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  1. About
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  3. Autobiographical Chapters
The History of Neuroscience in Autobiography

The History of Neuroscience in Autobiography is a book series, edited by Tom Albright and Larry R. Squire that details the lives and discoveries of eminent senior neuroscientists.

Autobiographical Chapters

During his term as president of the Society for Neuroscience in 1993-94, Dr. Squire initiated the collection of these autobiographies from leading neuroscientists so they could share their personal narratives.

These delightful, often humorous and touching narratives allow each scientist to discuss their lives and the forces that shaped the path to their prominent careers and discoveries.

Below is the complete series free for download (as PDFs).

Volume 13 | Volume 12 | Volume 11 | Volume 10 | Volume 9 | Volume 8 | Volume 7 | Volume 6 | Volume 5 | Volume 4 | Volume 3 | Volume 2 | Volume 1

Volume 13

The History of Neuroscience in Autobiography, Volume 13
Edited by Thomas D. Albright and Larry R. Squire
ISBN: 978-0-916110-12-3

  • Full Volume (ePUB)
  • Preface
  • Allan Irwin Basbaum
  • Joanne Berger-Sweeney
  • György Buzsáki
  • John H. Byrne
  • Patricia Smith Churchland
  • Robert Desimone
  • Charles Douglas Gilbert
  • Daniel Johnston
  • Mu-ming Poo
  • Joseph S. Takahashi
  • Shimon Ullman
  • Author Index

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Volume 12

The History of Neuroscience in Autobiography, Volume 12
Edited by Thomas D. Albright and Larry R. Squire
ISBN: 978-0-916110-11-6

  • Full Volume (ePUB)
  • Preface
  • Richard A. Andersen
  • Corey S. Goodman
  • Tomas Hökfelt
  • Darcy B. Kelley
  • George F. Koob
  • Stephen G. Lisberger
  • Gail Mandel
  • Kelsey Catherine Martin
  • Kevan A. C. Martin
  • Pasko Rakic
  • Joshua Richard Sanes
  • Wolfram Schultz
  • David L. Sparks
  • Nicholas C. Spitzer

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Volume 11

The History of Neuroscience in Autobiography, Volume 11
Edited by Thomas D. Albright and Larry R. Squire
ISBN: 978-0-916110-03-1

  • Full Volume (ePUB)
  • Preface
  • Barry J. Everitt
  • Tamás F. Freund
  • Uta Frith
  • Mary B. Kennedy
  • Eric I. Knudsen
  • Pierre J. Magistretti
  • Yasushi Miyashita
  • Dale Purves
  • Larry R. Squire
  • Michael Paul Stryker
  • Larry W. Swanson
  • Richard W. Tsien

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Volume 10

The History of Neuroscience in Autobiography, Volume 10
Edited by Thomas D. Albright and Larry R. Squire
ISBN: 978-0-916110-10-9

  • Full Volume (ePUB)
  • Preface
  • Ben A. Barres
  • Anders Björklund
  • Thomas J. Carew
  • Dennis W. Choi
  • Joseph T. Coyle
  • Kjell Fuxe
  • Michael E. Goldberg
  • Mary Elizabeth Hatten
  • Steven E. Hyman
  • Eve Marder
  • Roger A. Nicoll
  • S. Murray Sherman
  • Douglas G. Stuart
  • Author Index

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Volume 9

The History of Neuroscience in Autobiography, Volume 9
Edited by Thomas D. Albright and Larry R. Squire
ISBN: 978-0-916110-02-4

  • Full Volume (ePUB)
  • Preface
  • David H. Cohen
  • Yadin Dudai
  • Gerald D. Fischbach
  • Sten Grillner
  • Jon Howard Kaas
  • Eric Kandel
  • Nancy Kopell
  • Margaret Stratford Livingstone
  • Giacomo Rizzolatti
  • Trevor W. Robbins
  • Wolf Singer
  • David C. Van Essen
  • Author Index

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Volume 8

The History of Neuroscience in Autobiography, Volume 8
Edited by Larry R. Squire
ISBN: 978-0-615-94079-3

  • Full Volume (ePUB)
  • Huda Akil and Stanley J. Watson, Jr.
  • Philippe Ascher
  • Giovanni Berlucchi
  • Yuh-Nung Jan & Lily Jan
  • Bruce Sherman McEwen
  • Frederick A. Miles
  • Peter M. Milner
  • Fernando Nottebohm
  • Tomaso A. Poggio
  • Marcus E. Raichle, Sr.
  • Pablo Rudomin
  • Anne Treisman
  • Anne Buckingham Young

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Volume 7

The History of Neuroscience in Autobiography, Volume 7
Edited by Larry R. Squire
ISBN: 0-19-539613-8

  • Full Volume (ePUB)
  • Floyd E. Bloom
  • Jaoquin Fuster
  • Michael S. Gazzaniga
  • Bertil Hille
  • Ivan Izquierdo
  • Edward Jones
  • Krešimir Krnjevic
  • Nicole M. Le Douarin
  • Terje Lømo
  • Michael M. Merzenich
  • John Wilson Moore
  • Robert Y. Moore
  • Michael I. Posner
  • Peter H. Schiller
  • Gordon M. Shepherd
  • Robert H. Wurtz

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Volume 6

The History of Neuroscience in Autobiography, Volume 6
Edited by Larry R. Squire
ISBN: 0-12-538010-1

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  • Bernard W. Agranoff
  • Emilio Bizzi
  • Marian Cleeves Diamond
  • Charles G. Gross
  • Richard Held
  • Leslie L. Iversen
  • Masakazu Konishi
  • Lawrence Kruger
  • Susan E. Leeman
  • Vernon B. Mountcastle
  • Shigetada Nakanishi
  • Solomon H. Snyder
  • Nobuo Suga
  • Hans Thoenen

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Volume 5

The History of Neuroscience in Autobiography, Volume 5
Edited by Larry R. Squire
ISBN: 0-12-370514-2

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  • Samuel H. Barondes
  • Joseph E. Bogen
  • Alan Cowey
  • David R. Curtis
  • Ennio De Renzi
  • John S. Edwards
  • Mitchell Glickstein
  • Carlton C. Hunt
  • Lynn T. Landmesser
  • Rodolfo R. Llinas
  • Alan Peters
  • Martin Raff
  • Wilfrid Rall
  • Mark R. Rosenzweig
  • Arnold B. Schiebel
  • Gerald Westheimer

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Volume 4

The History of Neuroscience in Autobiography, Volume 4
Edited by Larry R. Squire
ISBN: 0-12-660246-8

  • Full Volume (ePUB)
  • Per Andersen
  • Mary Bunge
  • Jan Bures
  • Jean-Pierre Changeux
  • John Dowling
  • W. Maxwell Cowan (completed by Brent Stanfield)
  • Oleh Hornykiewicz
  • Andrew Huxley
  • Jac Sue Kehoe
  • Ed Kravitz
  • James McGaugh
  • Randolf Menzel
  • Mircea Steriade
  • Richard Thompson

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Volume 3

The History of Neuroscience in Autobiography, Volume 3
Edited by Larry R. Squire
ISBN: 0-12-660305-7

  • Full Volume (ePUB)
  • Morris H. Aprison
  • Brian B. Boycott
  • Vernon B. Brooks
  • Pierre Buser
  • Hsiang-Tung Chang
  • Augusto Claudio Guillermo Cuello
  • Robert W. Doty
  • Bernice Grafstein
  • Ainsley Iggo
  • Jennifer S. Lund
  • Patrick L. McGeer & Edith Graef McGeer
  • Edward R. Perl
  • Donald B. Tower
  • Patrick D. Wall
  • Wally Welker

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Volume 2

The History of Neuroscience in Autobiography, Volume 2
Edited by Larry R. Squire
ISBN: 0-12-660302-2

  • Full Volume (ePUB)
  • Lloyd M. Beidler
  • Arvid Carlsson
  • Donald R. Griffin
  • Roger Guillemin
  • Ray Guillery
  • Masao Ito
  • Martin G. Larrabee
  • Jerome Lettvin
  • Paul D. MacLean
  • Brenda Milner
  • Karl H. Pribram
  • Eugene Roberts
  • Gunther Stent

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Volume 1

The History of Neuroscience in Autobiography, Volume 1
Edited by Larry R. Squire
ISBN: 0-12-660301-4

  • Full Volume (ePUB)
  • Denise Albe-Fessard
  • Julius Axelrod
  • Peter O. Bishop
  • Theodore H. Bullock
  • Irving T. Diamond
  • Robert Galambos
  • Viktor Hamburger
  • Sir Alan L. Hodgkin
  • David H. Hubel
  • Herbert H. Jasper
  • Sir Bernard Katz
  • Seymour S. Kety
  • Benjamin Libet
  • Louis Sokoloff
  • James M. Sprague
  • Curt von Euler
  • John Z. Young

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Inquiries

Direct inquiries about DVDs and hardcover books in The History of Neuroscience in Autobiography series to jn@sfn.org.

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