TY - JOUR
AU - GILLIATT, R. W.
AB - NOTICES OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS 337 This account of the experience of the Vienna school will be of special interest to those concerned with the interpretation of biopsies from patients with generalized disorders of the peripheral nervous system. R. W. OILLIATT The Biochemical Basis of Neuropharmacology. 2nd Edition. By J. R. COOPER, F. E. BLOOM and R. H. ROTH. 1974. Pp. 172. Oxford Medical Publications. Price £2.50. The large and rapidly expanding literature in this field makes it hard for the newcomer to pick out the most significant findings or to relate his particular interests to the area as a whole. The second edition of this book contains much new material and remains the best brief introduction to the topic. It deals in a notably clear style with the range of generally accepted neurotransmitters and with relevant subjects such as the roles of cyclic AMP, prostaglandins and histamine. There is a useful general introduction on the properties of nerve cells and the biochemistry of the CNS and short but selective reference lists mainly to more detailed reviews on specialized topics. G. CURZON Studies on Neuromuscnlar Diseases: Proceedings of the International Symposium of the German Neurological Society on Quantitative Methods of 
TI - NOTICES OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS
JO - Brain
DO - 10.1093/brain/98.2.337-a
DA - 1975-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/notices-of-recent-publications-0O0oWQ00o2
SP - 337
EP - 337
VL - 98
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
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