NERVE ENDINGS ---THE DISCOVERY OF THE SYNAPSE by Richard Rapport. W.W. Norton, 2005
    SUBJECT = THE QUEST TO FIND HOW BRAIN CELLS COMMUNICATE

    PREFACE (p13-18)

    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (p19-20)

      1) A new way to see (p23-37)

      2) The crazy Navarran (p38-52)

      3) A laboratory in the kitchen (p53-65)

      4) Cells, fibers, and networks (p66-80)

      5) The black reaction (p81-97)

      6) The trench of science (p98-112)

      7) Climbing fibers and basket endings (p113-129)

      8) Sincere congratulations burst forth (p130-147)

      9) The prize (p148-168)

      10) Higher magnification (p169-183)

      11) Recollections of two lives (p184-196)

    EPILOGUE --- "I have grown slow and palsied" (p197-205)

    NOTES (p207-212)

    GLOSSARY (p213-215)

    BIBLIOGRAPHY (p217-220)

    INDEX (p221-240)
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