Physiological Substrates

List of Contributors

Preface

Contents of Volume I

Chapter 1. Comparative Aspects of Habituation in Invertebrates

I. Introduction

II. Habituation in Intact Nervous Systems—Selected Examples

III. Ganglionic Changes with Habituation

IV. Plasticity in the Absence of Central Ganglia

V. Habituation in the Absence of a Nervous System—Protozoa

VI. Discussion

References

Chapter 2. Habituation in Gastropoda: Behavioral, Interneuronal, and Endoneuronal Aspects

I. Introduction

II. Behavioral Habituation

III. Interneuronal Aspects of Gastropod Habituation

IV. Endoneuronal Habituation

V. General Considerations

References

Chapter 3. Auditory Habituation

I. Introduction

II. What Is Auditory Habituation?

III. What Electrophysiological Changes Occur in the Subcortical Auditory Pathway during Auditory Habituation?

IV. Concluding Remarks

References

Chapter 4. Characteristics of Habituation Displayed by Mammalian Visual Pathway Units

I. An Overview

II. Neural Habituation

III. The Prospectus

References

Chapter 5. Habituation of Averaged Evoked Potentials in Man

I. Introduction

II. Classes of Averaged Evoked Potential Habituation

III. Significances of Evoked Potential Habituation

IV. Conclusion

References

Chapter 6. A Dual-Process Theory of Habituation: Neural Mechanisms

I. Introduction

II. Habituation of Motoneurons

III. Interneuron Substrates of Habituation and Sensitization

IV. Synaptic Mechanisms of Habituation and Sensitization

V. Concluding Remarks

References

Author Index

Subject Index