Advances in Physiological Research

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Plenary Lectures

   1. Opening Plenary Lecture: Pioneering in Physiology in British Columbia

      • D. Harold Copp

      Pages 1-11

   2. Closing Plenary Lecture: Michel Sarrazin, 1659–1734

      • Hugh McLennan

      Pages 13-18

3. Historical Lectures

   1. Walter Bradford Cannon: Physiologist and Citizen of the World

      • A. Clifford Barger

      Pages 19-42

   2. Synapses of the Central Nervous System from Sherrington to the Present

      • J. C. Eccles

      Pages 43-68

   3. The Gaskell Effect and a Hundred Years On

      • O. F. Hutter

      Pages 69-90

4. Review Lectures

   1. Fads and Fallacies in Contemporary Physiology

      • Ernst Florey

      Pages 91-110

   2. The Architecture of Neural Centres and Understanding Neural Organization

      • J. Szentágothai

      Pages 111-129

   3. The Adrian-Zotterman Lecture: Cutaneous Sensation

      • Erik Torebjörk

      Pages 131-142

   4. Novel Neurotransmitters and the Chemical Coding of Neurones

      • J. B. Furness, M. Costa, J. L. Morris, I. L. Gibbins

      Pages 143-165

   5. Central Pattern Generation: A Concept Under Scrutiny

      • K. G. Pearson

      Pages 167-185

   6. Sympathetic Nerve Recordings in Man

      • B. G. Wallin

      Pages 187-202

   7. The Computational Study of Vision

      • Ellen C. Hildreth

      Pages 203-231

   8. Some Concepts deriving from the Neural Circuit for a Hormone-Driven Mammalian Reproductive Behaviour

      • Donald W. Pfaff, Charles V. Mobbs

      Pages 233-251

   9. The Neural Determination of Skeletal Muscle Fibre Characteristics

      • T. P. Feng

      Pages 253-270

   10. Muscle Mechanics

       • D. C. S. White

       Pages 271-293

   11. Smooth Muscle Energy Metabolism: Cytosolic Compartmentation of Metabolism and Function

       • Richard J. Paul

       Pages 295-304

   12. Thyroid Hormones, Membranes and the Evolution of Endothermy

       • A. J. Hulbert

       Pages 305-319

   13. Modern Concepts of Regulation of Cerebral Macro- and Microcirculation

       • George Mchedlishvili

       Pages 321-329

   14. Role of Chemical Substances in the Control of Food Intake

       • Yutaka Oomura

       Pages 331-352

The XXX Congress of the International Union of Physiological Sciences took place in Vancouver, Canada, in July 1986; and this Volume contains a selection of the Review Lectures which formed part of the Congress programme. They cover most of the areas of contemporary physiology and were presented by distinguished scientists from many parts of the world. An innovation at this Congress was the inclusion in the programme of a number of lectures devoted to historical subjects. These lectures attracted large audiences at the meetings, and three of them also appear in this book. Finally, the Plenary Lectures which formed part of the opening and closing ceremonies and which deal with some aspects of Canadian physiological history, find a place here as well. The Editors are grateful to all of the authors who provided the manuscripts which go to make up this book, and to John Donald for his invaluable assistance in the preparation of the final text; as well of course to all of the contributors whose participation made the Congress the success which it was. It is hoped that this Volume will provide a useful memento of the event.

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