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The Root of Thought: Unlocking Glia - the Brain Cell That Will Help Us Sharpen Our Wits, Heal Injury, and Treat Brain Disease (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Root of ThoughtUntil recently, neuroscientists thought glial cells did little more than hold your brain together. But in the past few years, they've discovered that glial cells are extraordinarily important. In fact, they may hold the key to understanding intelligence, treating psychiatric disorders and brain injuries and perhaps even curing fatal conditions like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Lou Gehrig's Diseas...
Full description- Publisher: FINANCIAL TIMES PRENTICE HALL
- Published: 14 June 2009
- Format: Hardback 192 pages
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- Categories: Neurology & Clinical Neurophysiology | Popular Science | Neurosciences
- ISBN 13: 9780137151714 ISBN 10: 0137151713
- Sales rank: 254,645
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Reviews for The Root of Thought
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Not well written or edited
I am a neuroscience PhD student. I bought this book expecting it to be a fascinating overview of current glial cell biology. Unfortunately, I would not recommend this book, neither to lay-people, nor to scientists. It is not well written, has apparently not been seen by an editor, and is not particularly informative. The author has an obvious passion for his field, and I share his belief that more glial research is needed, but he writes whimsically, without explaining the subject adequately to either novices or experts. There are some good sections on the history of the field and some entertaining biographies, but little understandable science. by Nemateleotris
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