Stories
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The shape of thought
Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s description of the moment in 1887 when he saw a brain cell for the first time never fails to move neuroscientist Richard Wingate to tears. Here he captures that enduring sense of wonder.
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A quick guide to drugs, the brain and brain chemistry
Discover some of the major chemicals that govern activity in our brains, how they work, and why certain drugs have the effects they do.
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The anatomy of a brain dissection
Dissecting the brain after death not only helps confirm a diagnosis, but it can also teach us so much more about the symptoms and causes of brain diseases and how to treat them.
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Jim, the horse of death
Horses’ blood was used to produce an antitoxin that saved thousands of children from dying from diphtheria, but contamination was a deadly problem. Find out how a horse called Jim was the catalyst for the beginnings of medical regulation.
Catalogue
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Cell membranes and ion transport / J.L. Hall and D.A. Baker.
Hall, J. L. (James Logan)Date: [1977]- Books
Cell membranes : biological and pathological aspects / edited by Goetz W. Richter, Dante G. Scarpelli ; series editor, Nathan Kaufman.
American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists.Date: 1971- Archives and manuscripts
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Papers of M H F Wilkins: papers relating to work on nerve membranes
Wilkins, Maurice, 1916-2004 Davison, Peter F. Blaurock, Allen, 1940-2007Date: 1961-1973Reference: K/PP178/2/91Part of: Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick (1916-2004)- Digital Images
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Cell death around scleral blood vessels
Rob Young- Books
Cell function and differentiation : proceedings of the special FEBS Meeting on Cell Function and Differentiation, Athens, April 25-29, 1982 / editors, G. Akoyunoglou [and others].
Special FEBS Meeting on Cell Function and Differentiation (1982 : Athens, Greece)Date: [1982]