Ciba Foundation symposium on the neurological basis of behaviour : in commemoration of Sir Charles Sherrington, O.M., G.B.E., F.R.S., 1857-1952 / / editors for the Ciba Foundation, G. E. W. Wolstenholme and Cecilia M. O'Connor

• Pubblicazione: Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Little, Brown and Company, , 1958; ©1958
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (447 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.8
• Soggetto topico: Psychophysiology
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): WolstenholmeG. E. W.; O'ConnorCecilia M
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; PREFACE; CONTENTS; CHAIRMAN'S OPENING REMARKS; EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF IDEAS RELATING THE MIND WITH THE BRAIN; REFERENCES; DISCUSSION; THE BEHAVIOUR OF NERVE CELLS; REFERENCES; DISCUSSION; THE BEHAVIOUR OF CHRONICALLY DECEREBRATE CATS; Methods; Surgical procedures; Nursing care; Levels of decerebration; Pontile or bulbospinal cats; Low mesencephalic cats; High mesencephalic cats; Observations of behaviour; Attitude, posture, righting and locomotion; Behaviour indicative of fear, anger and pain; Sexual behaviour; Responses to environmental cold and heat ; REFERENCESDISCUSSION; AN APPRAISAL OF THE EFFECTS OF DIENCEPH- ALIC STIMULATION OF CONSCIOUS ANIMALS IN TERMS OF NORMAL BEHAVIOUR; Some characteristics of the drinking behaviour of goats; Studies in connexion with stimulations of the "drinking and feeding areas" of the hypothalamus; Stimulation and ablation of the taste pathway within the thalamus; The effect of amphetamine on normal and experimentally induced drinking and eating by goats; REFERENCES; DISCUSSION; THE EFFECTS UPON BEHAVIOUR OF LESIONS IN THE DORSOMEDIAL AND ANTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI OF CAT AND MONKEY ; Dorsomedial nucleus system Anterior nucleus system; Dorsomedial nuclei; Anterior nuclei; Monkey; Dorsomedial nuclei; Anterior nuclei; REFERENCES; DISCUSSION; CORRELATED EFFECTS IN BEHAVIOUR AND ELECTRICAL BRAIN ACTIVITY EVOKED BY STIMULATION OF THE RETICULAR SYSTEM, THALAMUS AND RHINENCEPHALON IN THE CONSCIOUS ANIMAL; Method; Changes in behaviour related to the midbrain reticular formation; The arousal reaction; Changes of behaviour related to the medial thalamus; The medial thalamic arousal reactions; Absence of motor reaction or slight tranquillization ; Changes in behaviour related to the ventrolateral thalamus Changes in behaviour related to the dorsolateral thalamus; Changes in behaviour related to the rhinencephalon; Discussion and conclusions; Arousal reaction and excitation; Oral behaviour patterns (chewing, nose rubbing); Special motor reactions; REFERENCES; DISCUSSION; SELECTIVE EFFECTS OF DRIVES AND DRUGS ON "REWARD" SYSTEMS OF THE BRAIN; REFERENCES; DISCUSSION; THE RÔLE OF THE TEMPORAL CORTEX IN RECALL OF PAST EXPERIENCE AND INTERPRETATION OF THE PRESENT; Motor responses; Psychical responses; Experiential hallucinations ; Interpretive illusions Interpretive cortex; Illusional interpretation; Function of interpretive cortex; Physiology of cortical stimulation; Conclusion; REFERENCES; ""THE TEMPORAL LOBE SYNDROME" PRODUCED BY BILATERAL ABLATIONS; REFERENCES; DISCUSSION; SOME BASIC MECHANISMS OF THE TRANSLATION OF BODILY NEEDS INTO BEHAVIOUR; The non-specific component of some instinctual behaviours as disclosed by the ethological descriptions; Physiological mechanisms; Respiratory function and craving for air; Food seeking and feeding behaviour; Sexual behaviour ; General Discussion The non-specific component of instinctual behaviour
• Titolo autorizzato: Ciba Foundation symposium on the neurological basis of behaviour
• ISBN: 0-470-71909-5; 0-470-71656-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910144673003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Ciba Foundation symposium.