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El cerebro y el mito del yo
El papel de las neuronas en el pensamiento y el comportamiento humanos. Durante muchos años, tras su publicación en español en 2003, «El cerebro y el mito del yo» se convirtió en un libro de referencia para todos aquellos que se preguntan por las relaciones entre la conciencia y la actividad cerebral. Tanto legos como expertos buscaban insistentemente un libro que dejó de publicarse a pesar de su vital importancia para la reflexión y el conocimiento científico. Quince años después de haber sido publicado por primera vez en inglés, El Peregrino Ediciones presenta, con emoción, una edición revisada y aumentada por el doctor Llinás con la esperanza de que su legado y sus estimulantes ideas contribuyan a un país más creativo y diverso. Coedición digital El Peregrino Ediciones, eLibros Editorial.
345 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 15, 2020
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About the author
Rodolfo R. Llinás
10 books29 followersRodolfo R. Llinás is the Thomas and Suzanne Murphy Professor of Neuroscience and Chairman of the department of Physiology & Neuroscience at the NYU School of Medicine. He went to the Gimnasio Moderno school and received his MD from the Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá in 1959 and his PhD in 1965 from the Australian National University working under Sir John Eccles. Llinás has published over 500 scientific articles.
He is especially known for his work on the physiology of the cerebellum, the thalamus, Thalamocortical dysrhythmia as well as for his pioneering work on the inferior olive, on the squid giant synapse and on human magnetoencephalography (MEG).
Llinás has written that the brain evolved because organisms needed to move around without running into other organisms or objects.
Further contributions include:
* Discovery of dendritic inhibition in central neurons (at the mammalian motoneuron).
* The functional organization of the cerebellar cortex neuronal circuits.
* Defining cerebellar function from an evolutionary perspective.
* First description of electrical coupling in the mammalian CNS ( mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus)
* First determination of presynaptic calcium current, under voltage clamp, at the squid giant synapse.
* Discovery that vertebrate neurons (cerebellar Purkinje cell) can generate calcium-dependent spikes .
* Discovery of the P-type calcium channel in the Purkinje cells.
* Discovery of low threshold spikes generated by low voltage activated calcium conductaces (presently known as due to T-type calcium channel) in inferior olive and thalamus neurons
* Direct demonstration of calcium concentration microdomains at the presynaptic active zone.
* Utilization of magnetoencephalography in clinical research.
* Discovery of subthreshold membrane potential oscillations in the inferior olive, thalamus and entorhinal cortex.
* The discovery of Thalamocortical dysrhythmia .
* Artificial olivo-cerebellar motor control system as part of the project BAUV (Undersea Vehicle) of the US Navy developed by P. Bandyopadhyay.
* Utilization of the whole brain in vitro preparation.
Llinás is a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences (1986), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1996), American Philosophical Society (1996), the Real Academia Nacional de Medicina (Spain) (1996) and the French Academy of Science (2002). Dr. Llinás has received Honorary Degrees from the following universities:
* Universidad de Salamanca (Spain) (1985)
* Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain) (1993)
* National University of Colombia (1994)
* Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain (1997)
* Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, (1998)
* Toyama University, Toyama, Japan (2005)
* University of Pavia, Italy (2006)
He was also the chairman of NASA/Neurolab Science Working Group.
He is especially known for his work on the physiology of the cerebellum, the thalamus, Thalamocortical dysrhythmia as well as for his pioneering work on the inferior olive, on the squid giant synapse and on human magnetoencephalography (MEG).
Llinás has written that the brain evolved because organisms needed to move around without running into other organisms or objects.
Further contributions include:
* Discovery of dendritic inhibition in central neurons (at the mammalian motoneuron).
* The functional organization of the cerebellar cortex neuronal circuits.
* Defining cerebellar function from an evolutionary perspective.
* First description of electrical coupling in the mammalian CNS ( mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus)
* First determination of presynaptic calcium current, under voltage clamp, at the squid giant synapse.
* Discovery that vertebrate neurons (cerebellar Purkinje cell) can generate calcium-dependent spikes .
* Discovery of the P-type calcium channel in the Purkinje cells.
* Discovery of low threshold spikes generated by low voltage activated calcium conductaces (presently known as due to T-type calcium channel) in inferior olive and thalamus neurons
* Direct demonstration of calcium concentration microdomains at the presynaptic active zone.
* Utilization of magnetoencephalography in clinical research.
* Discovery of subthreshold membrane potential oscillations in the inferior olive, thalamus and entorhinal cortex.
* The discovery of Thalamocortical dysrhythmia .
* Artificial olivo-cerebellar motor control system as part of the project BAUV (Undersea Vehicle) of the US Navy developed by P. Bandyopadhyay.
* Utilization of the whole brain in vitro preparation.
Llinás is a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences (1986), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1996), American Philosophical Society (1996), the Real Academia Nacional de Medicina (Spain) (1996) and the French Academy of Science (2002). Dr. Llinás has received Honorary Degrees from the following universities:
* Universidad de Salamanca (Spain) (1985)
* Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain) (1993)
* National University of Colombia (1994)
* Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain (1997)
* Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, (1998)
* Toyama University, Toyama, Japan (2005)
* University of Pavia, Italy (2006)
He was also the chairman of NASA/Neurolab Science Working Group.
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June 1, 2024
Es un libro informativo, perspicaz y estimulante que seguramente te hará pensar en tu propia conciencia y sentido del yo de una manera nueva. No se necesita tener conocimientos previos de neurociencia para disfrutar y aprender de este libro.
Recomendaría este libro a cualquier persona interesada en la neurociencia, la psicología o la filosofía de la mente. También es una buena lectura para cualquier persona que simplemente quiera aprender más sobre cómo funciona el cerebro.
Recomendaría este libro a cualquier persona interesada en la neurociencia, la psicología o la filosofía de la mente. También es una buena lectura para cualquier persona que simplemente quiera aprender más sobre cómo funciona el cerebro.
March 22, 2025
Técnico, para personas con bases en temas del cerebro, la mente, la biología. Denso, con mucha investigación. Interesante.
Con un prefacio del 2003 y ya nos lleva desde la neurona hasta la inteligencia artificial.
“Soy solo aquello que inervo”
Con un prefacio del 2003 y ya nos lleva desde la neurona hasta la inteligencia artificial.
“Soy solo aquello que inervo”
April 17, 2022
Un maravilloso libro que nos da un viaje por el cerebro, su actividad y la conciencia. Es importante acotar que si bien no es texto académico si usa algunos conceptos básicos.
October 10, 2024
This book is a necessary reference for all students of Artificial Intelligence
December 13, 2023
Debo reconocer que tengo aún conocimientos del tema muy limitados para disfrutar un libro de esta riqueza. Por ahora carezco del tiempo y la posibilidad de atención que merece un libro tan importante. Queda en mi lista de pendientes.
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