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Neurophysiology
Cellular Biology of Neurons
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General Perspectives
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Morphology of Neurons and Neuroglia
- General morphology of neurons and neuroglia
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Excitation and Conduction
- Core conductor theory and cable properties of neurons
- Ionic basis of resting and action potentials
- Structural and metabolic processes directly related to action potential propagation
- Physical principles and formalisms of electrical excitability
- Activation in striated muscle
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Junctional Transmission
- Structure of the synapse
- Junctional transmission I. Postsynaptic mechanisms
- Junctional transmission II. Presynaptic mechanisms
- Electrical transmission: a functional analysis and comparison to chemical transmission
- Junctional transmission in smooth muscle and the autonomic nervous system
- Biochemistry and physiology of cholinergic transmission
- Biochemical aspects of neurotransmitter receptors
- Cellular aspects of catecholaminergic neurons
- Biochemistry and physiology of serotonergic transmission
- Biochemistry and physiology of amino acid transmitters
- Cellular biology of the neurosecretory neuron
- Axonal transport: the intracellular traffic of the neuron
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Cellular Interactions
- Cell culture in neurobiology
- Trophic interactions of neurons
- Specificity of neurons and their interconnections
- Glial cells
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Systems of Neurons
- Spinal neurons and synapses
- Olfactory bulb: a simple system in the mammalian brain
- Physiology of supraspinal neurons in mammals
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Neurons and Invertebrate Behavior
- Organization of invertebrate motor systems
- Principles in the organization of invertebrate sensory systems
- Neuronal plasticity and the modification of behavior
Motor Control
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Historical Perspectives
- Comments on history of motor control
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Bones, Muscles, and Transmitters
- Mechanics of skeleton and tendons
- Muscle, the motor
- Transmitters in motor systems
- Motor prostheses
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Reflexes, Neural Organization, and Control Systems
- Muscle spindles: their messages and their fusimotor supply
- Limitations of somatosensory feedback in control of posture and movement
- Neural control of muscle length and tension
- Tremor and clonus
- Motor units: anatomy, physiology, and functional organization
- Functional organization of motoneuron pool and its inputs
- Integration in spinal neuronal systems
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Descending Control Pathways
- Anatomy of the descending pathways
- Vestibulospinal and reticulospinal systems
- Pyramidal tract
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Cerebellum and Basal Ganglia
- Cerebellar afferent systems
- Electrophysiology of the cerebellar networks
- Cerebellar control of posture and movement
- Anatomy of the corpus striatum and brain stem integrating systems
- Electrophysiology of the corpus striatum and brain stem integrating systems
- Motor functions of the basal ganglia
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Cerebral Control Mechanisms
- Internal organization of the motor cortex for input-output arrangements
- Role of motor cortex in voluntary movements in primates
- Organization of secondary motor areas of cerebral cortex
- Prefrontal cortex in motor control
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Rhythmical Movements and their Voluntary Engagement
- Control of locomotion in bipeds, tetrapods, and fish
- Neural mechanisms of mandibular control: mastication and voluntary biting
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Visuomotor Control
- Control of eye movements
- Eye-head coordination
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Behavioral Motor Performance
- Human manual control
- Behavioral analysis of movement
- Corollary discharges: motor commands and perception
- Perceptual structures and distributed motor control
Sensory Processes
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Historical Perspectives
- Sensory research in historical perspective: some philosophical foundations of perception
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Assessing the Physical Environment
- Perception
- Detection and discrimination of environmental change
- Sensory function in animals
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Structural Organization of Vertebrate Sensory Systems
- Organization of the thalamocortical complex and its relation to sensory processes
- Brain stem reticular core and sensory function
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Vision
- Beginnings of visual perception: the retinal image and its initial encoding
- Vertebrate retina
- Processing of visual information within the retinostriate system
- Neural mechanisms of color vision
- Superior colliculus and visual function
- Postnatal development of function in the mammalian visual system
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Hearing
- Auditory perception
- Peripheral mechanisms of hearing
- Peripheral neural processing of auditory information
- Central neural mechanisms of hearing
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Somatic Sensation
- Sense of touch: performance and peripheral neural processes
- Central nervous mechanisms in mechanoreceptive sensibility
- Thermal sensibility
- Pain and nociception
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The Body in Space
- Vestibular system
- Perception of the body in space: mechanisms
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The Chemical Senses
- Taste and olfaction: sensory discrimination
- Central neural mechanisms of taste
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The Cerebral Cortex and Perceptual Processes
- Hemispheric specialization
Intrinsic Regulatory Systems of the Brain
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Molecular Mechanisms of Interneuronal Regulation
- Mechanisms of transmitter action in the vertebrate central nervous system
- Mechanisms of autonomic integration
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- Catecholaminergic brain stem regulatory systems
- Specific systems of the reticular core: serotonin
- Histaminergic transmission in the brain
- Organization of mammalian neuroendocrine system
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Central Integrative Systems
- Central nervous system control of nutrient homeostasis
- Hypothalamohypophysiotropic peptide systems
- Neurophysiology of breathing in mammals
- Neurogenic control of the vascular system: focus on cerebral circulation
- Central control of nociception
- Reward, motivation, cognition: psychobiology of mesotelencephalic dopamine systems
- Brain monoamines, homeostasis, and adaptive behavior
- Neuronal basis of behavioral state control
Higher Functions of the Brain
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General Perspectives
- Neuroscience and higher brain function: from myth to public responsibility
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Learning and Memory in Nonmammalian and Simple Systems
- Cell biological studies of learning in simple vertebrate and invertebrate systems
- Plasticity in adult avian central nervous system: possible relation between hormones, learning, and brain repair
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Biology of Learning and Memory in Animals
- Neurogenetics and behavior related to higher brain functions
- Mechanisms of learning in complex neural systems
- Diffuse cortical projection systems: anatomical organization and role in cortical function
- Memory: anatomical organization of candidate brain regions
- Memory: neural organization and behavior
- Circuitry of primate prefontal cortex and regulation of behavior by representational memory
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Mechanisms of Emotion and Attention
- Emotion
- Attention: Behavior and neural mechanisms
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Mechanisms of Perception
- Inferior parietal lobule function in spatial perception and visuomotor integration
- Electrophysiology of cognition
- Preattentive human vision: link between neurophysiology and psychophysics
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Theoretical Model of Higher Brain Functions
- Artificial intelligence: computational approach to vision and motor control
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Focal Aspects of Human Higher Brain Functions
- Circulatory and metabolic correlates of brain function in normal humans
- Language in humans and animals: contribution of brain stimulation and recording
- Cerebral lateralization and specialization in human central nervous system
- Abnormalities of motor behavior after cortical lesions in humans
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Human Disease and Higher Brain Functions
- Epilepsy: insights into higher brain functions in humans
- Schizophrenia: nature of the disease process and its biological correlates
- Neural correlates of cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease
