Applied neurophysiology : with particular reference to anaesthesia /
Applied Neurophysiology is intended to promote understanding of the structure and function of the human nervous system for anesthetists. For that reason this book presented concepts rather than critical discussions of experimental work. This book is organized into five parts. There are chapters inte...
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London, England :
John Wright,
1988.
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Applied Neurophysiology: With Particular Reference to Anaesthesia; Copyright Page; Preface; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; PART 1: Cellular Organization of the Nervous System; Chapter 1. The excitable cell; PROPAGATION OF ACTION POTENTIAL; ANOXIA OF EXCITABLE CELLS; CALCIUM ANTAGONISTS; Further reading; Chapter 2. Neuromuscular junction; STRUCTURE; FUNCTION; STIMULUS-SECRETION COUPLING; EFFECTS OF REPEATED STIMULATION; POST-SYNAPTIC EVENTS; ENDPLATE POTENTIALS; GENERATION OF MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NEUROMUSCULAR DELAY AND 'JITTER'; CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; SODIUM
- BARIUM AND STRONTIUM3,4-DIAMINOPYRIDINE AND TETRAETHYL-AMMONIUM; BOTULINUM TOXIN; HEMICHOLINIUM-3 AND TRIETHYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINE; DEPOLARIZING RECEPTOR-BLOCKING DRUGS; ANTICHOLINESTERASES; NON-DEPOLARIZING RECEPTOR-BLOCKING AGENTS; D-TUBOCURARINE; ALPHA-BUNGAROTOXIN; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTICONVULSANT AND OTHER DRUGS; CATECHOLAMINES; HISTAMINE, 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE, PROSTAGLANDINS; Further reading; Chapter 3. Neurotransmitters and neuromodulators; THE GENERAL REGULATORY ROLE OF CATECHOLAMINE TRANSMITTERS; LOCALIZED TRANSMITTER SYSTEMS; AXONAL FLOW; SYNTHESIS OF TRANSMITTER
- SPONTANEOUS RELEASE OF TRANSMITTERACTIVE RELEASE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTORS; HISTAMINE; DOPAMINE, SEROTONIN, GABA, GLYCINE, GLUTAMATE, TAURINE; REGULATION OF RECEPTOR NUMBERS; ENKEPHALINS; ENDORPHINS; Further reading; Chapter 4. The principles of organization of the nervous system; SUMMATION; CONVERGENCE; DIVERGENCE; DIRECTION-SENSITIVE NEURONES; MULTIPLE CHANNEL LINKAGE; CHEMORECEPTORS; Further reading; PART 2: The Afferent Nervous System; Chapter 5. Sensation; INTEROCEPTORS; EXTEROCEPTORS; SPECIAL SENSES; SUMMATION; REFERRED SENSATION; LOCALIZATION; THE DORSAL HORN OF THE SPINAL CORD GREY MATTER
- Further readingChapter 6. Pain; SUPRASPINAL CONTROL OF AFFERENT INPUT; GATE THEORY OF PAIN; MUSCLE SPINDLE; EFFERENT NERVES TO INTRAFUSAL MUSCLE FIBRES; ROLE OF SPINDLES IN VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; Further reading; Chapter 10. Vision; COLOUR VISION; BINOCULAR VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; DEPTH PERCEPTION; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; Further reading; Chapter 11. Hearing; COCHLEA; EFFERENT CONTROL OF HEARING; LOCALIZATION OF SOUND IN SPACE; ASSOCIATION AREA FOR SOUND; Further reading; PART 3: Higher Nervous Functions; Chapter 12. Integrative functions of the cerebral cortex
- FRONTAL LOBE IN HIGHER CEREBRAL FUNCTIONSHEMISPHERE DOMINANCE; Further reading; Chapter 13. Memory and learning; PRIMITIVE SURVIVAL RESPONSES; THE HIPPOCAMPAL FORMATION; MEMORY; DOMINANCE; LATERALIZATION OF LEARNING; Further reading; Chapter 14. Appetites and motivation : the limbic system; LOCUS COERULEUS: AN ADRENERGIC ACTIVATOR; RAPHE NUCLEI: A SEROTONIN ACTIVATOR; THE AMYGDALAR CIRCUIT; THE VENTRAL AMYGDALOFUGAL BUNDLE; THE SEPTAL AREA; SEPTAL-CORTICAL CONNECTIONS; ELEMENTARY FUNCTIONS OF THE SEPTAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR; THE 'AFFECT' OF PAIN PERCEPTION; Further reading