Neural Control of Rhythmic Movements in Vertebrates (Wiley Series in Neurobiology)

Electroreception Edited by Theodore Holmes Bullock and Walter Heiligenberg Presents recent findings in the research on modality of animal perception, particularly the ability to sense feeble electrical fields. Includes a new treatment of electric organs and their control, examination of receptors and their ionic mechanisms, and discussion of regeneration of the spinal cord. Uses electric fish as models. 1986 (0 471-81800-3) 722 pp. Neurobiology of Taste and Smell Thomas E. Finger and Wayne L. Silver A survey of subdisciplines within the field of neurobiology and an overview of current issues, recent findings, and future research, and an excellent introduction to the specific study of the chemical senses, including olfactory, vomeronasal, and gustatory systems. 1987 (0 471-81799-6) 449 pp. Higher Brain Functions Recent Explorations of the Brain’s Emergent Properties Edited by Steven P. Wise Pushing at the frontiers of knowledge, the best minds in the field of neurophysiology develop original ideas first presented in a monograph by Evarts, Shinoda, and Wise, Neurophysiological Approaches to Higher Brain Functions. Organized into three sections, Motor Aspects of Higher Brain Function, Effects of Preparatory Set, and Cerebral Organization, this volume explores important and interesting research directed toward questions concerning higher brain functions that lie beyond the traditional concerns of sensor and motor physiology. 1987 (0 471-01111-8) 384 pp. Synaptic Function Edited by Gerald M. Edelman, W. Einar Gall, and W. Maxwell Cowan Examines synaptic function by focusing on five areas—biochemical and biophysical mechanisms of change in pre-and postsynaptic cells; the neurochemicstry of transmitters and their release; the interactions of cells in small networks; synaptic plasticity related to long-term changes; and theoretical models of synaptic function. 1987 (0 471-85557-X) 944 pp.

About the editors Avis H. Cohen, PhD, is a Senior Research Associate in the Section of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University. Her research includes studies of the lamprey central pattern generator for locomotion, spinal regeneration, and models of coupled non-linear oscillators. Serge Rossignol, MD, PhD, is Professor of Physiology and a member of the MRC group in Neurological Sciences at the Université de Montréal. He studies sensory-motor integration during locomotion in higher vertebrates. Sten Grillner, MD, PhD, is Professor of Physiology and head of the Nobel Institute for Neurophysiology at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. His work on cats and lamprey is devoted to the study of the cellular basis of vertebrate locomotion.