Fundamentals of Neurophysiology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. The Structure of the Nervous System

   • R. F. Schmidt

   Pages 1-18

3. Excitation of Nerve and Muscle

   • J. Dudel

   Pages 19-68

4. Synaptic Transmission

   • R. F. Schmidt

   Pages 69-102

5. The Physiology of Small Groups of Neurons; Reflexes

   • R. F. Schmidt

   Pages 103-125

6. Muscles

   • J. Dudel

   Pages 126-154

7. Motor Systems

   • R. F. Schmidt

   Pages 155-200

8. Regulatory Functions of the Nervous System, as Exemplified by the Spinal Motor System

   • M. Zimmermann

   Pages 201-215

9. The Autonomic Nervous System

   • W. Jänig

   Pages 216-269

10. Integrative Functions of the Central Nervous System

    • R. F. Schmidt

    Pages 270-316

11. Suggested Readings

    • Robert F. Schmidt

    Pages 317-322

12. Answer Key

    • Robert F. Schmidt

    Pages 323-325

13. Back Matter

    Pages 327-346

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Again rapid advances in the brain sciences have made it necessary, after only a few years, to issue a revised edition of this text. All the chapters have been reviewed and brought up to date, and some have been largely rewritten. The major revision has occurred in the chap­ ters on the autonomic nervous system and the integrative functions of the central nervous system. But in the discussion of the motor systems and other subjects as well, recent insights have necessitated certain conceptual modifications. In the description of the autonomic nervous system, the role of the intestinal innervation has been brought out more clearly than before. In addition, there is a new presentation of the physiology of smooth muscle fibers, and more attention has been paid to the postsynaptic adrenergic receptors, because of the increasing therapeutic signifi­ cance of the at f3 receptor concept. A substantial section on the genital reflexes in man and woman, including the extragenital changes during copulation, has also been added. The text on the integrative functions of the central nervous system has been expanded to include, for the first time, material on brain metabolism and blood flow and their dependence on the activity of the brain. Reference is also made to recent results of research on split­ brain and aphasic patients and on memory, as well as on the physiol­ ogy of sleeping and dreaming.

• anatomy
• attention
• brain
• central nervous system
• cortex
• metabolism
• muscle
• nervous system
• neurophysiology
• physiology
• receptor
• smooth muscle
• spinal cord
• sympathetic activity
• tissue

• Physiologisches Institut der Universität Kiel, Kiel, Federal Republik of Germany

  Robert F. Schmidt

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