Touch, heat, and pain [[electronic resource] ] : [proceedings] Ciba Foundation Symposium / / edited by A.V.S. de Reuck and Julie Knight

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910643784103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Churchill Ltd., 1966
• ISBN: 0-470-71533-2; 0-470-71502-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (433 p.)
• Collana: Novartis Foundation Symposia
• Altri autori (Persone): De ReuckAnthony V. S; KnightJulie
• Disciplina: 591.1/8; 591.18
• Soggetti: Sense organs; Senses and sensation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: TOUCH, HEAT AND PAIN; Preface; Contents; Chairman's introduction; Section I. Discrimination of quantitative differences in stimuli in man; Transfer functions of the skin and muscle senses; Discussion; Tissue temperature and thermal pain; Discussion; Measurement of responses to chemically induced pain; Discussion; General discussion of Section I; Linearity of transmission along the perceptual pathway; Section II. Structure of receptor organs; Unit design and array patterns in receptor organs; Discussion; Fine structure of the receptor organs and its probable functional significance; Discussion; General discussion of Section IIChemical or physical nature of transduction; Induction of receptor properties; Specificity of first-order fibres; Section III. Basic mechanisms: biophysics of supporting tissues and receptors; The relationship of skin displacement to receptor activation; Discussion; Nerve membrane properties and thermal stimulation; Discussion; Input and output ends ofa transducer process; Discussion; Initiation of impulses by mechanorensory nerve terminals; Discussion; General discussion of Section III; Function of lamellar cells of encapsulated organs; Cell membrance junctionsTerminal concentrations of mitochondria; ; Section IV. Relation of single receptor activity to parameters of stimuli; Cutaneous receptors with a high sensitivity tomechanical displacement; Discussion; Excitation of the dentinal receptor in the tooth of the cat; Discussion; Classes of receptor units predominantly related to thermal stimuli; Discussion; General discussion of Section IV; Central integration over neural space; Sensitivity of temperature detection in man; Existence of sympathetic thermosensitive fibres; Section V. Relation of activity of populations of receptors to parameters of stimuliThe representation of information about rapid changes in a posulation of receptor units signaning mechanical events; Discussion; The neural transformation of mechanical stimuli delivered to the monkey's hand; Discussion; General discussion of Section V; Factors affecting sensitivity of cutaneous mechanoreceptors; Minimal cortical input; Concluding Discussion; The neurohistology of touch, heat and pain; Pain and pain receptors; Lines for future research; Chairman's closing remarks; Author index; Subject index