04521nam 2200649Ia 450 991101975000332120200520144314.09780470715338047071533297804707150240470715022(CKB)1000000000688034(EBL)739067(SSID)ssj0000715324(PQKBManifestationID)11377562(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000715324(PQKBWorkID)10703090(PQKB)11506258(MiAaPQ)EBC739067(OCoLC)264625847(Perlego)2786917(EXLCZ)99100000000068803420730214d1966 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTouch, heat, and pain [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.9780470714829 0470714824 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 indexThe Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world. Novartis Foundation SymposiaSense organsCongressesSenses and sensationCongressesSense organsSenses and sensation591.1/8De Reuck Anthony V. S290946Knight Julie512647Ciba Foundation.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911019750003321Touch, heat, and pain3004828UNINA