CHAPTER LXXXI 



Neurophysiology: an integration (molecules, 

 neurons and behavior 



R W C F R A R n Menial Health Research Institute, Departments of Psychiatry and Physiology, 



University of Mulligan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 



CHAPTER CONTENTS 



Introduction 



State of the Science 

 Living is seeking 

 The machine 

 Behavior 



Computer models 

 Architecture of Knowledge 

 Levels 



Functional units 

 Material traces 

 Information 

 I lomeostasis 

 Setting of the Nervous System 



Psychology and Physiology, the Black Box 

 Entering the organism 

 Entering the brain 

 Interacting units 

 System properties 

 Neural Evolution 

 Components 

 Patterns 

 Quantities 



Value of the nervous system 

 Maintenance 



Homeostasis and growth 

 Metabolism 

 Amount 

 Fuel 

 Control 

 Pathology 

 Structural ( )rganization 



Topography and Topology 

 Table of Organization 

 Decision points 

 Feed-back loops 

 Flow paths 



( !ell Types and Sp« ifit its 



So in tin al ' onsiderations 



( Ihemical considerations 



Functional considerations 

 < )i ganellcs and Function 

 Molecules and Memory 

 Dynamic < 'rganization 

 Neuron Propei tii 



I hreshold and excitation 



Threshold control 



I lend] iiir (a Hnatii i potential 



Junction properties 

 Interaction Patterns 



Fields 



Nets 



Sheets and maSSCS 



( loding 

 Major Systems 



Local and relay 



1 .oops 



Specific and general 

 I .< .u mil ( (rganization 

 Nature 



Genes and maturation 



Individual experience 

 The world image 

 Mechanism 

 Brain and Behavior Suggestions 

 The Physiological Neuron Reserve 

 Physiological Parameters 

 Reverberation 



Innovative behavior 



Tension 



Perception and attention 

 Feedback 



Reciprocal inhibition in consciousness 



Affect and drives 



Goals 

 Subjective and ( )bjective 



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