The Birth of Modern Neuroscience in Turin by Stefano Sandrone, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

This book is a journey to discover and rediscover famous and lesser known aspects of the birth of modern neuroscience in Turin, from pre-Enlightenment to the 1980s. The pioneering contributions of neuroscientists from Turin and working in Turin and how they shaped the national andinternational community are critically explored. A brief selection of topics covered by The Birth of Modern Neuroscience in Turin:DT Luigi Rolando's neuroanatomical drawingsDT Cesare Lombroso's controversial stances on criminal anthropologyDT Angelo Mosso's pioneering 'neuroimaging' experimentsDT Ernesto Lugaro's contributions to neuroplasticity and psychiatryDT Federico Kiesow and the development of experimental psychology in EuropeDT Camillo Negro's first clinical neurological moviesDT Giuseppe Levi's histological works and his mentorshipDT Rita Levi Montalcini and her Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the Nerve Growth Factor | The Birth of Modern Neuroscience in Turin by Stefano Sandrone, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters