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Medical physics. Volume III, Synapse, neuron, brain /
Synapse, Neuron, Brain.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Elsevier Science,
1984.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Medical Physics: Synapse, Neuron, Brain; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents of Previous Volumes; Chapter 1. Introduction; References; Chapter 2. The Evolution and Morphology of the Brain; Introduction; Origin of the Two-Sided Brain; Origin of Vertebrates; Development of the Brain; Architecture of the Human Brain; The Triune Brain; Cephalization of the Species; Brain Asymmetry; Left-Handedness; Survival Value of Cerebral Dominance; Arrangement of Cortical Neurons; References; Chapter 3. Electrical Properties of the Brain.
- EEG and Evoked PotentialsIntroduction; Electroencephalography; Computer Diagnosis of Electroencephalograms; Cellular Origins of Electroencephalogram Brain Waves; Evoked Potentials; References; Chap[ter 4. Chemical and Electrical Properties of Synapses; Introduction; Kinds of Synaptic Connections; Chemical Synapses; Electrical Synapses; Properties of Postsynaptic Potentials and Currents at Chemical Synapses; Presynaptic Properties of Chemical Synapses; Exocytosis; A Molecular Model of Postsynaptic Responses; Drug Action at Synaptic Receptors; Central-Nervous-System Neurons and Drug Effects.
- Common Diseases Associated with Synaptic FunctionReferences; Chapter 5. Neuronal Integration and Rail Theory; Introduction; Effects of Environment and Malnutrition on Dendrite Growth; Dendrite Electrotonus and the Linear Cable Equation; Special Solutions to the Cable Equation; Boundary Conditions at Dendritic Branch Points; Equivalent Cylinder Approximation; Properties of Somatic Potentials with Dendritic Synaptic Inputs; Transient Passive Membrane Responses; References; Chapter 6. Analysis of Membrane Noise at Synaptic Junctions; Introduction; Analysis of Random Signals.
- Determination of Power Spectrum (Spectral Density Function)Thermal Noise; Shot Noise; Flicker Noise; Conductance Noise; Current Noise at the End Plate; Frequency Composition; Channels at the Neuromuscular Junction; Effect of Pore Structure; Single-Channel Events; Conductance Fluctuations in the Presence of Local Anesthetics; References; Chapter 7. New Techniques of Brain Studies: Autoradiography, Positron Annihilation, and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance; Introduction; Autoradiographic Determination of Regional Brain Metabolism; Dynamic Radiographic Studies of Brain Metabolism.
- Coincidence Counting of Positron AnnihilationDesign Considerations of Positron Annihilation; Positron-Emission Measurement of Brain Metabolism; General Aspects of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance; Nuclear Moments; Effect of a Radio-Frequency Field; Population and Relaxation; Spin-Spin Relaxation; Spin-Lattice Relaxation; Spin-Echo Technique; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Chemical Shifts; Intracellular pH Measurement by 31P Nuclear Magnetic Resonance; References; APPENDIX A: Open-Channel Distribution Function; APPENDIX B: Rall's Branching Rule.