SUBJECT INDEX, VOLUMES I— III 



'997 



after-potentials of, 1 14-1 17 

 blocking by 



asphyxia, 471, 472 



cocaine, 471 

 C, conduction in, 394 

 caliber spectra, 984 

 conduction in, 102-114 

 electrotonic state, 1 1 1 

 excitability 



determination, 99 



relation to threshold, 98 

 explanation of properties, 64 

 groups I-IV, 469 

 groups A, B and C, 984 

 heterogenous regeneration, 996 

 interaction, 82 



metabolism, activity and rest, 1821 

 metabolism during regeneration, 1820 

 myelinated 



as cable, 86 



distribution, 983 



potential field of impulse, 1 1 1 

 peripheral, cutaneous, 393 

 potentials from, 273 

 recovery curve of, 80 

 regeneration, 995, 996, 1928 



species differences, 995 

 repetitive firing, 1 16 



constant current and, 127 



impulse interval, 127 



membrane potential and, 1 1 7 



nerve accommodation and, 127 



sensorimotor cortex, 42 1 



sensory receptors and, 127 

 rhythmical activity, 115 

 saltatory conduction in, 106-1 13 

 specificity of thermal response, 444 

 temperature and activity, 446 

 threshold of, 94-100 

 unit activity of, 269-270 

 Nerve impulse, 75-119 



see also Conduction , Transmission 

 afferent discharges 



modification of, 128 

 along uniform axon, 102 

 character, 79 

 conditioning 



end-plate potential and, 208 

 external resistance and, 106 

 facilitation of, 184 

 How, brightness and, 1456 

 frequency, 1 1 34, 1137 



stimulus strength, 1454 

 generation of, 70 

 importance of local circuit, 102 

 insulating air gap and, 108 

 membrane conductance of, 89-94 

 multiplication, 82 

 nodes of Ranvier and, 109 

 potential field, 1 1 1 

 propagation, 62 



rate of conduction 



fiber diameter and, 78 

 refractory period of, 80 

 saltatory conduction of, 1 06- 1 1 3 

 site of initiation, 135 

 sodium theory of, 62-65, 93, 94, 118, 



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spatial summation and, 186 



summation, 130 



two-way conduction, 81 



velocity, 103 



volume conductor 



potential field calculation and, 105 



Weber-Fechner law, 1 26 

 Nerve net 



in coelenterates, 249 



in Seyphozoans, 252 

 Neural function 



alterations of metabolism and, 180,2 



dehydration and, 1891 



minerals and, 1891 



mushroom poisoning add. 1 ft' > j 



nondelieitary abnormalities of nutri- 

 tional origin, 1891 



nutritional neuropathies, 1891 



protein deficiency and, 1891 



starvation and, 1891 



vitamins, 1891 

 Neurochemistry 



see also Central nervous system, chem- 

 istry 



basic problems. 1 70,3 

 Neurocrinie 



definition, 1039 

 Neurogenesis 



stimulation of, 1820 

 Neuroglia 



enzymes of, 1818, 1876 



5-hydroxytryptamine and, 1818 



metabolism, 1805, 1815 



oligodcndroglia 

 metabolism, 1806 



role in fluid exchange, 1868 

 Neurohormones 



see also Neurosecretion 



activation of anterior pituitary, 1012 



cerebral blood How and, 1748 



mitochondria and, 1818 



transfer of stimuli by, 1012 

 Neurohypophysis: see Posterior pituitary 

 Neuromuscular junction 



morphology, 200 

 Neuromuscular transmission, 199 



see also Acetylcholine; Cholinergic 

 transmitter. Curare; Parasympathin ; 

 Transmitter substances 



anticholinesterases and, 210 



autonomic, 215-235 



chemical theory, 200 



electrical theory, 200 



in blood vessels, 1 133-1 137 



in coelenterates, 252 



in crustacean muscle, 243 

 in insects, 245 

 mechanism of, 2 1 1 

 skeletal, 199-212, 11 36 

 substances affecting, 199 

 temperature and, 211 

 Neuronal surface membrane 

 electrical diagram, 62 

 function of, 59 

 physiological properties, 61 

 potential across, 62 

 resting potential, 62 

 structure, 60 

 transport across, 60 

 Neurons see also Motoneurons; Pyramidal 



neurons; Sensory neurons; and parts 



of the neuron 

 action in evoked potential, 303 

 after-discharge of, 305-308 

 as neurosecretory cells, 1040 

 autorhythmicity, 308 

 axon : see Axon ; Nerve fibers 

 chemistry function, 1822-1824 

 dendrites: see Dendrites 

 dendritic potential, 1936 

 drug effects, 1824 

 enzymes in. 1816 

 epileptic state in. 342 

 evolution, 1922-1924, 1926 

 excitation, 273-276, 1935 



differences in, 171 

 excitatory, 71 

 lirst order 



spontaneous discharge, 1454 

 fractional composition, 1807 

 genera] ((imposition, 1806-1807 

 glutamic acid and, 1823 

 groups, 1954 

 impulse initiation in, 304 

 in tissue culture 



enzymes of, 1816 



metabolism. 1816-1824 



inhibitory, 71 



internal structure, 60 



interneuron single unit activity, 272, 



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 invertebrate, 230- 253 

 junction properties, 1937 

 mechanisms and behavior, 758 

 mechanisms of patterning, 1697 

 membrane of, 61-65 

 metabolism, 1805, 1815, 1823 



compartmentation, 1809 



nerve degeneration and, 1820 



regulation of, 1809 



substrates, 182 1 -1822 

 model for initiation of impulses, 274 

 morphology, 59-61, 257 

 Nissl bodies, 1807 

 nucleic acids, 1822 

 nucleolus of, 1806 

 organization, 1806-1810 



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