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Physiology of the Nervous System

  • Textbook
  • © 1983

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Authors:
  1. David Ottoson

    1. Department of Physiology II, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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Table of contents (32 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Historical Survey

      • David Ottoson
      Pages 3-9

  3. General Properties of Excitable Tissues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. The Neuron

      • David Ottoson
      Pages 13-77

    3. Muscle

      • David Ottoson
      Pages 78-116

  4. Sensory Receptors

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123
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    2. Structural and Functional Features of Sensory End Organs

      • David Ottoson
      Pages 125-146

  5. The Spinal Cord

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151
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    2. Functional Organisation of the Spinal Cord

      • David Ottoson
      Pages 153-163

    3. Spinal Reflexes

      • David Ottoson
      Pages 164-178

  6. Synaptic Transmission in the Central Nervous System

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183
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    2. Synaptic Potentials

      • David Ottoson
      Pages 185-195

    3. Putative Transmitters

      • David Ottoson
      Pages 196-203

  7. The Cerebral Cortex: Development, Structure and General Functions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 207-207
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    2. Historical Survey

      • David Ottoson
      Pages 209-213

    3. Development of the Brain

      • David Ottoson
      Pages 214-218

    4. The Cytoarchitecture and Cellular Organisation of the Cerebral Cortex

      • David Ottoson
      Pages 219-225

    5. The Somatosensory System

      • David Ottoson
      Pages 226-233

    6. The Reticular System

      • David Ottoson
      Pages 234-236
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  • Department of Physiology II, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

    David Ottoson

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