02546cam a2200361 4500 758486830 TxAuBib 20060505120000.0 060502s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2005028565 9780393058635 HRD $29.95 0393058638 HRD $29.95 9780393058635 (OCoLC)61758023 DLC DLC TxGR TxAuBib Kandel, Eric R. In search of memory [Book] : the emergence of a new science of mind / Eric R. Kandel. 1st ed. New York, N.Y. : W. W. Norton & Company, 2006. xv, 510 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Personal memory and the biology of memory storage -- A child of Vienna -- An American education -- One cell at a time -- The nerve cell speaks -- Conversation between nerve cells -- Simple and complex neuronal systems -- Different memories, different regions of the brain -- Searching for an ideal model for studying memory -- Neural analogs of learning -- Strengthening synaptic connections -- A center for neurobiology and behavior -- Even a simple behavior can be modified by learning -- Synapses change with experience -- The biological basis of individuality -- Molecules and short-term memory -- Long-term memory -- Memory genes -- A dialogue between genes and synapses -- A return to complex memory -- Synapses also hold our fondest memories -- The brain's picture of the external world -- Attention must be paid! -- A little red pill -- Mice, men, and mental illness -- A new way to treat mental illness -- Biology and the renaissance of psychoanalytic thought -- Consciousness -- Rediscovering vienna via stockholm -- Learning from memory: prospects -- Glossary -- Notes and sources -- Acknowledgments. The author relates how his own study of memory converged with four distinct disciplines to give rise to the development of a new science of the mind that has changed our understanding of learning, memory, and mental illness. 20060505. Kandel, Eric R. Neurologists United States Biography. Medical scientists United States Biography. Nobel Prizes. Memory. Neurobiology. Cellular signal transduction. RV8