04054nam 2200601Ia 450 991064378410332120230213211652.00-470-71533-20-470-71502-2(CKB)1000000000688034(EBL)739067(OCoLC)781863569(SSID)ssj0000715324(PQKBManifestationID)11377562(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000715324(PQKBWorkID)10703090(PQKB)11506258(MiAaPQ)EBC739067(EXLCZ)99100000000068803420730214d1966 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTouch, heat, and pain[electronic resource] [proceedings] Ciba Foundation Symposium /edited by A.V.S. de Reuck and Julie KnightLondon Churchill Ltd.19661 online resource (433 p.)Novartis Foundation SymposiaDescription based upon print version of record.0-470-71482-4 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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; DiscussionGeneral 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 organsCell 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 fibresSection 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 indexNovartis Foundation SymposiaSense organsCongressesSenses and sensationCongressesSense organsSenses and sensation591.1/8591.18De Reuck Anthony V. S290946Knight Julie512647Ciba Foundation.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910643784103321Touch, heat, and pain3004828UNINA