Principles of Neural Science

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Principles of Neural Science

Cover of fourth edition
Author	Eric R. Kandel, James H. Schwartz, and Thomas M. Jessell
Language	English
Subject	Neuroscience
Genre	Textbook
Publisher	McGraw-Hill
Publication date	1981

Principles of Neural Science is a neuroscience textbook edited by Columbia University professors Eric R. Kandel, James H. Schwartz, and Thomas M. Jessell. First published in 1981 by McGraw-Hill, the original edition was 468 pages, and has now grown to 1646 pages on the sixth edition. 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.^[1] The sixth and latest edition was published on March 8, 2021.^[2]