Fundamentals of Neurophysiology - Schmidt, Robert F.; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer New York, 1985)
1 The Structure of the Nervous System. -- 1.1 The Nerve Cells -- 1.2 Supporting and Nutritive Tissue -- 1.3 The Nerves -- 1.4 The Structure of the Spinal Cord -- 2 Excitation of Nerve and Muscle. -- 2.1 Resting Potential -- 2.2 Resting Potential and Na+ Influx -- 2.3 The Sodium Pump -- 2.4 The Action Potential -- 2.5 Kinetics of Excitation -- 2.6 Electrotonus and Stimulus -- 2.7 Propagation of the Action Potential -- 3 Synaptic Transmission. -- 3.1 The Neuromuscular Junction: Example of a Chemical Synapse -- 3.2 The Quantal Nature of Chemical Transmission -- 3.3 Central Excitatory Synapses -- 3.4 Central Inhibitory Synapses -- 3.5 The Transmitter Substances at Chemical Synapses -- 4 The Physiology of Small Groups of Neurons; Reflexes. -- 4.1 Typical Neuronal Circuits -- 4.2 The Monosynaptic Reflex Arc -- 4.3 Polysynaptic Motor Reflexes -- 5 Muscles -- 5.1 Contraction of the Muscle -- 5.2 Dependence of Force Development on Fiber Length and Velocity of Shortening -- 5.3 Excitation-Contraction Coupling -- 5.4 Regulation of Muscle Contraction -- 6 Motor Systems -- 6.1 Spinal Motor Systems I: Roles of Muscle Spindles and Tendon Organs -- 6.2 Spinal Motor Systems II: Polysynaptic Motor Reflexes; the Flexor Reflex -- 6.3 Functional Anatomy of Supraspinal Motor Centers -- 6.4 Reflex Control of the Posture of the Body in Space -- 6.5 Functions of the Basal Ganglia, Cerebellum and Motor Cortex -- 7 Regulatory Functions of the Nervous System, as Exemplified by the Spinal Motor System. -- 7.1 The Stretch Reflex as a Length-Control System -- 7.2 Static and Dynamic Properties of Control Systems -- 8 The Autonomic Nervous System. -- 8.1 Functional Anatomy of the Peripheral Autonomic Nervous System -- 8.2 Acetylcholine, Noradrenaline and Adrenaline -- 8.3 Smooth Muscle: Myogenic Activity and Responses to Stretching, Acetylcholine, and Adrenaline -- 8.4 Antagonistic Effects of Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Activity on Autonomic Effectors -- 8.5 Central Nervous Regulation: Spinal Reflex Arc, Bladder Regulation -- 8.6 Genital Reflexes -- 8.7 Central Nervous Regulation: Arterial Blood Pressure, Regulation of Muscle Perfusion -- 8.8 The Hypothalamus. The Regulation of Body Temperature, Osmolality of the Extracellular Fluid, and the Endocrine Glands -- 8.9 Integrative Functions of the Hypothalamus. Limbic System -- 9 Integrative Functions of the Central Nervous System. -- 9.1 Structure and General Physiology of the Cerebral Cortex; the Electroencephalogram -- 9.2 Waking, Sleeping, Dreaming -- 9.3 Consciousness and Speech: Structural and Functional Prerequisites -- 9.4 Learning and Memory -- 9.5 The Frontal Lobes -- 10 Suggested Readings -- 11 Answer Key.
Keywords: Neurobiology; Human physiology; Neurosciences; Neurobiology; Human Physiology; Neurosciences