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Voltammetry in the neurosciences. Principles, methods, and applications
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J. Electroanal. Chem., 255 (1988) 337-338 Elsevier Sequoia S.A., Lausanne - Printed in The Netherlands
Book reviews Voltammetry in the Neurosciences. Principles, Methods, and Justice, Jr. (Editor), with a foreword by R.N. Adams. Humana 1987, xviii + 383 pp.
Applications. Press, Clifton,
J.B. NJ,
Potentiometric measurement of ion concentration in uiuo using microelectrodes has a tradition of more than quarter of a century, when an important step forward was made in 1971 by J.L. Walker who introduced the ion-selective microelectrode. Voltammetric in vivo investigations started somewhat later (PradaE, PradUova and Koryta 1971: Kissinger, Hart and Adams 1973). The most successful field of application of the latter method is studies in the neural system where the most important contributions were made by R.N. Adams, his co-workers and disciples. The first chapter of the book under review deals with general characteristics of voltammetric methods with particular attention to in vivo applications. This chapter, written by J.B. Justice, Jr., is, for the most part, understandable even to non-specialists in electrochemistry. The properties of microelectrodes (pp. 46-48) are especially well described. There are two further chapters dealing with general characteristics of in vivo voltammetry, one by R.M. Wightman et al., the other by J.O. Schenk and B.S. Bunney. The application contributions are divided into two sections which deal with neurochemistry of catecholamines and with behavioural pharmacology. The book shows that in vivo voltammetry with microelectrodes provides a useful addition to neurophysiological methods in a manner analogous to potentiometry with ion-selective microelectrodes. It should not be missed in any laboratory dealing with molecular aspects of neurosciences. J. KORYTA Prague
Physical Methods of Chemistry. and J.F. Hamilton (Editors). E143.00.
Vol. 2. Electrochemical Methods. B.W. Rossiter Wiley, Chichester, New York, 1986, xi + 904 pp,
This volume is the 2nd edition of a continuation of Weissberger’s classic Physical Methods of Organic Chemistry (1945), which was, at its time, an invaluable source of reference to many - not only organic chemists. However, science has progressed considerably since then, and there are many authoritative monographs and review articles concerned with the themes dealt with in the present volume, such as Bard
J. Electroanal. Chem., 255 (1988) 337-338 Elsevier Sequoia S.A., Lausanne - Printed in The Netherlands
Book reviews Voltammetry in the Neurosciences. Principles, Methods, and Justice, Jr. (Editor), with a foreword by R.N. Adams. Humana 1987, xviii + 383 pp.
Applications. Press, Clifton,
J.B. NJ,
Potentiometric measurement of ion concentration in uiuo using microelectrodes has a tradition of more than quarter of a century, when an important step forward was made in 1971 by J.L. Walker who introduced the ion-selective microelectrode. Voltammetric in vivo investigations started somewhat later (PradaE, PradUova and Koryta 1971: Kissinger, Hart and Adams 1973). The most successful field of application of the latter method is studies in the neural system where the most important contributions were made by R.N. Adams, his co-workers and disciples. The first chapter of the book under review deals with general characteristics of voltammetric methods with particular attention to in vivo applications. This chapter, written by J.B. Justice, Jr., is, for the most part, understandable even to non-specialists in electrochemistry. The properties of microelectrodes (pp. 46-48) are especially well described. There are two further chapters dealing with general characteristics of in vivo voltammetry, one by R.M. Wightman et al., the other by J.O. Schenk and B.S. Bunney. The application contributions are divided into two sections which deal with neurochemistry of catecholamines and with behavioural pharmacology. The book shows that in vivo voltammetry with microelectrodes provides a useful addition to neurophysiological methods in a manner analogous to potentiometry with ion-selective microelectrodes. It should not be missed in any laboratory dealing with molecular aspects of neurosciences. J. KORYTA Prague
Physical Methods of Chemistry. and J.F. Hamilton (Editors). E143.00.
Vol. 2. Electrochemical Methods. B.W. Rossiter Wiley, Chichester, New York, 1986, xi + 904 pp,
This volume is the 2nd edition of a continuation of Weissberger’s classic Physical Methods of Organic Chemistry (1945), which was, at its time, an invaluable source of reference to many - not only organic chemists. However, science has progressed considerably since then, and there are many authoritative monographs and review articles concerned with the themes dealt with in the present volume, such as Bard