep --- REMS (Rapid eye movement sleep) --- Rhombencephalic sleep --- Sleep --- Eye --- Analysis, Dream --- Dream analysis --- Dreams --- Interpretation, Dream --- Dreaming --- Subconsciousness --- Visions --- Stages --- Movements --- Interpretation