Neurophysiology of Ingestion
Editorial Reviews
Gerald P. Smith, The Newsletter of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, January 1995
This book is filled with useful information, presented clearly and critically. It is well-produced, particularly the numerous diagrmas and figures. The index works and the references are accurate. Many investigators will want to own this book. Because it is written in such an accessible way, the book should be useful for teachers of undergraduate and graduate students. And, or course, university and scientific libraries should acquire it.
Book Description
This collection of reviews draws together for the first time in one volume current understanding on neurophysiological approaches to ingestive behaviour in mammals, and as such is a landmark in the field of behavioural neuroscience. The book introduces to non-specialists the neural processes that mediate eating and drinking behaviour, focusing on the two areas of research that together are the key to understanding how the brain organizes ingestion and indeed any other sort of behaviour. On the one hand, the functional processes within the brain can only be elucidated with the help of information provided by recording the electrical activity of single nerve cells. On the other hand, the behaviour organized by interactions among neurones in relation to the environment can only be understood by experimental analysis of the cognitive processes which transform integrated sensory information into higher motor control. Thus, this book considers the or
Neurophysiology of Ingestion,D. A. Booth,Elsevier Science Pub Co,0080419887,Afferent pathways,Gastrointestinal Physiology,Gastrointestinal system,Ingestion,Innervation,Medical / Nursing,Physiology,Regulation,Science/Mathematics
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