Ciba Foundation Symposium - Myotatic, Kinesthetic and Vestibular Mechanisms

Content: Chapter 1 Chairman's Introduction (page 1): Professor O. Lowenstein Chapter 2 The Innervation of Mammalian Skeletal Muscle (pages 3–19): D. Barker Chapter 3 On the Functional Properties of Stretch Receptors of Mammalian Skeletal Muscles (pages 20–39): Jan K. S. Jansen Chapter 4 Vibration and the Stretch Reflex (pages 40–55): P. B. C. Matthews Chapter 5 Spinal Cord and Brain Stem Pathways for Afferents from Joints (pages 56–79): Ernest Gardner Chapter 6 Some Problems of Postural Sway (pages 80–104): G. H. Begbie Chapter 7 Ultrastructure of the Vestibular End Organs (pages 105–120): J. Wersall, L. Gleisner and P.?G. Lundquist Chapter 8 Functional Aspects of Vestibular Structure (pages 121–137): O. Lowenstein Chapter 9 Excretion and Absorption of Endolymph in the Vestibular Apparatus (pages 138–147): G. F. Dohlman Chapter 10 Anatomical Organization of Cerebello?Vestibulo?Spinal Pathways (pages 148–169): A. Brodal Chapter 11 Vestibular Influence Upon Spinal Reflex Activity (pages 170–204): Bo E. Gernandt Chapter 12 Central Mechanisms of Vestibular and Optokinetic Nystagmus (pages 205–218): Marcel Monnier Chapter 13 New Techniques of Otoneurological Diagnosis I. Analysis of Eye Movements (pages 219–230): N. G. Henriksson, A. Lundgren, K. Lundgren and A. Nilsson Chapter 14 New Techniques of Otoneurological Diagnosis II. Vestibulo?Spinal and Postural Patterns (pages 231–251): N. G. Henriksson, G. Johansson and H. Osttund Chapter 15 Recent Advances in the Electronystagmo?Graphic Investigation of Vestibular and Other Disorders of Ocular Movement (pages 252–269): J. D. Hood Chapter 16 On the Direction of Spontaneous and Positional Nystagmus (pages 270–284): A. J. Philipszoon and J. H. Bos Chapter 17 Observations on the Structural Basis of Two Rare Varieties of Hereditary Deafness (pages 285–294): C. S. Hallpike Chapter 18 Disturbance of Water and Electrolyte Balance: Some Further Reflections on its Possible Role in the Causation of Meniere's Disease (pages 295–321): S. K. Bosher Chapter 19 Chairman's Closing Remarks (pages 322–323): Professor O. Lowenstein The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.