The Discovery of Bioelectricity:
Resources on the on the Internet
Renato M.E. Sabbatini, PhD
Biographies
Sites
- The
Electrical Activity of the Nervous System (from Galvani to Chaos). Marc S. Weiss.
- NASA NeuroLab
Spotlight On Neuroscience: A
historical timeline of neuroscience, including short biographies on Descartes, Galvani,
Golgi, His, von Kolliker,
Ramon
y Cajal, Adrian, Erlanger
and Gasser.
- Mind
and Body: René Descartes to William James.
By Robert H., Bryn Mawr College, USA
Excellent historical and philosophical outline, with a chapter on René Descartes.
- The
Brain Project, by Stephen Jones
has a site on the history of neurophysiology, with:
Publications
- Brazier, M.A.B.: The historical development of
neurophysiology. Chapter I. The
Handbook of Neurophysiology, American
Physiological Society, Washington, DC, 1959, p. 1-58.
- Brazier, M.A.B: A History of Neurophysiology
in the 17th and 18th Centuries: From Concept to Experiment. Lippincot-Raven Publ., 1984
- Brazier, M.A.B. A History of Neurophysiology in
the 19th Century. Raven Press, New York, 1984.
- Changeux, J-P. Neuronal Man,
1985
- Physiologists of Minds: Brain Scientists from Gall to Penfield. In: Pioneers of Psychology. Raymond E. Fancher, York University, Third Edition, WW Norton & Co, 1995.
Tools of the Trade
The Discovery of Bioelectricity
Renato M.E. Sabbatini
Brain & Mind Magazine 2(6), June/September
1998
Copyright (c) 1998 The State University of Campinas,
Brazil
Center for Biomedical Informatics
Camilo Golgi: Biography. Nobel Foundation.