Fundamentals of Sensory Physiology

Fundamentals of Sensory Physiology

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Schmidt, Robert F. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1986.
Edición:3rd ed. 1986.
Colección:Springer Study Edition,
Materias:
Human physiology.
Human Physiology.
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82598-9
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 General Sensory Physiology, Psychophysics
  • 1.1 Basic Concepts in General Sensory Physiology
  • 1.2 Relation Between Stimulus and Behavior; Conditioned Reflex
  • 1.3 Measurement of the Intensity of Sensations; Psychophysics
  • 1.4 Spatial, Temporal, and Affective Aspects of Sensation
  • 2 Somatovisceral Sensibility
  • 2.1 Mechanoreception
  • 2.2 Proprioception
  • 2.3 Thermoreception
  • 2.4 Visceral Sensibility
  • 3 Neurophysiology of Sensory Systems
  • 3.1 Transformations of Stimuli in Receptors
  • 3.2 Sensory Functions of the CNS — a Survey
  • 3.3 Properties and Operation of Sensory Neurons and Aggregates of Neurons
  • 3.4 The Somatosensory System: Spinal Cord, Ascending Pathways, and Brain Stem
  • 3.5 The Somatosensory System in Thalamus and Cortex
  • 3.6 The Sensory System in the Light of Information Theory
  • 4 Nociception and Pain
  • 4.1 The Qualities and Components of Pain
  • 4.2 Neurophysiology and Psychophysics of Pain
  • 4.3 Pathophysiology of Pain; Special and Abnormal Forms of Pain
  • 4.4 Factors that Affect Pain; Pain Therapy
  • 5 Physiology of Vision
  • 5.1 The Eye
  • 5.2 Psychophysics of Visual Perception
  • 5.3 Neurophysiology of Vision
  • 5.4 Eye Movements and Sensorimotor Integration in Vision
  • 6 Physiology of Hearing
  • 6.1 Anatomy of the Ear
  • 6.2 Auditory Performance
  • 6.3 Functions of the Middle and Inner Ears
  • 6.4 The Auditory Nerve and the Higher Stations of the Auditory Pathway
  • 7 Physiology of the Sense of Equilibrium
  • 7.1 Anatomy and Physiology of the Peripheral Organ
  • 7.2 Central Nervous Basis of the Sense of Equilibrium
  • 8 Physiology of Taste
  • 8.1 Morphology of the Organs of Taste; Subjective Taste Physiology
  • 8.2 Objective Taste Physiology
  • 9 Physiology of Olfaction
  • 9.1 The Olfactory Mucosa; Peripheral Mechanisms of Olfactory Reception
  • 9.2 Subjective Olfactory Physiology; Central Connections
  • 10 Thirst and Hunger: General Sensations
  • 10.1 Thirst
  • 10.2 Hunger
  • 11 Suggested Reading
  • 12 Answer Key
  • 13 Subject Index.

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