Vestibular System Part 1: Basic Mechanisms

✍ Scribed by D. Bagger-Sjöbäck, A. Brodal, B. Cohen, G. F. Dohlman, J. M. Fredrickson, R. R. Gacek, B. E. Gernandt, H. H. Kornhuber, O. E. Lowenstein, H. Markl, G. Melvill Jones, O. Pompeiano, W. Precht, D. W. F. Schwarz, J. Wersäll (auth.), H. H. Kornhuber (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1974
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 679
• Series: Handbook of Sensory Physiology 6 / 1 : Vestibular System.
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The details of the receptor mechanism are not yet fully understood for any sensory system. However, sufficient data are available (for the vestibular system and for other systems) to permit meaningful tracking of the sensory messages through the nervous system and via conscious experience. The reception, process­ ing, storage and output of information in man and other animals, as done by means of receptors, neurons, secretory cells and muscle fibers, are collectively referred to as mind. Sensory physiologists tend to disbelieve in extrasensory perception. Sensory physiology in general is an area upon which different sciences and methods converge. Anatomists, physiologists, psychologists, physicists, chemists, and engineers have made important contributions to sensory physiology. What is special about vestibular physiology is the fact that many research workers are clinicians, living under the constant pressure of their patient's demands. This is a disadvantage when it comes to writing handbooks, but an advantage for the pa­ tient, since research is guided by clinical practice and can be quickly applied. Modern methods, such as recording from single nerve units and the correlation of electrophysiological and psychophysical data, have greatly contributed to our knowledge, yet the study of lesions is still important, especially in the vestibular field.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-14
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
The Perception of Gravity and of Angular Acceleration in Invertebrates....Pages 17-74
Comparative Morphology and Physiology....Pages 75-120
Front Matter....Pages 121-121
Morphology of the Vestibular Sense Organ....Pages 123-170
The Functional Significance of Semicircular Canal Size....Pages 171-184
Histochemistry and Metabolism of the Inner Ear....Pages 185-212
Morphological Aspects of the Efferent Vestibular System....Pages 213-220
Physiological Aspects of the Efferent Vestibular System....Pages 221-236
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Anatomy of the Vestibular Nuclei and their Connections....Pages 239-352
The Physiology of the Vestibular Nuclei....Pages 353-416
Cerebello-Vestibular Interrelations....Pages 417-476
The Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex Arc....Pages 477-540
Vestibulo-Spinal Mechanisms....Pages 541-564
Cortical Projections of the Vestibular Nerve....Pages 565-582
Vestibular Influences during Sleep....Pages 583-622
Back Matter....Pages 623-676

✦ Subjects

Human Physiology; Medicine/Public Health, general