The fifth edition of From Neuron and Brain has been thoroughly rewritten, with new chapters added, to provide a readable, up-to-date book for use in undergraduate, graduate, and medical school courses in neuroscience. As in previous editions, the emphasis is on experiments made by electrical recordings, molecular and cellular biological techniques, and behavioral studies on the nervous system, from simple reflexes to cognitive functions.

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Lines of research are followed from the inception of an idea to new findings being made in laboratories and clinics today.A major change is that this edition begins with the anatomy and physiology of the visual system, from light receptors in the retina to the perception of images. This allows the reader to appreciate right away how nerve cells act as the building blocks for perception. Detailed mechanisms of signaling are then described in later chapters. For adopting lecturers an Instructor Resource Library is available; please email.

Introduction to the Nervous System1 Principles of Signaling and Organization2 Signaling in the Visual System3 Functional Architecture of the Visual CortexPart II. Electrical Properties of Neurons and Glia4 Ion Channels and Signaling5 Structure of Ion Channels6 Ionic Basis of the Resting Potential7 Ionic Basis of the Action Potential8 Electrical Signaling in Neurons9 Ion Transport across Cell Membranes10 Properties and Functions of Neuroglial CellsPart III. Intercellular Communication11 Mechanisms of Direct Synaptic Transmission12 Indirect Mechanisms of Synaptic Transmission13 Release of Neurotransmitters14 Neurotransmitters in the Central Nervous System15 Transmitter Synthesis, Transport, Storage, and Inactivation16 Synaptic PlasticityPart IV. Integrative Mechanisms17 Autonomic Nervous System18 Cellular Mechanisms of Behavior in Ants, Bees, and LeechesPart V. Sensation and Movement19 Sensory Transduction20 Transduction and Transmission in the Retina21 Touch, Pain, and Texture Sensation22 Auditory and Vestibular Sensation23 Constructing Perception24 Circuits Controlling Reflexes, Respiration, and Coordinated MovementsPart VI. Development and Regeneration of the Nervous System25 Development of the Nervous System26 Critical Periods in Sensory Systems27 Regeneration of Synaptic Connections after InjuryPart VII.

Conclusion28 Open Questions. Nicholls is Professor of Neuroscience at the International School for Advanced Studies in Trieste (known as SISSA). He was born in London in 1929 and received a medical degree from Charing Cross Hospital and a Ph.D. In physiology from the Department of Biophysics at University College London, where he did research under the direction of Sir Bernard Katz.

He has worked at University College London, at Oxford, Harvard, Yale, and Stanford Universities, and at the Biocenter in Basel. With Stephen Kuffler, he made experiments on neuroglial cells and wrote the first edition of this book. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, a member of the Mexican Academy of Medicine, and the recipient of the Venezuelan Order of Andres Bello. He has given laboratory and lecture courses in neurobiology at Woods Hole and Cold Spring Harbor, and in universities in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.; A.

Robert Martin is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physiology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He was born in Saskatchewan in 1928 and majored in mathematics and physics at the University of Manitoba. He received a Ph.D.

In Biophysics in 1955 from University College London, where he worked on synaptic transmission in mammalian muscle under the direction of Sir Bernard Katz. From 1955 to 1957 he did postdoctoral research in the laboratory of Herbert Jasper at the Montreal Neurological Institute, studying the behavior of single cells in the motor cortex. He has taught at McGill University, the University of Utah, Yale University, and the University of Colorado Medical School, and has been a visiting professor at Monash University, Edinburgh University, and the Australian National University.; Paul A. Fuchs is Director of Research and the John E. Bordley Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Neuroscience and co-Director of the Center for Sensory Biology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Louis, Missouri in 1951, Fuchs graduated in biology from Reed College in 1974. He received a Ph.D.

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In Neuro- and Biobehavioral Sciences in 1979 from Stanford University where he investigated presynaptic inhibition at the crayfish neuromuscular junction under the direction of Donald Kennedy and Peter Getting. From 1979 to 1981 he did postdoctoral research with John Nicholls at Stanford University, examining synapse formation by leech neurons. From 1981 to 1983 he studied the efferent inhibition of auditory hair cells with Robert Fettiplace at Cambridge University.

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He has taught at the University of Colorado and the Johns Hopkins University medical schools.; David A. Brown is Professor of Pharmacology in the Department of Neuroscience, Physiology, and Pharmacology at University College London. He was born in London in 1936 and gained a B.Sc. In Physiology from University College London and a Ph.D. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College (Barts) studying transmission in sympathetic ganglia.

He then did a post-doc at the University of Chicago, where he helped design an integrated neurobiology course for graduate medical students. He has since chaired departments of Pharmacology at the School of Pharmacy and at University College in London, and has also worked in several labs in the United States, including the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Texas in Galveston, and as Fogarty Scholar-in-Residence at NIH in the labs of Mike Brownstein, Julie Axelrod, and Marshall Nirenberg.; Mathew E.

Diamond, like John Nicholls, is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the International School for Advanced Studies in Trieste (SISSA). He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from the University of Virginia in 1984 and a Ph.D. In Neurobiology from the University of North Carolina in 1989. Diamond was a postdoctoral fellow with Ford Ebner at Brown University and then an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University before moving to SISSA to found the Tactile Perception and Learning Laboratory in 1996. His main interest is to specify the relationship between neuronal activity and perception. The research is carried out mostly in the tactile whisker system in rodents, but some experiments attempt to generalize the principles found in the whisker system to the processing of information in the human tactile sensory system.; David A.

Weisblat is Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. He was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1949, studied biochemistry as an undergraduate with Bernard Babior at Harvard College, where he was introduced to neurobiology in a course led by John Nicholls, and received his Ph.D. From Caltech for studies on the electrophysiology of Ascaris in 1976 with Richard Russell. He began studying leech development with Gunther Stent in the Department of Molecular Biology at Berkeley and was appointed to the Zoology Department there in 1983. As a postdoc, he developed techniques for cell lineage tracing by intracellular microinjection of tracer molecules. Current research interests include the evolution of segmentation mechanisms, D quadrant specification, and axial patterning.

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 1 9 7 7, 4 3: 7 8 1 -7 8 4781© Elsevier/North-Holland Scientific Publishers, Ltd.BOOK REVIEWSedited by H. PETSCHE and JOHN R. HUGHESPrinciples o f neurobiological signal analysis.

Glaser and D.S. Ruchkin (Academic, New York, 1976, 471 p., $ 21.50). It is excellent that Glaser and Ruchkin have written this book, which they and many other neurobiological signal analysts (including this reviewer) knew ought to be written. It very thoroughly covers a broad range of topics: general properties o f biological signals, basics of signal processing, power spectra and covariance functions, evoked potentials (as treated by averaging and discriminant analysis, principal components and varimax analyses), spontaneous and driven single-neuron activity, several- and multiple-unit activity, and analysis of the relations between wave and unit activity.

The reason such a book has not been written before may well be the difficulty of introducing such a broad range of topics and techniques to the neurobiologist who has had little prior acquaintance with signal analysis, without making immediate and large demands on his (possible weak) skills at mathematical manipulation, and on his (probably weak) knowledge of the properties of mathematical concepts as they approximately apply to empirical data. Since this is the first attempt at that difficult task, it would be easy to criticize the ways in which the authors have not succeeded in writing 'the perfect b ook' on this subject. However, they have written a good book; this review will describe how it may be used. The proper user of this book either ( 1 ) k n o w s the subject fairly well, and merely wants a reference book to remind him of specific techniques and their background; or else (2) uses this book as a guide to what to study, but studies each topic from additional sources, and/or consults regularly with a sympathetic mathematical or engineering colleague, who re-explains the concepts he has just studied. I base this somewhat negative recommendation on several factors: first, the book was rapidly prepared for publication, which reduced its cost and accelerated its appearance, but which also resulted in a moderate number of minor and major typographical errors, a few of which make whole sentences irrelevant or incomprehensible, or formulas quite wrong. Personal discussion with the authors suggests that a high rate of typographical errors may be limited to the first chapter; and incomplete checking by this reviewer tends to confirm that hypothesis.

The authors state they will prepare a list of corrections, which will be availableby request (to either author, at the School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Ma., 21201). As a second reason for my warning about who should or should not use this book, many o f its discussions include statements which would need to be set in context more fully than an inexperienced reader could do for himself; indeed, some statements seem quite misleading, in, their present context and brief presentation, although possibly defensible, given sufficient explanation and context.

As a third reason, the derivation of many o f the formulas requires considerable algebraic facility in the reader, and fairly often requires him to notice and apply properties of the quantities defined, which are not immediately obvious, and not mentioned by the authors. To have presented such explanations and context, and the algebraic properties utilized, would have made the book much longer, and possibly quite inhibiting to the second class of reader. Thus, we should he grateful to the authors for having done so much; but we should be careful not to expect to learn this important subject matter from their book alone. WALTER University of California, Los Angeles CA 90024 (U.S.A.)From Neuron to Brain.

Kuffler and J.G. Nicholls (Sinauer Assoc., Sunderland, Mass., 1976, 487 p., $ 1 2. 0 0 ) This volume would be disappointing indeed were the reader to approach it as a reference text on neurophysiology. The authors, however, 'prefer' and in fact limit themselves to ' a personal and therefore restricted point o f view, presenting some of the advances of the past few d e c a d e s. ' In this context the works o f Hodgkin, Huxley, Katz, Miledi, and the authors themselves are heavily emphasized.

This can hardly be considered inappropriate, but it does limit the degree to which neuronal integrative physiology is considered. For example, the presynaptic and postsynaptic electrophysiology of chemical and electrical synaptic transmission is lucidly described with remarkable completeness. The concept o f length constant is defined. Nevertheless, the concept, significance and relevance of disinhibition and defacilitaton are not considered. If the reader is not primarily concerned782BOOK R E V I E W Sw i t h possible m e c h a n i s m s o f m o d u l a t i o n at c o m p l e x integrative levels o f t h e n e r v o u s s y s t e m, such as t h e cerebral c o r t e x, this r e p r e s e n t s a m i n o r or insignific a n t omission.

In a n y case, t h e i n f o r m a t i o n t h a t is in fact p r o v i d e d w o u l d c e r t a i n l y p r o v i d e a firm basis for u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h e s e m o r e c o m p l e x m e c h a n i s m s o f s y n a p t i c m o d u l a t i o n were t h e r e a d e r t o be m a d e aware o f t h e i r existence. T h e r e is a h e a v y e m p h a s i s o n studies o f t h e invert e b r a t e species for t h e discussions o f m e c h a n i s m s o f a c t i o n p o t e n t i a l g e n e r a t i o n a n d p r o p a g a t i o n, as well as t r a n s m i t t e r release.

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T h e s e aspects o f p h y s i o l o g y are m o s t clearly d e m o n s t r a t e d in such species a n d in m o s t cases t h e r e is little d o u b t t h a t t h e same principles are t r u e for primates. C o n c e p t s related t o electrogenic m e t a b o l i c p u m p s, glial f u n c t i o n a n d p e r i p h e r a l s e n s o r y m e c h a n i s m s are d e v e l o p e d a n d specific applic a t i o n s o f t h e s e m e c h a n i s m s are described. T h e a p p e n d i x offers a simplified d e s c r i p t i o n o f c u r r e n t flow as related t o simple circuits.

T h e b o o k 'is d i r e c t e d t o t h e reader w h o is curious a b o u t t h e w o r k i n g o f t h e n e r v o u s s y s t e m b u t does n o t necessarily have a specialized b a c k g r o u n d in t h e biological sciences.' This e f f o r t h a s b e e n r e m a r k a b l y successful.

S i m p l i f i c a t i o n o f c o n c e p t s has n o t d e t r a c t e d f r o m precision or detail. T h e a b s e n c e o f differential e q u a t i o n s is refreshing a n d n o t h i n g is lost f r o m t h e i n f o r m a t i o n a l qualities o f t h e m a t e r i a l. T h e a t t e m p t t o relate t h e s e aspects o f n e u r o p h y s iology to a m o r e c o m p l e x s y s t e m such as t h e visual s y s t e m is less t h a n t o t a l l y successful. This section o c c u r s early in t h e t e x t a n d a c t u a l l y it m i g h t b e m o r e r e w a r d i n g to read t h e s e c t i o n a f t e r section 5.

Nevertheless, readers w o u l d b e n e f i t m o s t if t h e y were able to read t h e t e x t in a s e q u e n t i a l m a n n e r. In this way t h e m a t e r i a l b e c o m e s m o r e cohesive a n d p e r h a p s m o r e i m p o r t a n t l y t h e y will c o m e t o u n d e r s t a n d t h e perspective o f t h e a u t h o r s. Use o f t h e i n d e x t o o b t a i n isolated bits o f i n f o r m a t i o n or references w o u l d be less rewarding. T h e - b o o k m a y b e r e c o m m e n d e d to all e x c e p t t h o s e w h o have a p a r t i c u l a r specialized i n t e r e s t in s y n a p t i c a n d m e m b r a n e p h y s i o l o g y. Since n e u r o n a lphysiology represents the foundation for understanding physiology in the clinical context, the clinical neurophysiologist would find it an especially pleasant and rewarding investment in time and effort. A N D R E W J.

G A B O R University o f California at Davis, Davis, California 9 5 6 1 6 (U.S.A.)EEG instrumentation and technology. Richey and R. Thomas, Springfield, 1976, 206 p. $ 22.50).This b o o k is ' d e s i g n e d to furnish d e f i n i t i o n s, concepts, e x p l a n a t i o n s a n d a p p l i c a t i o n s n e e d e d t o u n d e r s t a n d p r o p e r l y a n d use t h e E E G m a c h i n e a n d r e c o r d an e l e c t r o e n c e p h a l o g r a m '. T h e b o o k begins w i t h an i n t r o d u c t i o n t o t h e h i s t o r y of electricity a n d e l e c t r o n ics a n d m o v e s t h r o u g h t h e e v o l u t i o n of t h e e l e c t r o n i c r e c o r d e r t o a c h a p t e r o n basic electrical c o n c e p t s.

T h e e l e c t r o e n c e p h a l o g r a p h is e x p l a i n e d a n d t h e use of its c o n t r o l s is discussed. E l e c t r o d e s, c a l i b r a t i o n, m o n t a g e s, localization t e c h n i q u e s, safety a n d grounding, artifacts, a n d t r o u b l e - s h o o t i n g are m a j o r areas o f discussion. P r o b l e m s in l o c a t i o n a n d d e t e r m i n a t i o n of p o l a r i t y are p r e s e n t e d a n d t h e r e is a small, b u t helpful, glossary o f p r e d o m i n a n t l y e l e c t r o n i c terms. T h r o u g h o u t this b o o k, t h e r e has b e e n a considerable a t t e m p t Lo simplify t h e technical language of E E G a n d electronics. This results in a t e x t w h i c h s h o u l d be read w i t h o u t m u c h difficulty b y b e g i n n i n g s t u d e n t s o f E E G A n u n f o r t u n a t e side-effect o f this a p p r o a c h is t h e inclusion o f a n u m b e r o f s t a t e m e n t s w h i c h are imprecise.

F o r e x a m p l e, t o say t h a t ' m o n o polar t e c h n i q u e., can give a clearer a n d m o r e accurate p i c t u r e. ' p r o v i d e s m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t h e t r a i n i n g a n d p r e f e r e n c e o f t h e senior a u t h o r t h a n it d o e s a b o u t t h e actual a d v a n t a g e o f referential recording in c o m p a r i s o n to s h o r t d i s t a n c e scalp-to-scalp, sequential recording. S i m p l i f i c a t i o n also leads to some errors o f omission. T h u s, t h e p a r a g r a p h o n ' b r a i n wave c a l i b r a t i o n ' ( p.

7 9 ) suggests r e c o r d i n g from 01-A1 in all c h a n n e l s t o ' c h e c k t h e r e c o r d i n g circuits o f t h e m a c h i n e or t o d e t e r m i n e possible m a l f u n c t i o n o f a n y amplifier or 60 cycle a r t i f a c t. ' T h e r e is n o m e n t i o n o f t h e reasons t h a t o n e p e r f o r m s this test: n a m e l y, to c h e c k t h e r e j e c t i o n o f in-phase activity at w o r k i n g e l e c t r o d e imp e d a n c e s a n d to e x a m i n e t h e linearity o f p e n r e s p o n s e t o a range o f low to high a m p l i t u d e signals (hysteresis). T h r o u g h o u t t h e t e x t t h e r e are n u m e r o u s illustrat i o n s o f good quality. T h e s e will be very h e l p f u l t o s t u d e n t s in u n d e r s t a n d i n g w h y p h a s e reversals occur, h o w filters and p a p e r speed a f f e c t t h e a p p e a r a n c e of E E G activity, a n d h o w a r t i f a c t s m a y a p p e a r a n d even r e s e m b l e b r a i n wave activity. One w o u l d have h o p e d for a m o r e m o d e r n explan a t i o n o f r e f e r e n t i a l a n d s e q u e n t i a l recording.

T h e use o f t h e t e r m ' m o n o p o l a r ' expresses t h e vain h o p e t h a t s o m e h o w t h e c h o s e n r e f e r e n c e will be inactive. This is n e v e r t r u e in t h e e l e c t r o n i c sense, rarely t r u e in t h e biologic sense, a n d o f t e n n o t t r u e in t h e E E G sense, especially w i t h t h e a u t h o r s p r e f e r r e d r e f e r e n c e, t h e earlobe. Even w h e n a d m i t t i n g t o t h e activity o f b o t h e l e c t r o d e s in t h e discussion o f ' b i p o l a r ' r e c o r d i n g, t h e issue is c o n f o u n d e d w h e n t h e a u t h o r s e m p h a s i z e t h e a d v a n t a g e o f long i n t e r - e l e c t r o d e d i s t a n c e s in such recording.