"The Molecular Biology of Memory Storage: A Dialog between Genes and Synapses." Reprint from Les Prix Nobel 2000. SIGNED BY ERIC KANDEL

KANDEL, Eric R.

Published by Stockholm: Printed in Sweden, Norstedts Tryckeri, 2001.

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1 leaf, pp. 283-373; 30 figs. Original wrappers. Near Fine. First Edition. Eric Kandel's Nobel Lecture delivered December 8, 2000. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000 was awarded to Eric Kandel, Arvid Carlsson, and Paul Greengard" for their discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system." SIGNED BY ERIC KANDEL: "For Mort/ One of the heroes of the/ piece. With admiration and/ friendship." In the long biographical introduction to his Nobel Prize lecture, Kandel spoke of Mortimer Ostow: "In the 1950s most psychoanalysts thought of the mind in nonbiological terms. However, several psychoanalysts--particularly two that I got to know personally and who had a background in neurology, Lawrence Kubie and Mortimer Ostow--had begun to discuss the potential importance of the biology of the brain for the future of psychoanalysis. . . . my colleague Mortimer Ostow, one of the psychoanalysts who first stirred my interest in relating psychoanalysis and the brain" (pp. 291, 323-24). In his paper "Biology and the Future of Psychoanalysis: A New Intellectual Framework for Psychiatry Revisited" (1999), Kandel wrote of Ostrow: "As early as 1962, Mortimer Ostow, a psychoanalyst trained in neurology who had a long interest in the relationship of neurobiology to psychoanalysis, pointed to the utility of using drugs in the course of psychoanalysis. He argued even then that in addition to its therapeutic value, pharmacological intervention can serve as a biological tool for investigating aspects of affective function. Ostrow observed that one of the principal effects of psychopharmacological agents is on affect, which led him to argue that affect often is a more important determinant of behavior and of illness than ideation or conscious interpretation." There is a multipart oral history of Kandel on YouTube. Part 16 is entitled "Eric Kandel--How I came to study the brain" (search for it online and you will find it). In it he speaks of Ostow and Kubie and the impact they had on Kandel's becoming a neurobiologist. Seller Inventory # 16680

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Title: "The Molecular Biology of Memory Storage: A ...

Publisher: Stockholm: Printed in Sweden, Norstedts Tryckeri, 2001.

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition