Fundamentals of Neurophysiology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. The Structure of the Nervous System

   • Robert F. Schmidt

   Pages 1-15

3. Excitation of Nerve and Muscle

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   Pages 16-63

4. Synaptic Transmission

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   Pages 64-92

5. The Physiology of Small Groups of Neurons; Reflexes

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   Pages 93-115

6. Muscles

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   Pages 116-143

7. Motor Systems

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   Pages 144-190

8. Sensory System

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   Pages 191-232

9. The Autonomic Nervous System

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   Pages 233-276

10. Back Matter

    Pages 277-293

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The English edition of this book has been prepared from the third Gem1an edition published in December 1974. The first two German editions, published in 1971 and 1972, respectively, were very well received in Germany. We hope that this English version will enjoy a similar popularity by students wishing to understand the essential concepts relevant to the fascinating field of neurophysiology. The evolution of this book has been unique. The first edition was based on a series of lectures presented for many years to first-year physiology students at the Universities of Heidelberg and Mannheim. These lectures were converted into a series of 38 programmed texts, and after extensive testing, published as a programmed textbook of neurophysiology (N europhysiologie programmiert, Springer-Verlag Heidelberg, 1971). Thereafter the present text was written and thoroughly brought up to date. Throughout this period all of the authors were members of the Department of Physiology in Heidel­ berg allowing for maximum cooperation at all stages of this endeavor. With regard to the English edition, I wish to express my apprecia­ tion to Mr. Derek Jordan and Mrs. Inge Jordan for translating this book, and to my colleagues Dr. Mark Rowe and Dr. Dean O. Smith for their valuable comments and suggestions on the English manuscript. I express my grateful thanks to the publishers, both in Heidelberg and New York, for their unfailing courtesy and for their extraordinary efficiency.

• Neurophysiologie
• anatomy
• central nervous system
• efficiency
• electroencephalography (EEG)
• evolution
• muscle
• nervous system
• neurons
• neurophysiology
• physiology
• smooth muscle
• spinal cord
• sympathetic activity
• tissue

• Physiologisches Institut, Universität Kiel, Kiel, West Germany

  Robert F. Schmidt

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