Contents 



VII. 



VIII. 



XIII. 



XV. 



The historical development of 

 neurophysiology 



MARY A. B. BRAZIER I 



Neuron physiology — Introduction 



J. C. ECCLES 59 



Conduction of the nerve impulse 



ICHIJI TASAKI 75 



Initiation of impulses at receptors 



J. A. B. GRAY 123 



Synaptic and ephaptic transmission 



HARRY GRUNDFEST 147 



Skeletal neuromuscular transmission 



PAUL FATT 199 



Autonomic neuroeffector transmission 



U. S. VON EULER 2 15 



Neuromuscular transmission in 

 invertebrates 



E. J. FURSHPAN 239 



Brain potentials and rhythms — Introduction 



A. FESSARD 255 



Identification and analysis of single unit 

 activity in the central nervous system 



KARL FRANK 261 



Intrinsic rhythms of the brain 



VV. GREY WALTER 279 



The evoked potentials 



HSIANG-TUNG CHANG 299 



Changes associated with forebrain 

 excitation processes: d.c. potentials 

 of the cerebral cortex 



JAMES L. o'lEARY 



SIDNEY GOLDRING 315 



The physiopathology of epileptic seizures 



HENRI GASTAUT 



M. FISCHER-WILLIAMS 329 



Sensory mechanisms — Introduction 



lord E. D. ADRIAN 365 



XIX. 



XXI. 



XVI. Nonphotic receptors in lower forms 



hansjochem autrum 369 



XVII. Touch and kinesthesis 

 jerzv e. rose 



VERNON B. MOUNTCASTLE 387 



XVIII. Thermal sensations 



YNGVE ZOTTERM.'^N 43 1 



Pain 



WILLI.\M H. SWEET 459 



The sense of taste 



CARL PFAFFMANN 5O7 



The sense of smell 



W. R. ADEY 535 



Vestibular mechanisms 



B. E. GERNANDT 549 



Excitation of auditory receptors 



HALLOWELL DAVIS 565 



Central auditory mechanisms 



HARLOW W. ADES 585 



Vision — Introduction 



H. K. HARTLINE 615 



Photosensitivity in invertebrates 



LORUS J. MILNE 



MARGERY MILNE 62 I 



The image-forming mechanism of the eye 



GLENN A. FRY 647 



The photoreceptor process in vision 



GEORGE WALD 67 1 



Neural activity in the retina 



RAGN.-^R GRANIT 693 



Central mechanisms of vision 



S. HOWARD HARTLEY 713 



XXXI. Central control of receptors and sensory 

 transmission systems 



ROBERT B. LIVINGSTON 74 1 



Index 761 



XXV. 



XXVI. 



XXX. 



