Fundamentals of Sensory Physiology

1 General Sensory Physiology, Psychophysics.- 1.1 Basic Concepts in General Sensory Physiology.- 1.2 Relation Between Stimulus and Behavior Conditioned Reflex.- 1.3 Measurement of the Intensity of Sensations Psychophysics.- 1.4 Spatial, Temporal, and Affective Aspects of Sensation.- 2 Somatovisceral Sensibility.- 2.1 Mechanoreception.- 2.2 Proprioception.- 2.3 Thermoreception.- 2.4 Visceral Sensibility.- 3 Neurophysiology of Sensory Systems.- 3.1 Transformations of Stimuli in Receptors.- 3.2 Sensory Functions of the CNS - a Survey.- 3.3 Properties and Operation of Sensory Neurons and Aggregates of Neurons.- 3.4 The Somatosensory System: Spinal Cord, Ascending Pathways, and Brain Stem.- 3.5 The Somatosensory System in Thalamus and Cortex.- 3.6 The Sensory System in the Light of Information Theory.- 4 Nociception and Pain.- 4.1 The Qualities and Components of Pain.- 4.2 Neurophysiology and Psychophysics of Pain.- 4.3 Pathophysiology of Pain Special and Abnormal Forms of Pain.- 4.4 Factors that Affect Pain Pain Therapy.- 5 Physiology of Vision.- 5.1 The Eye.- 5.2 Psychophysics of Visual Perception.- 5.3 Neurophysiology of Vision.- 5.4 Eye Movements and Sensorimotor Integration in Vision.- 6 Physiology of Hearing.- 6.1 Anatomy of the Ear.- 6.2 Auditory Performance.- 6.3 Functions of the Middle and Inner Ears.- 6.4 The Auditory Nerve and the Higher Stations of the Auditory Pathway.- 7 Physiology of the Sense of Equilibrium.- 7.1 Anatomy and Physiology of the Peripheral Organ.- 7.2 Central Nervous Basis of the Sense of Equilibrium.- 8 Physiology of Taste.- 8.1 Morphology of the Organs of Taste Subjective Taste Physiology.- 8.2 Objective Taste Physiology.- 9 Physiology of Olfaction.- 9.1 The Olfactory Mucosa Peripheral Mechanisms of Olfactory Reception.- 9.2 Subjective Olfactory Physiology Central Connections.- 10 Thirst and Hunger: General Sensations.- 10.1 Thirst.- 10.2 Hunger.- 11 Suggested Reading.- 12 Answer Key.- 13 Subject Index.