Symposium on the synapse / by Herbert S. Gasser, Joseph Erlanger, Detlev W. Bronk [and others].

Springfield, Ill. ; Baltimore, Md. : C.C. Thomas, 1939.

pages [361]-474 ; 27 cm

"The material contained in this brochure ... formed the subject matter of a symposium on the mechanism of synaptic transmission held at Toronto, April 29, 1939, under the auspices of the American Physiological Society at its annual meeting"--Prefatory note

"Reprinted from Journal of neurophysiology, 1939, 2, 361-472"

Gasser, H. S. Axons as examples of nervous tissue.--Erlanger, Joseph. The initiation of impulses in axons.--Bronk, D. W. Synaptic mechanisms in sympathetic ganglia.--Lorente de Nó, Raphael. Transmission of impulses through cranial motor nuclei.--Forbes, Alexander. Problems of synaptic function.

Includes bibliographies