SUBJECT INDEX, VOLUMES I— III 2013 



movement, 738 



description of, 715 

 pattern recognition, 641 

 primary line of sight, 653 

 problems of, 715 

 real movement and, 737 

 retinal image formation and, 647-691 

 solid angle and, 665 

 striate cortex and, 727, 1477 

 sustained potentials, 729, 735 

 apparent movement and, 738 

 dendritic activity and, 735 

 triad response, 662 

 vestibular mechanisms and, 1 105 

 Visual accommodation : see Accommoda- 

 tion 

 Visual axis 



awareness of, 1 1 06 

 Visual cortex, 719-725 

 ablation in monkey, 727 

 activation of neurons in, 727 

 chemical vs. histological composition, 



1803 

 dendrite behavior in, 726 

 latency to spectral stimuli, 739 

 localization of visual lield, 1 too 

 motor integration, 812 

 neurons of 



flicker-fusion rate of, 1570 

 periodic excitability change, 309 

 postexcitatory depression and, 309 

 refractory periods, 308 

 response to stimuli, 719, 738 

 retinal stimulation and, 726 

 subcortical pathways to, 7 -:!> 

 thalamic systems and, 1570 

 units in, 1569 



visual discrimination and, 727, 1477 

 Visual discrimination 



ablation studies and, 1477 

 interocular transfer, 1478 

 Visual excitation 



absorption spectra and, 682 

 chemistry and, 671, 679 

 enzymes and, 673 

 nicotinamide and, 691 

 opsin in, 679 



spectral sensitivity and, 682 

 vitamin A and, 691 

 Visual pigments, 671-691 



see also Cyanopsin, Iodopsin; Opsin; 



Retinene; Rhodopsin 

 adaptation and, 684 

 alcohol dehydrogenase, 673 

 chemistry of, 671 

 cones and, 671 

 cyanopsin as, 678 



DPN and, 673 

 in eye, 617 

 porphyropsin as, 676 

 rhodopsin and, 672, 678 

 rods and, 671 

 visual sensitivity and, 685 

 Visual purple : see Rhodopsin 

 Visual system 



bilateral function in, 736 

 cortical response to stimuli, 719 

 habituation 



experimental production, 754 

 interaction with auditory impulses, 31 1 

 receptors 



organization of, 705 

 recruitment in, 31 1 

 sensitivity 



visual pigment and, 685 

 spatial summation, 723 

 spectral stimulation and, 738 

 stimulus area 



and implicit time, 728 

 temporal summation. 723. 724 

 Visual system, central, 713-739 

 anatomical aspects of, 1764- 1768 

 definition of, 664 

 limits, 665 

 Vitamin A 



deficiency, neural function anil, [Q03 

 function, 1903 



night blindness and, 688, [903 

 retinal integrity and, 689 

 retinitis pigmentosa and, 691 

 rhodopsin and. 672, 674 

 visual excitation and, 691 

 visual pigments and, 676 

 Vitamin B, : see Thiamine 

 Vitamin IV, r« Pyridoxine 

 Vitamin B u 

 deficiency, neural function and struc- 

 ture, 1901 

 Vitamin K : see Tocopherol 

 Vitreous humor 



see also .Aqueous humor; live and 



reverse 

 index. b->l> 

 Vocalization 



cortex and, 1357 

 Volume conductor: see Nerve impulse 

 Voluntary commands 



subcortical origin, 1696 

 Voluntary movements: see Movements, 



skilled 

 Vomiting 



central control of, 1 167 

 Vomiting rcllex 

 mediation, 960 



Wakefulness 



see also Arousal; Attention behavior; 

 Instinctive behavior; Sleep-waking 

 mechanism 

 early neurophysiological concepts, 1556 

 EEG in, 1 573- 1 589 

 hypothalamic-cortical discharge, 1561 

 hypothalamus and, 1557 

 neurophysiological mechanisms, 1555- 



'573 

 prolonged, 1288 

 reticular formation and, 1 287 

 slee P. 1533 



transition to sleep, 1575 

 Wakefulness and sleep, 971, 1287, 1288 

 Waking center 



hypothalamus and, 1559 

 Wallerian degeneration 



preganglionic fibers, 995 

 Warm libers 



see also Thermal libers 

 discharge, 448 



temperature and, 448 

 latency to cooling, 452 

 temperature change and, 450 

 Warm threshold ree Thermal thresholds 

 Warmth sensation: see Thermal sensa- 

 tions 

 Watei 



exchange in brain, 1881 

 Water deprivation 

 supraoptic nucleus, paraventricular 

 nucleus and, 1049 

 Water intake 

 see also Thirst 

 regulation of, 1200 

 Weber- lechner law r« Nerve impulse 

 Weber's deception: tee Thermal sensa- 

 tions 

 Weber's phenomenon: see 'Thermal 



sensations 

 Weber's theory: see Thermal sensations 

 Wedensky inhibition 

 definition, 159 

 explanation, 159 

 Weight discrimination 

 loss, 816 



sensorimotor integration, 814 

 Wernicke's encephalopathy 



thiamine and, 1898 

 Wilson's disease 

 lesions in, 875 

 Writing 



patterns of muscle activity, 1684 



Xanthine drugs 



cerebral blood flow and, 1757 



Volume I: pages 1-J80 Yolumr II pages 781-1440 Volume III: pages 1441-^66 



