Physiology : past, present and future : a symposium in honour of Yngve Zotterman held in the Department of Physiology, Medical School, University of Bristol, Juli 11th and 12th 1979

Physiology: Past, Present and Future documents the proceedings of a symposium in honor of Yngve Zotterman held in the Department of Physiology, Medical School, University of Bristol on 11-12 July 1979. The idea for the symposium was spurred by the knowledge that Yngve would reach the age of 80 in September 1978 and the belief that he would welcome a meeting to celebrate his great age and achievement, in the company of some of his distinguished friends and collaborators. The symposium discussed advances in several branches of physiology. These include studies on C-fiber afferents in the viscera, skin, and deeper somatic tissues; touch and pain; tactile paths in the nervous systems of mammals; jaw reflexes evoked from the cerebral cortex; thermoreception; and temperature sensitivity of humans and monkeys. Also included are papers on taste cell transduction; how the sense of taste controls appetitive and instrumental behavior; and structural changes in the excitable membrane during excitation. The book concludes with a discussion on future trends, which begins with some challenging remarks by Yngve Zotterman. These remarks are then taken up and developed by the speakers. Content: Inside Front Cover , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv LIST OF PARTICIPANTS , Pages vii-viii PREFACE , Pages ix-x , Declan Anderson ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS , Page xi INTRODUCTION , Page xiii , Richard Adrian THE SAGA OF THE ‘C’ FIBRES , Pages 1-17 , A. Iggo TOUCH AND PAIN—FACTS AND CONCEPTS, OLD AND NEW , Pages 19-33 , M. Zimmermann MULTIPLE TACTILE PATHS IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM OF MAMMALS , Pages 35-43 , G. Gordon CEREBRAL CONTROL OF JAW REFLEXES , Pages 45-63 , S. Landgren, K.Å. Olsson THERMORECEPTION , Pages 65-86 , H. Hensel TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY IN HUMAN AND NON-HUMAN PRIMATES , Pages 87-97 , D.R. Kenshalo Sr., J. Greenspan, A. Rózsa, H.H. Molinari SELECTED REMARKS ABOUT TASTE CELL TRANSDUCTION , Pages 99-108 , L.M. Beidler THE SENSE OF TASTE AND BEHAVIOR , Pages 109-128 , C. Pfaffmann STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN THE EXCITABLE MEMBRANE DURING EXCITATION , Pages 129-135 , A. von Muralt DISCUSSION , Page 137 , Declan Anderson Introduction , Pages 139-140 , Yngve Zotterman Summary , Pages 141-151