Revisiting the 1981 Nobel Prize to Roger Sperry, David Hubel, and Torsten Wiesel on the occasion of the centennial of the prize to Golgi and Cajal

Journal of the History of the Neurosciences

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 369-375

  Berlucchi, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Cortical Columns; David Hubel; History of neuroscience; Nature and nurture and the nervous System; Neuroembryology; Roger Sperry; Torsten Wiesel; Visual Cortex

Indexed keywords

AWARDS AND PRIZES; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EMBRYOLOGY; GOLGI COMPLEX; HEMISPHERE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROSCIENCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

GOLGI APPARATUS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOBEL PRIZE; PORTRAITS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 33749036866     PISSN: 0964704X     EISSN: 17445213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09647040600639013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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