Book Description
Edited by W. Maxwell Cowan, Thomas C. Südhof, and Charles F. Stevens, this volume provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of a century of research on synaptic structure and function culminating in the most recent work. Written by leading experts in the field, Synapses will be of interest to a broad range of neuroscientists, including those studying the cellular and molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission, learning and memory, neuronal plasticity, neurotransmitters, and synaptic morphology. It will also be an essential reference for students and biomedical professionals in all areas of neuroscience.
About the author
W. Maxwell Cowan (1932-2002) was an internationally renowned neurobiologist and the chief scientific officer at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Thomas C. Südhof is an HHMI investigator and professor of molecular genetics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Charles F. Stevens is an HHMI investigator at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and adjunct professor of Pharmacology and of Neuroscience at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine.
