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Principles of Neural Science

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In my undergraduate neural science class we used the essentials of neural science - an abridged version of this text. The shortened version provides plenty of information for an undergraduate level course and perhaps even for medical school. In medical school, however, I used this text, The Principles, and was pleasantly surprised that was no more difficult to follow that the "simplified" version that I had used previously. I really enjoy this book and plan to use it for many years as a reference. It is truly unfortunate, however, that Prof. Ron Calabrese did not have the opportunity to infuse this text with a little of his own personal flavor!

A great book for those really interested in the neurosciences. This is a bit too detailed for the average medical student, but a great source of information for those truly interested in the neurosciences. I have often found it useful as a reference.

This book, more than any other on the subject, remains my bible. Neuron to Brain is good, as well as some others, but this remains the clasic tome. Highly recommended.

Detailed, yet easy to read. Authoritative. The authors succeed in explaining complex concepts in simple language with reference to specific and easy-to-relate-to examples. Clever and appropriate summarisation of ideas by good diagrams. I am thinking of purchasing this book.

The authors do a fine job in this work. As a physicist, I found it interesting reading and it helped me design an undergraduate physics laboratory using squid axons. As someone working in neural networks, it gave me a firm understanding of the biological processes behind these. It is well worth the price.

I found this text very useful while conducting research in behavioral pharmacology. This text is the bible of neural science. I WOULD STRONGLY ADVISE THE PURCHASING OF THIS TEXT.

As a medical student taking a basic neuroscience course, save your money. I found the text to be generally low yield for USMLE preparation. In all fairness however, this text is (or was) the "gold standard" - but that doesn't necessarily make it a good text for medical students.

It was a very important book in my study about neurophysiology. Clear, Interesting.... I hope a new edition actualized