Comptes Rendus

Special issue

Aspects de l'histoire des neurosciences

Guest editor: J.-G. Barbara;  C. Debru;  P. Buser

Table of contents

Editorial Board
p. CO2
Introduction
Facets of the history of the neurosciences
p. 297
Neurosciences
The power of torpedo fish as a pathological model to the understanding of nervous transmission in Antiquity
p. 298-302
Neurosciences
Luigi Galvani's path to animal electricity
p. 303-318
Neurosciences
Vincenzo Malacarne (1744–1816): a researcher in neurophysiology between anatomophysiology and electrical physiology of the human brain
p. 319-329
Neurosciences
Time, from psychology to neurophysiology. A historical view
p. 330-339
Neurosciences
Emil du Bois-Reymond vs Ludimar Hermann
p. 340-347
Neurosciences
Science and craftsmanship: The art of experiment and instrument making
p. 348-353
Neurosciences
The origin of voluntary action. History of a physiological concept
p. 354-362
Neurosciences
Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard. An eventful life and a significant contribution to the study of the nervous system
p. 363-368
Neurosciences
Visual persistence and cinema?
p. 369-385
Neurosciences
Behaviourism and the mechanization of the mind
p. 386-397
Neurosciences
Slowly forgetting the Pavlovian adventure?
p. 398-405
Neurosciences
Constantin von Monakow (1853–1930): A pioneer in interdisciplinary brain research and a humanist
p. 406-418
Neurosciences
Henry Dale and the discovery of acetylcholine
p. 419-425
Neurosciences
Some historical difficulties of the cholinergic transmission
p. 426-436
Neurosciences
The physiological construction of the neurone concept (1891–1952)
p. 437-449
Neurosciences
Between local cultures and national styles: Units of analysis in the history of electroencephalography
p. 450-459
Neurosciences
The neurobiology of aggressive behaviour
p. 460-464
Editorial Board
p. CO3