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Edited by Stephen G. Waxman, Jeffery D. Kocsis, and Peter K. Stys. 692 pp., illustrated. New York, Oxford University Press, 1995. $175. ISBN 0-19-508293-1.

This book is an excellent new contribution to the expanding field of neurobiology. Although a number of neuroscience textbooks are available, none have previously emphasized the relation between structure and function of the axon in detail. The editors of The Axon: Structure, Function, and Pathophysiology have assembled a group of internationally acclaimed basic and clinical neuroscientists to provide readers with a comprehensive and authoritative discussion of the axon. This book gives a much needed synthesis of axonal anatomy, electrophysiology, and pathology.

The editors approach the axon in a multidisciplinary fashion. After an excellent chapter on the historical perspective of the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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