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Principles of Neural Science
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<p>First published in 1981 by <a href="/facts/McGraw-Hill/oG8VpKJT">McGraw-Hill</a>, <i>Principles of Neural Science</i> is an influential <a href="/facts/Neuroscience/o5RV8Cas">neuroscience</a> <a href="/facts/Textbook/9sunkH2y">textbook</a> edited by <a href="/facts/Columbia_University/Hlf1gw53">Columbia University</a> professors <a href="/facts/Eric_R._Kandel/GD1pRcNN">Eric R. Kandel</a>, <a href="/facts/James_H._Schwartz_(neurobiologist)/1vTKQDKX">James H. Schwartz</a>, and <a href="/facts/Thomas_Jessell/D5Pc97TM">Thomas M. Jessell</a>. The original edition was 468 pages; now on the sixth edition, the book has grown to 1646 pages. The second edition was published in 1985, third in 1991, fourth in 2000. The fifth was published on October 26, 2012 and included Steven A. Siegelbaum and A.J. Hudspeth as editors. The sixth and latest edition was published on March 8, 2021. </p>