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Thermoreception and temperature regulation
Camp. B~oche,n. Physrol. Vol. 98A,No. 2,pp.373-374, 1991 Pergamon Press plc. Printed in Great Britain
BOOK Thermoreception and Temperature J. BLIGH and K. VOIGT. 306~~. DM 118.
Regulation-Edited 1990. Springer,
REVIEWS eye-hand coordination; vision following loss of cortical directional selectivity; perception of musical patterns by human infants; monkey models of amblyopia; assessment of visual acuity in human infants. Volume 2 will deal with the analysis of complex signals.
by Berlin.
This volume commemorates the important contributions that Herbert Hensel made to the study of thermoregulation. The chapters are grouped into sections on: transduction of temperature into cellular responses [sensory transduction, thermoreception, cold receptors, hypothalamus]; central processing of temperature information [central projections, information from the face and teeth. cold sensation. cerebral potentials in man]; epistemology-physiology and language; functional interpretation [feed back systems, input/output relationships, thermal and non thermal regulation. shivering]; adaptive modifications [long and short term. cold and warm adaptation. seasonal adaptation of heat production, hibernators]; fever [neurobiology of endogenous pyrogens, septal peptides, phylogeny of fever]. These are very useful summaries on an important biological system.
Physiological Psychology-By R. B. GRAHAM. 8 I3pp. Wadsworth Publishing Co., Belmont, CA.
1990.
This is a textbook on the nervous system, its function and behavior. It is very well illustrated and presented. The main sections are on: neuronal function; organization of the CNS; vision; hearing and the chemical senses; somatic senses; movement; sleep and attention: control of ingestion; sexuality and reproduction; emotions and stress; learning; hippocampus in learning and memory; memory; brain dysfunction; neuropsychology of cortical function. Each chapter ends with a summary and a glossary. An excellent book that will delight students and be very useful to those who wish to get up to date on nerve and brain functions.
Connectionistic Problem Solving: Computational Aspects of Biological Learning-By S. HAMPSON. 276~~. 1990. Birkhauser. Basel. $39.
Brain Circuits and Functions of the Mind. Essays in Honour of Roger W. Sperry-Edited by C. TREVARTHEN. 410~~. 1990. Cambridge University Press, New York. Cloth $69.50 Paper $37.50.
Network systems, artificial intelligence, and input-output models are of value in indicating systems that could be possible in the CNS and in animal behavior. This book provides the background and examples of the development of such model systems of learning. It will be of interest to those developing neural networks. stimulussresponse patterns. and simple mathematical models. In particular there is a linear equation used for binary categorization of feature patterns that is used in perception training and classical conditioning. There is a very extensive bibliography and the book will be helpful to those who wish to develop network models of learning. Vision and the Brain; the Organization of the Central Visual System-Edited by B. COHEN and I. BODIS-WOLLNER. 364~~. 1990. Raven Press, New York. Sl25. Vision is the dominant sensory input to the CNS. The retina being an extension of the brain also provides a region upon which one can model brain function and development, The main sections in this book are on: visual input-retina and lateral geniculate nucleus; central processing-development and amblyopia; organization of the central visual system; visual occulomotor interface-saccades, persuit and optokinetic nastagmus; new techniques-PET scan, magneto encephalography. pattern electroretinogram; pathology of the central visual system. A very useful summary of the visual system and its functions in the brain.
Roger Sperry was awarded the Nobel Prize for his studies on the CNS (organization of the optic nerve after crushing, and split brain preparations). The first two chapters of this book provide a very useful account of his work, and the last two chapters have a list of his publications and a list of those people who have worked with him as students and colleagues The other chapters deal with: ontogenesis of neural nets; the chemoaffinity hypothesis; retinotectal connections made through ectopic optic nerves; neural reconnection between the eye and brain in goldfish; role of the corpus callosum in representation of the visual field; split brain preparations; role of the cerebellum in control of movement; intermanual transfer; hemispheric specializations in monkeys; corticolimbic memory path; partial hemispheric independence; perception in the asymmetric brain; neurological basis of hemisphericity; long term memory; verbal associative learning; right hemisphere reading; growth and education in the hemispheres; hemispheric specialization in the aged brain, forebrain commissurotomy and conscious awareness. The book provides much that will interest those concerned with the workings of the mind and brain. Molecular and Cell Biology of Membrane Proteins; Glycolipid Anchors and Cell Surface Proteins-Edited by A. J. TURNER. 220~~. 1990. Ellis Horwood/Prentice Hall, London. $45.
Comparative Perception, Volume 1, Basic Mechanisms-Edited by M. A. BERKLEY and W. C. STEBBINS. 526~~. 1990. John Wiley, New York. $89.95.
More than 50 glycolipid-anchored proteins have been identified. In some cases there is a covalent association of the lipid or glycolipid with the protein. In the latter case no parts of the polypeptide backbone is associated with the plasma membrane. The proteins range from cell coat proteins, self adhesion molecules, cell signalling molecules, enzymes, blood complement proteins, etc. The chapters deal with: organization of membrane proteins; degradation of glycosyl-phosphatidyl inositol by specific phospholipases; glycolipid structures; placental alkaline phosphatase; biosynthesis and transport of lipid anchored membrane
The sensory capacities of animals are analysed in this book. The main topics are: perception in animal behavior; epicritic sensations in primates; auditory frequency selectivity; visual after effects in the cat; perception of drug effects; olfaction perception; sense of flutter-vibration in monkeys and humans: sound localization and binaural processes; echolocation in dolphins: initiation of saccadic eye movement; 373
BOOK Thermoreception and Temperature J. BLIGH and K. VOIGT. 306~~. DM 118.
Regulation-Edited 1990. Springer,
REVIEWS eye-hand coordination; vision following loss of cortical directional selectivity; perception of musical patterns by human infants; monkey models of amblyopia; assessment of visual acuity in human infants. Volume 2 will deal with the analysis of complex signals.
by Berlin.
This volume commemorates the important contributions that Herbert Hensel made to the study of thermoregulation. The chapters are grouped into sections on: transduction of temperature into cellular responses [sensory transduction, thermoreception, cold receptors, hypothalamus]; central processing of temperature information [central projections, information from the face and teeth. cold sensation. cerebral potentials in man]; epistemology-physiology and language; functional interpretation [feed back systems, input/output relationships, thermal and non thermal regulation. shivering]; adaptive modifications [long and short term. cold and warm adaptation. seasonal adaptation of heat production, hibernators]; fever [neurobiology of endogenous pyrogens, septal peptides, phylogeny of fever]. These are very useful summaries on an important biological system.
Physiological Psychology-By R. B. GRAHAM. 8 I3pp. Wadsworth Publishing Co., Belmont, CA.
1990.
This is a textbook on the nervous system, its function and behavior. It is very well illustrated and presented. The main sections are on: neuronal function; organization of the CNS; vision; hearing and the chemical senses; somatic senses; movement; sleep and attention: control of ingestion; sexuality and reproduction; emotions and stress; learning; hippocampus in learning and memory; memory; brain dysfunction; neuropsychology of cortical function. Each chapter ends with a summary and a glossary. An excellent book that will delight students and be very useful to those who wish to get up to date on nerve and brain functions.
Connectionistic Problem Solving: Computational Aspects of Biological Learning-By S. HAMPSON. 276~~. 1990. Birkhauser. Basel. $39.
Brain Circuits and Functions of the Mind. Essays in Honour of Roger W. Sperry-Edited by C. TREVARTHEN. 410~~. 1990. Cambridge University Press, New York. Cloth $69.50 Paper $37.50.
Network systems, artificial intelligence, and input-output models are of value in indicating systems that could be possible in the CNS and in animal behavior. This book provides the background and examples of the development of such model systems of learning. It will be of interest to those developing neural networks. stimulussresponse patterns. and simple mathematical models. In particular there is a linear equation used for binary categorization of feature patterns that is used in perception training and classical conditioning. There is a very extensive bibliography and the book will be helpful to those who wish to develop network models of learning. Vision and the Brain; the Organization of the Central Visual System-Edited by B. COHEN and I. BODIS-WOLLNER. 364~~. 1990. Raven Press, New York. Sl25. Vision is the dominant sensory input to the CNS. The retina being an extension of the brain also provides a region upon which one can model brain function and development, The main sections in this book are on: visual input-retina and lateral geniculate nucleus; central processing-development and amblyopia; organization of the central visual system; visual occulomotor interface-saccades, persuit and optokinetic nastagmus; new techniques-PET scan, magneto encephalography. pattern electroretinogram; pathology of the central visual system. A very useful summary of the visual system and its functions in the brain.
Roger Sperry was awarded the Nobel Prize for his studies on the CNS (organization of the optic nerve after crushing, and split brain preparations). The first two chapters of this book provide a very useful account of his work, and the last two chapters have a list of his publications and a list of those people who have worked with him as students and colleagues The other chapters deal with: ontogenesis of neural nets; the chemoaffinity hypothesis; retinotectal connections made through ectopic optic nerves; neural reconnection between the eye and brain in goldfish; role of the corpus callosum in representation of the visual field; split brain preparations; role of the cerebellum in control of movement; intermanual transfer; hemispheric specializations in monkeys; corticolimbic memory path; partial hemispheric independence; perception in the asymmetric brain; neurological basis of hemisphericity; long term memory; verbal associative learning; right hemisphere reading; growth and education in the hemispheres; hemispheric specialization in the aged brain, forebrain commissurotomy and conscious awareness. The book provides much that will interest those concerned with the workings of the mind and brain. Molecular and Cell Biology of Membrane Proteins; Glycolipid Anchors and Cell Surface Proteins-Edited by A. J. TURNER. 220~~. 1990. Ellis Horwood/Prentice Hall, London. $45.
Comparative Perception, Volume 1, Basic Mechanisms-Edited by M. A. BERKLEY and W. C. STEBBINS. 526~~. 1990. John Wiley, New York. $89.95.
More than 50 glycolipid-anchored proteins have been identified. In some cases there is a covalent association of the lipid or glycolipid with the protein. In the latter case no parts of the polypeptide backbone is associated with the plasma membrane. The proteins range from cell coat proteins, self adhesion molecules, cell signalling molecules, enzymes, blood complement proteins, etc. The chapters deal with: organization of membrane proteins; degradation of glycosyl-phosphatidyl inositol by specific phospholipases; glycolipid structures; placental alkaline phosphatase; biosynthesis and transport of lipid anchored membrane
The sensory capacities of animals are analysed in this book. The main topics are: perception in animal behavior; epicritic sensations in primates; auditory frequency selectivity; visual after effects in the cat; perception of drug effects; olfaction perception; sense of flutter-vibration in monkeys and humans: sound localization and binaural processes; echolocation in dolphins: initiation of saccadic eye movement; 373