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The first brain : the neuroscience of planarians / Oné R. Pagán.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (278 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780199965052
  • 0199965056
  • 0199358826
  • 9780199358823
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: First brainDDC classification:
  • 612.8/2 23
LOC classification:
  • QP376
NLM classification:
  • WL 300
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Contents:
Fundamentals -- Science -- Biomedical research -- The science of the brain -- An introduction to the neurosciences -- The human brain -- Some brief thoughts on pharmacology -- Planarians -- Planarians in modern biology -- Planarians in the popular culture: the arts, science fiction, fantasy, and humor -- The first brain -- From corals and plants to planarians and rats.
Summary: The story of planarians, and their use as an animal model for many types of research in neuropharmacology. The book shows how research involving planarians has led to developments in biomedicine, neurobiology, and how planarians have been involved in popular biological and cultural topics.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from digital title page (ebrary, viewed on October 20, 2014).

Fundamentals -- Science -- Biomedical research -- The science of the brain -- An introduction to the neurosciences -- The human brain -- Some brief thoughts on pharmacology -- Planarians -- Planarians in modern biology -- Planarians in the popular culture: the arts, science fiction, fantasy, and humor -- The first brain -- From corals and plants to planarians and rats.

The story of planarians, and their use as an animal model for many types of research in neuropharmacology. The book shows how research involving planarians has led to developments in biomedicine, neurobiology, and how planarians have been involved in popular biological and cultural topics.

English.

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