Principles of Neural Science

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Summary: a spectacular book
Review: It was a very important book in my study about neurophysiology. Clear, Interesting.... I hope a new edition actualized

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Summary: It [stinks]
Review: It was required by many of our introductory neuroscience classes. But the fact remains it is a comprehensive introductory text that deals very little with the actual physiology. It may be useful for psychologists or other non "hard-core" neuroscientists, but for physiologists, especially those trained in molecular biology or biophysics, I would not recommend this book since it does not present any topic to a significant depth, thus most of the time lacks insights. I recommend Shepards book on Neurobiology as an introduction for neurobiology and Johnston and Wu for a more in depth introduction to the physiology of the nervous system.

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Summary: Excellent resource!
Review: Kandel's monumental 4th Edition text is chock-full of updated figures, pictures, and descritive mechanisms within its 9 parts.

This textbook would function extremely well as the primary resource for an intermediate-level Neuroscience course (graduate school).

It is well-organized and adequately referenced. The histological figures, MRI scans, and related clinical measures are especially impressive and helpful for supporting the information presented in the text.

This textbook does a fine job with balancing basic information with highly technical concepts. However, and understandably so, due to the voluminous, ever-expanding and ever-evolving nature of neural science, the text does not contain much regarding synaptic plasticity nor circadian rhythms.

That said, I still think this textbook is one of the most valuable tools that you could include in your academic armamentarium.

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Summary: too long and too boring
Review: My name is aaron zapantis. being a world authority on the topic of neuroscience, i found this book to be dull and tedious, at best it fell short of tickling my fancy. it's way too long..... the book's even fatter than my calf muscles.

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Summary: A twinkle book
Review: Now a day, with a fast development of sciences you may feel a hesitation before buying a new book, due to hard to find a book containing both classical and modern concepts. However, you are lucky in case you are interested in brain science, the field you can find "principles of neural science". With one book, you may find most knowledge of not only neural science but related ones, which was discovered for decades up to now. This book is valuable for both novice and experienced researchers in life study.
Setting light on buy itself, the book is worthy to be praised "a twinkle one like stars".

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Summary: Very nice book on neurology
Review: The authors do a fine job in this work. As a physicist, I found it interesting reading and it helped me design an undergraduate physics laboratory using squid axons. As someone working in neural networks, it gave me a firm understanding of the biological processes behind these. It is well worth the price.

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Summary: Dexamethasone
Review: The prescribed Dexamethasone test for Cushing's Syndrome in the 4th edition is wrong...otherwise a good book for any medical student

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Summary: For a required textbook not bad, as reference not organized!
Review: The University of Pittsburgh Neuroscience department uses this book as one of it's main textbooks. It is an interesting book, and one that I've used for years. This edition is in keeping with the other editions of the book, meaning, it is just as disorganized by chapters and topics as it always was. Even though many of the individual chapters are well-written and interesting, I get the feeling the whole thing was thrown together as fast as they could get it out. Many times when I am looking up information, I can't even go to a specific chapter and be sure I'll find it there...I have to use the index in the back of the book. That is okay, but it is time-consuming and I think that students and educators would be better served if the book were more carefully organized. It should be remembered that writing a book for Neuroscience is difficult at best, because the information changes at least every three months...so by the time a textbook gets to print, some of what they have said is already out of date. Karen Sadler, Science Education, University of Pittsburgh, [e-mail]

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Summary: An Excellent Basic Text
Review: This book is for those who already have some knowledge of the fundamentals of neuroanatomy. It is clearly written and beautifully illustrated.

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Summary: Good overview of neurobiology
Review: 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.