In the middle and late 1960s, when it was clear that neuroendocrinology was established as a discipline in its own right, it occurred to us that auto- biographical accounts of the pioneer work in this field by the major par- ticipants would provide a highly interesting and informative account of his- tory in the making. With the death of G. W. Harris in late 1971, and the loss thereby of an outstanding pioneer and personality in neuroendocri- nology, it appeared to us to be even more urgent to undertake such a ven- ture and collect as many stories as possible. The three of us agreed that initially we would limit our invitations to the senior investigators whose re- search careers lay mostly behind them, with the hope that if this venture proved successful, we could ask younger and still very active researchers in neuroendocrinology to contribute to a subsequent volume. Most of those invited to write for this book agreed to do so, but regrettably there remain some notable absentees. The authors were requested to write a personal, and even idiosyncratic, account of the steps taken, and the motivation and drive that led them to develop their interest in the relationship between the brain and the endocrine system.
| Author: Joseph Meites |
| Publisher: Springer |
| Publication Date: Mar 19, 2012 |
| Number of Pages: 328 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1468426540 |
| ISBN-13: 9781468426540 |
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