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462 Budapest under the auspices of IBRO. At present, dopamine is known to be a neurotransmitter, especially involving basal ganglia functions but also acting in the retina. This book adds evidence that some cellular functions are modulated by dopamine in the retina, which can also control photo-mechanical movements of both rods and cones. In addition, dopamine reduces the lateral spread of neural signals, even without an apparent anatomical contact between the dopaminerglc neurons and the target cells, possibly acting as a local hormone, rather than a classical neurotransmitter. Specific topics include the dopamine innervation in the retina, their morphology and organization, especially of the amacrine cells and tyrosine and melatonin synthesis, modulation of horizontal and ganglion cell activity and visual loss in parkinsonism. The final chapter on electrophysiological abnormalities in Parkinson disease being reversed by L-DOPA may summarize well the central theme of the book.
Cerebral cortex. Vol. 7. Development and maturation of cerebral cortex. - A. Peters and E.G. Jones (Eds.) (Plenum Press, New York, 1988, 518 p., U.S. $75.00) Volume 7 is another of the outstanding series of Plenum Press books on the cerebral cortex. There are 13 chapters written by 25 contributors, mainly from the U.S.A. and England. Three chapters deserve special mention in this journal, other than the excellent accounts of early ontogenesis, role of the subplate, the reeler malformation, development of the hippocampal region, local circuit neurons, changes in neurotransmitters and their biochemistry, cytoskeletal elements, effects of nutrition and embryonic vascularization. The first of the 3 chapters is by Armstrong-James Fox and is on the physiology of developing cortical neurons. These authors describe well the data on evoked and postsynaptic potentials in immature neocortex, including the nature of the unit responses and the receptive field organization. Also their extension of the Hubel-Wiesel type of study to the developing cortex is very well done. The second chapter of special note is by Payne, Pearson and Cornwell on the visual and auditory cortical connections in the cat. Their emphasis includes commissures and subcortical projections, in addition to the development of functional connections and then the experientially induced reorganization of these latter connections. The third chapter that needs emphasis for this readership is by Greenough and Chang on plasticity of synapse structure, a popular topic today. The authors lead the reader through the evidence for changes in preexisting synapses and then show all the pattern changes that can occur, woven together with other features of
BOOK REVIEWS developmental plasticity. This book is very attractive for a reasonable price with some excellent material for all neuroscientists. Control of breathing during sleep and anesthesia. - W.A. Karczewski, P. Grieb, J. Kulesza and G. Bonsignore (Eds.) (Plenum Press, New York, 1988, 246 p., U.S. $59.50) This book represents the proceedings of the International Symposium on Control of Breathing during Sleep and Anesthesia, held in Sept. 1987 in Warsaw, Poland. There are 41 short chapters and twice that number of contributors, the majority of whom came from Poland. One advantage to a book with short chapters is that the results are succinctly presented and this book is no exception. Many important clinical problems are addressed and some are of special interest to readers of this journal, including sleep as a physiological phenomenon, heavy snorers disease (Lugaresi et al.), hypoxia during snoring, anesthesia and the central nervous system (Siesj/5), neurotransmission and neuromodulation in control of respiration, pathophysiology of SIDS (Gaultier) and neural mechanisms that lead to apnea. Auditory pathway. Structure and function. - J. Syka and R.B. Masterson (Eds.) (Plenum Press, New York, 1988, 363 p., U.S. $-'79.50) This volume stems from the Auditory Pathway Structure and Function Satellite Symposium to the World Congress of Neurosciences held in August 1987 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. The book is divided into 7 sections with further subdivisions as chapters written by 110 contributors, the majority of whom came from the U.S.A., Czechoslovakia and F.R.G. The first section on the cochlea includes 10 papers, especially on new aspects of comparative physiology and response of cochlear afferents to low-frequency tones. The next section on brain-stem nuclei includes chapters of great interest to this readership, viz., 3 papers on the BAEP, but also some excellent neuroanatomy is presented. The next section on subcortical nuclei emphasizes the organization of lateral lemniscal fibers converging onto the inferior colliculus and also divisions of the medial geniculate. The section on auditory cortex includes excellent anatomical studies, but also single neuron responses. The fifth section needs great attention since it deals with the very important efferent auditory system, but disappointingly without appropriate older and original references. The processing of complex acoustic stimuli and auditory localization is the last chapter and includes some outstanding neurophysiological studies, including unit responses in the geniculate.
Cerebral cortex. Vol. 7. Development and maturation of cerebral cortex. - A. Peters and E.G. Jones (Eds.) (Plenum Press, New York, 1988, 518 p., U.S. $75.00) Volume 7 is another of the outstanding series of Plenum Press books on the cerebral cortex. There are 13 chapters written by 25 contributors, mainly from the U.S.A. and England. Three chapters deserve special mention in this journal, other than the excellent accounts of early ontogenesis, role of the subplate, the reeler malformation, development of the hippocampal region, local circuit neurons, changes in neurotransmitters and their biochemistry, cytoskeletal elements, effects of nutrition and embryonic vascularization. The first of the 3 chapters is by Armstrong-James Fox and is on the physiology of developing cortical neurons. These authors describe well the data on evoked and postsynaptic potentials in immature neocortex, including the nature of the unit responses and the receptive field organization. Also their extension of the Hubel-Wiesel type of study to the developing cortex is very well done. The second chapter of special note is by Payne, Pearson and Cornwell on the visual and auditory cortical connections in the cat. Their emphasis includes commissures and subcortical projections, in addition to the development of functional connections and then the experientially induced reorganization of these latter connections. The third chapter that needs emphasis for this readership is by Greenough and Chang on plasticity of synapse structure, a popular topic today. The authors lead the reader through the evidence for changes in preexisting synapses and then show all the pattern changes that can occur, woven together with other features of
BOOK REVIEWS developmental plasticity. This book is very attractive for a reasonable price with some excellent material for all neuroscientists. Control of breathing during sleep and anesthesia. - W.A. Karczewski, P. Grieb, J. Kulesza and G. Bonsignore (Eds.) (Plenum Press, New York, 1988, 246 p., U.S. $59.50) This book represents the proceedings of the International Symposium on Control of Breathing during Sleep and Anesthesia, held in Sept. 1987 in Warsaw, Poland. There are 41 short chapters and twice that number of contributors, the majority of whom came from Poland. One advantage to a book with short chapters is that the results are succinctly presented and this book is no exception. Many important clinical problems are addressed and some are of special interest to readers of this journal, including sleep as a physiological phenomenon, heavy snorers disease (Lugaresi et al.), hypoxia during snoring, anesthesia and the central nervous system (Siesj/5), neurotransmission and neuromodulation in control of respiration, pathophysiology of SIDS (Gaultier) and neural mechanisms that lead to apnea. Auditory pathway. Structure and function. - J. Syka and R.B. Masterson (Eds.) (Plenum Press, New York, 1988, 363 p., U.S. $-'79.50) This volume stems from the Auditory Pathway Structure and Function Satellite Symposium to the World Congress of Neurosciences held in August 1987 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. The book is divided into 7 sections with further subdivisions as chapters written by 110 contributors, the majority of whom came from the U.S.A., Czechoslovakia and F.R.G. The first section on the cochlea includes 10 papers, especially on new aspects of comparative physiology and response of cochlear afferents to low-frequency tones. The next section on brain-stem nuclei includes chapters of great interest to this readership, viz., 3 papers on the BAEP, but also some excellent neuroanatomy is presented. The next section on subcortical nuclei emphasizes the organization of lateral lemniscal fibers converging onto the inferior colliculus and also divisions of the medial geniculate. The section on auditory cortex includes excellent anatomical studies, but also single neuron responses. The fifth section needs great attention since it deals with the very important efferent auditory system, but disappointingly without appropriate older and original references. The processing of complex acoustic stimuli and auditory localization is the last chapter and includes some outstanding neurophysiological studies, including unit responses in the geniculate.