1 The Structure of the Nervous System. - 1. 1 The Nerve Cells. - 1. 2 Supporting and Nutritive Tissue. - 1. 3 The Nerves. - 1. 4 The Structure of the Spinal Cord. - 2 Excitation of Nerve and Muscle. - 2. 1 Resting Potential. - 2. 2 Resting Potential and Na+ Influx. - 2. 3 The Sodium Pump. - 2. 4 The Action Potential. - 2. 5 Kinetics of Excitation. - 2. 6 Electrotonus and Stimulus. - 2. 7 Propagation of the Action Potential. - 3 Synaptic Transmission. - 3. 1 The Neuromuscular Junction: Example of a Chemical Synapse. - 3. 2 The Quantal Nature of Chemical Transmission. - 3. 3 Central Excitatory Synapses. - 3. 4 Central Inhibitory Synapses. - 3. 5 The Transmitter Substances at Chemical Synapses. - 4 The Physiology of Small Groups of Neurons; Reflexes. - 4. 1 Typical Neuronal Circuits. - 4. 2 The Monosynaptic Reflex Arc. - 4. 3 Polysynaptic Motor Reflexes. - 5 Muscles. - 5. 1 Contraction of the Muscle. - 5. 2 Dependence of Force Development on Fiber Length and Velocity of Shortening. - 5. 3 Excitation-Contraction Coupling. - 5. 4 Regulation of Muscle Contraction. - 6 Motor Systems. - 6. 1 Spinal Motor Systems I: Roles of Muscle Spindles and Tendon Organs. - 6. 2 Spinal Motor Systems II: Polysynaptic Motor Reflexes; the Flexor Reflex. - 6. 3 Functional Anatomy of Supraspinal Motor Centers. - 6. 4 Reflex Control of the Posture of the Body in Space. - 6. 5 Functions of the Basal Ganglia Cerebellum and Motor Cortex. - 7 Regulatory Functions of the Nervous System as Exemplified by the Spinal Motor System. - 7. 1 The Stretch Reflex as a Length-Control System. - 7. 2 Static and Dynamic Properties of Control Systems. - 8 The Autonomic Nervous System. - 8. 1 Functional Anatomy of the Peripheral Autonomic Nervous System. - 8. 2 Acetylcholine Noradrenaline and Adrenaline. - 8. 3 Smooth Muscle: Myogenic Activity and Responses to Stretching Acetylcholine and Adrenaline. - 8. 4 Antagonistic Effects of Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Activity on Autonomic Effectors. - 8. 5 Central Nervous Regulation: Spinal Reflex Arc Bladder Regulation. - 8. 6 Genital Reflexes. - 8. 7 Central Nervous Regulation: Arterial Blood Pressure Regulation of Muscle Perfusion. - 8. 8 The Hypothalamus. The Regulation of Body Temperature Osmolality of the Extracellular Fluid and the Endocrine Glands. - 8. 9 Integrative Functions of the Hypothalamus. Limbic System. - 9 Integrative Functions of the Central Nervous System. - 9. 1 Structure and General Physiology of the Cerebral Cortex; the Electroencephalogram. - 9. 2 Waking Sleeping Dreaming. - 9. 3 Consciousness and Speech: Structural and Functional Prerequisites. - 9. 4 Learning and Memory. - 9. 5 The Frontal Lobes. - 10 Suggested Readings. - 11 Answer Key. Language: English