Sensory Functions

Advances in Physiological Sciences, Volume 16: Sensory Functions contains the proceedings of the symposia of the 28th International Congress of Physiology, held in Budapest in July 1980.
The book presents scientific papers discussing a wide range of topics on sensory functions. The topics discussed include somato-sensory thalamic unit activities recorded in chronic awake animals; neuropharmacology of spinal cord reaction to noxious inputs; pain and thermoreception; and neural mechanisms for binocular depth discrimination.
Physiologists, pathologists, biologists, physicians, and researchers will find the book invaluable.

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Foreword
Somato-Sensoiy Thalamic Unit Activities Recorded in Chronic Awake Animals. Modifications Provoked by Peripheral Afferent Deprivation and Central Inhibitory Influences
Diversification and Synthesis of Sensory Systems across the Cortical Link
Functional Mechanisms of the Parietal Cortex
Interactions between Cortical and Subcortical Structures in Vision and Eye Movement
Comparative Experimental Analysis of Habituation
Introduction to the Comparative Experimental Analysis of Habituation
Habituation and Sensitization of a Startle-Like Response Elicited by Electrical Stimulation at Different Points in the Acoustic Startle Circuit
A Popperian Approach to Human Habituation
Ionic and Biochemical Mechanisms Underlying Habituation and Sensitization in Aplysia
Habituation of the Electrodermal Orienting Reflex in Monkeys
Concluding Remarks on the Comparative Experimental Analysis of Habituation
The Physiology of Auditory Perception
Cochlear Transduction - Theoretical Aspects
Cortical Representation of Biosonar Information in the Mustached Bat
Physiological Chemistry of the Cochlea
Concluding Remarks on the Physiology of Auditory Perception
Pain Mechanisms in the Spinal Cord
Descending Control of Pain Transmission
Anatomy of Afferent Terminals Concerned with Nociception
Neuropharmacology of Spinal Cord Reaction to Noxious Inputs
Excitatory and Inhibitory Interactions between Dorsal and Ventral Column Inputs into the Cat Postcruciate Cortex
Have the Authors Addressed Themselves to the Topic: "Pain Mechanisms in the Spinal Cord"?
Thermoreception
The Contribution of Hypothalamic Unit Activity Studies to the Understanding of how Thermosensors Relate to Thermoregulatory Effectors in Mammals
Discharge Pattern of Thermoreceptors and Hypothetical Transducer Mechanisms
Spinal Cord Pathways Transmitting Information about Noxious Thermal Stimuli
Temperature-Sensitive Receptors and Response of Dorsal Hom Neurons to Thermal Stimulation of the Feathered Skin in Pigeons
Cortical Influences on the Temperature-Iesponsive Neurones in the Thalamus and Hypothalamus of the Rat
Thermal Response of Crotaline Infrared Receptors
Thermoreceptive Fibers Innervating the Palm and Fingers: Differentiating Small Changes in Skin Temperature
Concluding Remarks on Thermoreception
Muscle Receptor Systems and Their Projection
Significance of Primary Ending Dynamic Responsiveness in the Modulation of Motoneuronal Output and in Stiffness Regulation
Factors that Influence Distribution of Input from IA and Group II Spindle Afferents to Pods of Motoneurons
The Skeletofusimotor Innervation of Cat Muscle Spindles
Processing of Sensory Information in the Hippocampus
Synaptic Interaction on Hippocampal Pyramids
Sensory Reorganization of Adaptive Behavior by the Hippocampus
The Hippocampal Formation and Its Regulation of Attention and Behavior
Behavioral Effects of Anterodorsal Hippocampal Lesions and Subsequent Anomalous Sympathetic Innervation in the Rat
Visceral Sensory Mechanisms and Sensations
Vagal Sensory Mechanisms and Sensations
Pulmonary Vagal Receptors and Respiratory Sensations
Sensory Processing in Spinal Afferent Pathways from the Bladder
Concluding Remarks on Visceral Sensory Mechanisms and Sensations
Chemical Sensations and Their Perception
Chemical Sensations and Their Perception
Gustation Considered from the Viewpoint of Regulatory-Integrative Physiology
The Central Gustatory and Visceral Afferent Systems Arising from the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract
Responses of Lateral Hypothalamic Neurons to Odors Before and During Stomach Distension in Unanesthetized Rabbits
Osmoreceptors in the Mammalian Central Nervous System
Connections from the Frontal Cortex and Gustatory Cortex to the Lateral Hypothalamus in the Rat: Electrophysiological and Anatomical Studies
Concluding Remarks on Chemical Sensations and Their Perception
The Neural Basis of Sensory-Perception
Ethological Evidence for Search Images in Predatory Behavior
Self-Organization in Multiply Connected Cellular Assemblies with Application to Brain Activity
Anatomical Basis for Divergence, Convergence, and Integration in the Cerebral Cortex
Evidence for an Olfactory Search Image Or Representation in the EEG of Conditioned Cats and Rabbits
Cortical Mapping and Computational Anatomy: A Projective Invariant Recursive Flow Model of Visual Coding
Concluding Remarks on the Neural Basis of Sensory-Perception
Depth Perception
Neural Mechanisms for Binocular Depth Discrimination
Theoretical and Clinical Advances in Global Stereopsis
The Role of Orientation Disparity in Stereoscopic Perception and the Development of Binocular Correspondence
Visual Acuity as a Function of Distance for Frontal and Lateral Viewing in the Pigeon
Depth Perception in the Pigeon: Looking for the Participation of Binocular Cues
Concluding Remarks on Depth Perception
Index