Dynamics of Brain Monoamines

The noted French physiologist Claude Bernard was fond of noting that "experimental ideas are often born by chance, with the help of some casual observation. " If history teaches us, we realize that this statement is as true today as it was 100 years ago. Today, however, we are luckier. We have, generally, some basis from previous work so that we can follow a line of research and thus provide even our most fundamental studies with an air of scientific respectability. Present-day research is ...