SUBJECT INDEX, VOLUMES 



200g 



Statoycysts 



invertebrate, 382-383 

 Status marmoratus 



corpus striatum in, 878 

 Steady potential: see D.C. potentials 

 Stiles-Crawford effect 



definition, 666 

 Stimulus discrimination 



definition, 1474 

 Stimulus strength 



nerve impulse frequency and, 1454 

 STPS: see Thalamus, specific projection 



system 

 Stray light 



eye and, 648 



pupillography in, 667 



source for eye, 667 

 Strength-duration relation 



anatomical determinants, 98 



Blair's equation for, 97 



formula, 98 

 Stretch flexor reflex 



description, 941 

 Stretch receptors 



see also Receptors 



central control of, 743 



efferent control of, 743 

 Stretch reflexes: see Myotatic reflexes 

 Striate cortex : r« Visual cortex 

 Striatum: see Corpus striatum 

 Strionigral system 



as efferent path for extrapyramidal 

 motor system, 869 

 Striopallidocortical systems 



as efferent path for extrapyramidal 

 motor system, 87 1 

 Striopallidoreticular system 



as efferent path for extrapyramidal 

 motor system, 869 

 Striopallidothalamocortical interrelation- 

 ships 



sensorimotor integration and, 815 

 Strychnine 



cerebellar activity and, 1255 



EEG and, 348 



inhibition of transmission, 7 1 



partial epilepsy and, 348 



postexcitatory depression and, |og 



synaptic transmission and, 1 75 



systemic administration, 1255 



tetanus, 561 

 Strychnine convulsions 



see also Anoxia, convulsions; Convul- 

 sions, generalized ; Elcctroshock ; 

 Epilepsy; Pentylene tetrazol seizures 



cortex, reactivity, 340 



electrical discharges during, 339 



reticular discharge during, 344 



theory of, 344 

 Stuttering 



causes of, 1 7 1 g 



Substantia nigra: see Nucleus niger 

 Subthreshold response 



action potential and, 98 



area hypothesis, 98 



membrane potential and, 98 



spatial factor 



time course and, 98 



theory, 76 

 Sucking reflex 



mediation, 960 

 Sugars 



order of sweetness, 520 

 Sulfate ion 



as measure of extracellular space, 1867 

 Sulfhydryl groups 



in neurosecretory material, 1047 

 Summation: see Nerve impulse; Pain; 



Spatial summation , Temporal summa- 

 tion 

 Superficial reflexes: tee Reflexes 

 Suppression 



areas for, 897, 1294, 1351 



characterization, 812 



relation to spreading depression, 



813. '35' 



reticular formation and, 1 zg ; 

 Supraoptic nucleus 



tee also I fypothalamus 



neurosecretion by, 1042 



water deprivation and, 1049 

 Supraopticohypophyseal tract 



tee also Pituitary stalk 



neurohypophysial hormones, 1052 



neurosecretory material, 1050 

 Swallow mg 



cardiac and respiratory changes, 95g 



central control of, 059, 1 165 

 reflex mediation, 960 

 respiratory protective reflexes, 1125 

 Sweat glands 

 denervation and. 093 



Sweating 



body temperature control, 1185 



hypothalamic thermal stimulation, 

 1 1 86 

 Sweet taste 



effect of drugs, 540 



molecular structure and, 518 



order in sugars, 520 



stereoisomerism and, -,i g 



substances giving, 518 

 Sydenham's chorea 



lesions in, 875 

 Sympathetic nervous system 



see also Autonomic nervous system 



adrenergic transmission in, 218 22g 



homeostasis and, 1000 



organization, 980 



pain and, 480-483 



touch receptors and, 74.' 



transmitter in, 979 

 Sympathetic vasoconstrictor nerves 



cardiovascular control, 1 1 32 



chemical transmission, 1 1 33, 1 1 36 

 Sympathetic vasodilator nerves 



central representation, 1151 



coronary vessels, 1 1 35 



hypothalamus and, 1 153 



in skeletal muscles, 1 1 35 



intestines, 1 136 



medulla oblongata and, 1152 



mesencephalon, 1 1 52 



pathwavs, schematic drawing, 1151 



physiologic significance, 1154 



poststimulator inhibition and, 11 36 



skin and, 1 136 



spinal cord and, 1152 

 Sympathetic vasomotor pathways 



diagram, 1 132 

 Svmpathins: see Adrenergic transmitter 

 Synapse neurosecretoire 



definition, 1030 

 Synapses, 147-194 



central, learning and, 1488 



comparative physiology of, 171-175 



definition, 150 



electrically excitable and unexcitable, 

 102 



electrogenesis by, 153-165 



electrotonic effects across, 163 



excitability, 65 



(unction, 60 



inhibitory, 65 



strychnine and, 71 

 tetanus toxin and, 71 



integrative activity, 182 



membrane 



augmented responsiveness, 169 

 chemical sensitivity, 163 



postsynaptic, definition, !><■ 



transducer action, 154, 157, 161 



pericorpuscular knobs 



postsynaptic discharge and, |0 



pharmacological properties. 175 



pMs\ naptie membrane 



sustained electrogenesis and, 156 



presynaptic membrane 

 function, 60 



spatial interrelations, 182 



structure of, 61 



transmitter specificity, 181 

 Synaptic activators 



characterization, 1 75 



mode of action, 163, 180 

 Synaptic block 



barbiturates and, 301 



repetitive stimulation and, 301 

 Synaptic delay 



definition, 170 



explanation, 1 70 

 Synaptic electrogenesis see Electrogenesis 

 Synaptic inactivators 



characterization, 163 



mode of action, 180 



Volume I: pages 1-780 Volume II: pages -81-1440 Volume III: pages 1441-1966 



