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Principles of Neural Science

Eric R. Kandel info, James H. Schwartz info, Thomas M. Jessell info

First published 1981

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About this book

The neuroscience bible: molecules to behaviour.

The authors

Eric R. Kandel

born 1929 · American neuropsychiatrist

  • Nobel laureate
  • Lasker Award
  • National Medal of Science
  • Wolf Prize
Profession
Neuroscientist, Physician, Psychologist, Professor
Worked at
Columbia
Studied at
NYU, Harvard, Columbia
Prizes
Lasker Award (1983), National Medal of Science (1988), Wolf Prize (1999), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2000), Canada Gairdner International Award (1987), Harvey Prize (1993), Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order (1997), Foreign Member of the Royal Society (2013), American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Karl Spencer Lashley Award (1981), Dickson Prize in Medicine (1983), Rosenstiel Award (1983), Howard Crosby Warren Medal (1984), NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing (1988), Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award for Distinguished Contributions to Neuropsychiatric Research (1988), Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Neuroscience Research (1991), Jean-Louis Signoret Prize (1992), Ralph W. Gerard Prize (1997), Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Medicine (2000), Thomas William Salmon Medal (2003), Viktor Frankl Award (2008), Pour le Mérite

Won the Nobel for showing how sea slugs form memories.

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James H. Schwartz

1932–2006 · American neurobiologist

  • Professor at Columbia
Profession
Neuroscientist, Physician, Professor
Worked at
Columbia

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Thomas M. Jessell

1951–2019 · American biochemist

  • Professor at Columbia
  • Professor at Harvard
  • Fellow of the Royal Society
Profession
Neuroscientist, Biophysicist, Biochemist, Professor
Worked at
Harvard, Columbia
Studied at
Cambridge, University of London
Studied under
Leslie Iversen
Prizes
Kavli Prize in Neuroscience (2008), Canada Gairdner International Award (2012), Fellow of the Royal Society (1996), Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2006), NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing (1994), J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine (1996), Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Neuroscience Research (2000), March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology (2001), Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award for Distinguished Contributions to Neuropsychiatric Research (2003), Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (2006), Perl-UNC Prize (2009), Gruber Prize in Neuroscience (2014), Vilcek Prize (2014), Ralph W. Gerard Prize (2016), EMBO Membership

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Reading order

Then read: Ion Channels of Excitable Membranes (Hille) · Theoretical Neuroscience (Dayan)

In print

Yes · McGraw-Hill, 6th edition

Which edition

Get the 6th edition (2021). Neuroscience moves fast: editions before the 5th (2013) miss a great deal of modern molecular and systems work.

Recommended: 6th edition (2021), get the latest

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Editions

13 editions · 4 hardcover, 1 paperback · 3 languages

First published 1981

Earliest edition listed: 1991 · Prentice-Hall International Inc. · 3rd ed. / edited by Eric R. Kandel, James H. Schwartz, Thomas M. Jessell.

  • 1991 · Prentice-Hall International Inc. · 3rd ed. / edited by Eric R. Kandel, James H. Schwartz, Thomas M. Jessell. · ISBN 9780838580684
  • 1993 · Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Malaysia · Trade Book · MAY · ISBN 9789836235091
  • 1996 · Appleton & Lange · Hardcover · 3 edition · ISBN 9780838580349
  • 2000 · McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. · Paperback · 4Rev Ed edition · ISBN 9780071120005
  • 2000 · McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. · ISBN 9780071120005
  • 2000 · McGraw-Hill, Health Professions Division · 4th ed. · ISBN 9780071120005
  • 2000 · McGraw-Hill Medical · Hardcover · 4 edition · ISBN 9780838577011
  • 2003 · CEA · 3. ed. · Italian · ISBN 9788840812564
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  • 2008 · Not Avail · ISBN 9780071390118
  • 2008 · Not Avail · Hardcover · 5th edition
  • 2008 · Not Avail · Hardcover · 5th edition · ISBN 9780071390118
  • 2021 · McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing · ISBN 9781259642234
  • 2021 · McGraw-Hill Education · ISBN 9781264267682

The list may be incomplete, especially for older and non-English editions.

Subjects

Neuroscience