Investigation of Brain Function

✍ Scribed by F. Fazio, C. Fieschi, G. L. Lenzi (auth.), A. W. Wilkinson (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1981
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 262
• Series: Ettore Majorana International Science Series 7
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

During the past fifteen or twenty years there have been remarkable advances in the methods of study of the functions of the brain in a wide range of species including man. As a result there has been a large increase in the factual knowledge of brain function but the interpretation and the application of these new facts has often tended to lag. The chapters in this book are the formal statements of those specialists of various disciplines who took part in a course of lectures and discussions of methods of the investigation of brain function in May 1980. Not only do they usually indicate the present state of knowledge and comprehension of the many functions of the brain of several species, but they also give valuable indications of where future studies might profitably be directed. G. Pampiglione A. W. Wilkinson v CONTENTS Steady State Radioisotopic Assessment of Brain Function . . . . . . . . 1 F. Fazio, C. Fieschi, and G. L. Lenzi Cerebral Blood Flow and Brain Function . 9 Bo Larsen Regional Cerebral Blood Flow and Regional Cerebral Oxygen Utilisation in Acute Cerebral Ischaemia . . . . . . 27 G. L. Lenzi, C. Fieschi, and F. Fazio The Electroencephalogram of Mental Abilities 35 Duilio Giannitrapani Sensory Processes and the Making of Decisions in Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 R. Cooper Computed EEG Topography: Theory, Implementation and Application . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Richard N. Harner Investigations of Apneic Syndrome during Sleep . . . . . . 103 D. Kurtz Automatic Analysis of Human Sleep EEGs . . . . . . . . . . 123 D. Samson-Dollfus Electrical Milestones in Mammalian Brain Development 139 G.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Steady State Radioisotopic Assessment of Brain Function....Pages 1-7
Cerebral Blood Flow and Brain Function....Pages 9-25
Regional Cerebral Blood Flow and Regional Cerebral Oxygen Utilisation in Acute Cerebral Ischaemia....Pages 27-33
The Electroencephalogram of Mental Abilities....Pages 35-58
Sensory Processes and the Making of Decisions in Man....Pages 59-78
Computed EEG Topography — Theory, Implementation and Application....Pages 79-102
Investigations of Apneic Syndrome During Sleep....Pages 103-121
Automatic Analysis of Human Sleep EEGs....Pages 123-138
Electrical Milestones in Mammalian Brain Development....Pages 139-154
Epilepsy and Neurotransmitters Basis for a New Pharmacological Approach to Antiepileptic Therapy....Pages 155-182
Regulation of Brain Development....Pages 183-195
Molecular Aspects of Synaptic Transmission — The Role of Cyclic Nucleotides and Protein Phosphorylation....Pages 197-215
Surgical Revascularisation and Brain Function Following “Completed” Stroke....Pages 217-238
The Surgery of Brain Function....Pages 239-253
Back Matter....Pages 255-262

✦ Subjects

Science, general