On the Mammalian Nervous System: Its Functions, and Their Localisation Determined by an Electrical Method (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Francis Gotch

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0267877927 ISBN 13: 9780267877928

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

A clear, history‑driven look at how scientists mapped the nervous system using electrical methods and careful observation.

This concise, accessible volume explains how researchers investigated the mammalian nervous system by recording electrical changes in nerve fibers. It traces a shift from older graphic methods to a direct approach that examines excitatory processes in the spinal cord and brain pathways. The work shows how careful experimentation can localize nervous impulses and reveal how different regions communicate to produce movement.

Readers will gain a practical sense of the questions scientists asked, the tools they used, and the logic behind linking cortex activity to spinal and bulbo-spinal responses. The text also discusses the challenges of operating on delicate nervous tissue and how findings were verified through repeated trials and careful controls.

• How electrical states in nerve fibers relate to excitatory processes.
• Ways scientists traced the routes of impulses from cortex to spinal cord.
• How comparing different central paths helped localize function.
• Historical context that connects early methods with modern neurophysiology.

Ideal for readers interested in neuroscience history, physiology students, and anyone curious about how scientists uncover the brain’s wiring.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0267877927
• ISBN 13: 9780267877928
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 277