Organisation and Regulation. Hierarchical and Functional Integration

✍ Scribed by G. A. Chauvet (Auth.)

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 713
• Edition: 2nd
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Hardbound. The extraordinary development of all branches of biology together with the recent breakthroughs in computer science undoubtedly explain the renewed interest in the theoretical aspects of biology. In each book in this three volume set, the author has concentrated on the mathematical methodology likely to lead to a general formalization of current physiological knowledge. It is hoped that this approach should, within the conceptual framework presented, reveal the relationships that exist between neighbouring domains of the natural world. Indeed one of the essential objectives of Theoretical Systems in Biology is precisely the search for possible relationships between the various biological disciplines. This three volume set is a translation, with extensive revisions and updates, of the French edition entitled Traité de physiologie théorique. The work has an interdisciplinary approach, covering all aspects of classi

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Some related Pergamon titles, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Pages xv-xxiv
Foreword to Volume III, Pages xxv-xxviii
Introduction to Organismal Control Systems, Page 1
Introduction to Part I, Pages 3-4
1 - The Endocrine System, Pages 5-94
2 - The Nervous System, Pages 95-216
Summary of Part I, Pages 217-218
Part II: An Introduction to the Integrated Regulation of the Organism: A Neurohormonal Field Theory, Page 219
Introduction to Part II, Pages 221-222
3 - Neural and Neurohormonal Regulations, Pages 223-355
4 - Integrated Regulation of the Organism, Pages 357-441
Summary of Part II, Pages 443-446
Introduction to Elements of Integrative Physiology: Time, Biological Organisation, and Field Theory, Page 447
Introduction to Part III, Pages 449-450
5 - The Role of Time and the Complexity of Systems, Pages 451-511
6 - Integrative Physiology: The Role of Space and Time, Pages 513-605
Summary of Part III, Pages 607-609
Conclusion to Volume III, Pages 611-626
Appendix A - Operators and Matrices, Pages 627-636
Appendix B - Statistical Mechanics, Pages 637-642
Appendix C - The Transfer Function and Optimum Control, Pages 643-656
Appendix D - Chaotic Dynamics, Pages 657-668
NOTATIONS, Pages 669-674
Bibliography, Pages 675-694
Index to Volume III, Pages 695-704