Note: Front Cover -- Sensory Functions -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- FOREWORD -- CHAPTER 1. SOMATO-SENSORY THALAMIC UNIT ACTIVITIES RECORDED IN CHRONIC AWAKE ANIMALS. MODIFICATIONS PROVOKED BY PERIPHERAL AFFERENT DEPRIVATION AND CENTRAL INHIBITORY INFLUENCES -- I - THALAMIC ACTIVITIES AFTER PARTIAL AFFERENT DEPRIVATION -- II - SPONTANEOUS CELL FREQUENCIES IN THALAMIC AREAS OF CHRONIC ANIMALS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CHAPTER 2. DIVERSIFICATION AND SYNTHESIS OF SENSORY SYSTEMS ACROSS THE CORTICAL LINK -- A/ Thalamo-cortical representation. -- B/ Multiple representation and the problem of association -- C/ The output from cerebral neocortex into action systems -- D/ Synthesis of sensory diversification in action -- References -- CHAPTER 3. FUNCTIONAL MECHANISMS OF THE PARIETAL CORTEX -- METHODS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CCÄiCIXJSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4. INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CORTICAL AND SUBCORTICAL STRUCTURES IN VISION AND EYE MOVEMENT -- REFERENCES -- PART 1: COMPARATIVE EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF HABITUATION -- CHAPTER 5. INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPARATIVE EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF HABITUATION -- CHAPTER 6. HABITUATION AND SENSITIZATION OF A STARTLE-LIKE RESPONSE ELICITED BY ELECTRICAL STIMULATION AT DIFFERENT POINTS IN THE ACOUSTIC STARTLE CIRCUIT -- A. ADVANTAGES OF ACOUSTIC STARTLE -- B. THE PRIMARY ACOUSTIC STARTLE CIRCUIT -- C. PLASTICITY OF ELECTRICALLY ELICITED 'STARTLE' -- D. SPINAL NEUROCHEMICAL MODULATION OF ACOUSTIC STARTLE -- Ε. EFFECTS OF 5-HT AND NE ANTAGONISTS ON SENSITIZATION -- F. CONCLUSIONS -- G. REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7. A POPPERIAN APPROACH TO HUMAN HABITUATION -- References -- CHAPTER 8. IONIC AND BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS UNDERLYING HABITUATION AND SENSITIZATION IN APLYSIA -- CHAPTER 9. HABITUATION OF THE ELECTRODERMAL ORIENTING REFLEX IN MONKEYS -- Method -- Results -- References. , CHAPTER 10. CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE COMPARATIVE EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF HABITUATION -- PART 2: THE PHYSIOLOGY OF AUDITORY PERCEPTION -- CHAPTER 11. COCHLEAR TRANSDUCTION-THEORETICAL ASPECTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 12. CORTICAL REPRESENTATION OF BIOSONAR INFORMATION IN THE MUSTACHED BAT -- REFERENCE LIST -- CHAPTER 13. PHYSIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY OF THE COCHLEA -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 14. CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE PHYSIOLOGY OF AUDITORY PERCEPTION -- PART 3: PAIN MECHANISMS IN THE SPINAL CORD -- CHAPTER 15. DESCENDING CONTROL OF PAIN TRANSMISSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 16. ANATOMY OF AFFERENT TERMINALS CONCERNED WITH NOCICEPTION -- THE SPINAL CORD TERMINATION OF CUTANEOUS HIGH THRESHOLD MECHANORECEPTOR (HTM) FIBERS -- AN ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY THE SPINAL CORD TERMINATION OF C-POLYMODAL NOCICEPTOR FIBERS -- PEPTIDE CONTENT OF PRIMARY AFFERENT FIBERS CONCERNED WITH NOCICEPTION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 17. NEUROPHARMACOLOGY OF SPINAL CORD REACTION TO NOXIOUS INPUTS -- A. PRIMARY AFFERENT TRANSMITTERS -- B. MODULATION OF RTS ACTIVITY BY INTRINSIC AND DESCENDING SYSTEMS -- C. FACTORS GOVERNING THE ACTIVATION OF THE RTS MODULATING SYSTEM -- D. THE ROLE OF THE RTS MODULATING SYSTEM -- References -- CHAPTER 18. EXCITATORY AND INHIBITORY INTERACTIONS BETWEEN DORSAL AND VENTRAL COLUMN INPUTS INTO THE CAT POSTCRUCIATE CORTEX -- SOMATOSENSORY PATHWAYS TO THE CORTEX -- EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH TO DISCONNECTING DCML FROM VENTRAL COLUMN INPUT -- INTERACTIONS OF DCML AND VC INPUTS ON SMI NEURONS -- GROSS POTENTIAL INTERACTIONS IN SMI CORTEX -- SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DCML-VC INTERACTIONS IN THE SMI CORTEX -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 19. HAVE THE AUTHORS ADDRESSED THEMSELVES TO THE TOPIC "PAIN MECHANISMS IN THE SPINAL CORD''? -- Definition (1) -- Definition (2) -- What is the role of C fibres in pain? -- what is the role of peptides in pain?. , What is the role of descending controls in pain -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- PART 4: THERMORECEPTION -- CHAPTER 20. THE CONTRIBUTION OF HYPOTHALAMIC UNIT ACTIVITY STUDIES TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THERMOSENSORS RELATE TO THERMOREGULATORY EFFECTORS IN MAMMALS -- INTRODUCTION -- THERMAL DISTURBANCE/THERMOREGULATORY RESPONSE ANALYSIS -- CHEMICAL SYNAPTIC INTERFERENCE STUDIES -- HYPOTHALAMIC UNIT ACTIVITY STUDIES -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 21. DISCHARGE PATTERN OF THERMORECEPTORS AND HYPOTHETICAL TRANSDUCER MECHANISMS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 22. SPINAL CORD PATHWAYS TRANSMITTING INFORMATION ABOUT NOXIOUS THERMAL STIMULI -- INTRODUCTION -- THERMAL RESPONSES OF SPINOTHALAMIC NEURONS -- RESPONSES OF THALAMIC NEURONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPETR 23. TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE RECEPTORS AND RESPONSE OF DORSAL HORN NEURONS TO THERMAL STIMULATION OF THE FEATHERED SKIN IN PIGEONS -- CHAPTER 24. CORTICAL INFLUENCES ON THE TEMPERATURE-RESPONSIVE NEURONES IN THE THALAMUS AND HYPOTHALAMUS OF THE RAT -- CHAPTER 25. THERMAL RESPONSE OF CROTALINE INFRARED RECEPTORS -- CHAPTER 26. THERMORECEPTIVE FIBERS INNERVATING THE PALM AND FINGERS: DIFFERENTIATING SMALL CHANGES IN SKIN TEMPERATURE -- RESOLUTION OF SMALL CHANGES IN SKIN TEMPERATURE IN MAN -- INTENSITY DISCRIMINATION BY THERMORECEPTIVE FIBERS -- INTENSITY CODING BY SINGLE WARM FIBERS -- INTENSITY CODING BY POPULATIONS OF WARM FIBRES -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- References -- CHAPTER 27. CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THERMORECEPTION -- PART 5: MUSCLE RECEPTOR SYSTEMS AND THEIR PROJECTION -- CHAPTER 28. SIGNIFICANCE OF PRIMARY ENDING DYNAMIC RESPONSIVENESS IN THE MODULATION OF MOTONEURONAL OUTPUT AND IN STIFFNESS REGULATION -- BACKGROUND ON STIFFNESS REGULATION -- NEW DATA ON PRIMARY ENDINGS -- References. , CHAPTER 29. FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE DISTRIBUTION OF INPUT FROM lA AND GROUP II SPINDLE AFFERENTS TO POOLS OF MOTONEURONS -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 30. THE SKELETOFUSIMOTOR INNERVATION OF CAT MUSCLE SPINDLES -- REFERENCES -- PART 6: PROCESSING OF SENSORY INFORMATION IN THE HIPPOCAMPUS -- CHAPTER 31. SYNAPTIC INTERACTION ON HIPPOCAMPAL PYRAMIDS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 32. SENSORY REORGANIZATION OF ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR BY THE HIPPOCAMPUS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 33. THE HIPPOCAMPAL FORMATION AND ITS REGULATION OF ATTENTION AND BEHAVIOR -- Footnote -- References -- CHAPTER 34. BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS OF ANTERODORSAL HIPPOCAMPAL LESIONS AND SUBSEQUENT ANOMALOUS SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION IN THE RAT -- REFERENCES -- PART 7: VISCERAL SENSORY MECHANISMS AND SENSATIONS -- CHAPTER 35. VAGAL SENSORY MECHANISMS AND SENSATIONS -- Use of chemical substance -- Sensations produced by visceral receptors -- References -- CHAPTER 36. PULMONARY VAGAL RECEPTORS AND RESPIRATORY SENSATIONS -- PULMONARY VAGAL RECEPTORS: REFLEXES AND ASSOCIATION SENSATIONS -- METHODS OF INVESTIGATION -- CHAPTER 37. SENSORY PROCESSING IN SPINAL AFFERENT PATHWAYS FROM THE BLADDER -- REFERENCES. -- CHAPTER 38. CONCLUDING REMARKS ON VISCERAL SENSORY MECHANISMS AND SENSATIONS -- PART 8: CHEMICAL SENSATIONS AND THEIR PERCEPTION -- CHAPTER 39. CHEMICAL SENSATIONS AND THEIR PERCEPTION -- REFERENCE -- CHAPTER 40. GUSTATION CONSIDERED FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF REGULATORY-INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. STAGES IN TASTE-MOTIVATED BEHAVIOR -- 3. TASTE-MOTIVATED BEHAVIOR IN BIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE -- 4. NEURAL INTEGRATIVE MECHANISMS SUBSERVING TASTE-MOTIVATED BEHAVIORS -- 5. DIRECTIONS OF FUTURE RESEARCH -- 6. SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. , CHAPTER 41. THE CENTRAL GUSTATORY AND VISCERAL AFFERENT SYSTEMS ARISING FROM THE NUCLEUS OF THE SOLITARY TRACT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 42. RESPONSES OF LATERAL HYPOTHALAMIC NEURONS TO ODOURS BEFORE AND DURING STOMACH DISTENSION IN UNANAESTHETIZED RABBITS -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 43. OSMORECEPTORS IN THE MAMMALIAN CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM -- OSMOSENSITIVE VERSUS OSMORECEPTIVE CELLS -- THE NEUROSECRETORY CELLS ARE NOT THE OSMORECEPTORS -- SOME POSSIBLE TRANSMITTERS OF OSMOTIC ACTIVATION -- SOME CANDIDATE OSMORECEPTORS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 44. CONNECTIONS FROM THE FRONTAL CORTEX AND GUSTATORY CORTEX TO THE LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS IN THE RAT: ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL AND ANATOMICAL STUDIES -- REFERENCE -- CHAPTER 45. CONCLUDING REMARKS ON CHEMICAL SENSATIONS AND THEIR PERCEPTION -- 1., Sodium intake control -- 2., Paths of taste sensation -- 3., Stomach distension effects on lateral hypothalamus activity -- 4., Peripheral or central osmoreceptors? -- 5., Convergence of other centers on the hypothalamus -- Summary -- PART 9: DEPTH PERCEPTION -- CHAPTER 46. ETHOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR SEARCH IMAGES IN PREDATORY BEHAVIOR -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 47. SELF-ORGANIZATION IN MULTIPLY CONNECTED CELLULAR ASSEMBLIES WITH APPLICATION TO BRAIN ACTIVITY -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. COHERENT PHENOMENA IN MULTIPLE UNIT ASSEMBLIES -- III. SPATIO-TEMPORAL PATTERNS IN EPILEPTIC SEIZURES -- IV. DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 48. ANATOMICAL BASIS FOR DIVERGENCE, CONVERGENCE, AND INTEGRATION IN THE CEREBRAL CORTEX -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 49. EVIDENCE FOR AN OLFACTORY SEARCH IMAGE OR REPRESENTATION IN THE EEG OF CONDITIONED CATS AND RABBITS -- MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS OF THE OLFACTORY EEG -- THE ANATOMY OF GOAL-ORIENTED BEHAVIOR -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES. , CHAPTER 50. CORTICAL MAPPING AND COMPUTATIONAL ANATOMY: A PROJECTIVE INVARIANT RECURSIVE FLOW MODEL OF VISUAL CODING.