Molecular Organization of Synapses for Chemical Transmission in the Central Nervous System

  • Eduardo de Robertis
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Abstract

According to the inspiring article by Gunther S. Stent (1968) “now that molecular genetics has become an academic discipline, one can expect that in the coming years students of the nervous system will form the avant-garde of biological research”. However, he makes the following warning: “it is possible that this study is bringing us to the limit of human understanding in that the brain may not be capable, in the last analysis, of providing an explanation for itself”. It is evident that the exploration of brain functions will need more and more of a multidisciplinary approach such as the one that is presented in this volume.

Keywords

Synaptic Vesicle Nerve Ending Cholinergic Receptor Molecular Organization Synaptic Membrane 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Eduardo de Robertis
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  1. 1.Institute of General Anatomy and EmbryologyUniversity of Buenos AiresBuenos AiresArgentina

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