Metabolism of the Nervous System

Abstract

This volume, well printed, attractively bound, and provided with numerous tables and excellent illustrations, contains the papers presented at the Second International Neurochemical Symposium (Aarhus, 1956). Although most of the book is devoted to the metabolism of the peripheral and central nervous system, the symposium covers more territory than is suggested by the title, as indicated by sections on molecular structure and morphology, the permeability of the blood-brain barrier, electrolytes and nervous conduction, cholinergic and noncholinergic transmission, and the physiology and biochemistry of levarterenol, serotonin, and histamine. Most sections consist of one or two papers in which the present state of the problem is reviewed. These are followed by shorter papers concerned with more specialized aspects. The presentations are uniformly of the highest caliber. The references are adequate and the discussions brief. The book is an outstanding achievement and is highly recommended.