Ciba Foundation Symposium - Myotatic, Kinesthetic and Vestibular Mechanisms

Copyright © 1967 Ciba Foundation

Ciba Foundation Symposium - Myotatic, Kinesthetic and Vestibular Mechanisms

Editor(s): A. V. S. de Reuck, Julie Knight

Published Online: 27 MAY 2008

Print ISBN: 9780700013036

Online ISBN: 9780470719565

DOI: 10.1002/9780470719565

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Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages I–X1)

    1. Chapter 1

      Chairman's Introduction (page 1)

      Professor O. Lowenstein

  3. Part I: Myotatic and Kinesthetic Mechanisms

    1. Chapter 2

      The Innervation of Mammalian Skeletal Muscle (pages 3–19)

      D. Barker

    2. Chapter 3

      On the Functional Properties of Stretch Receptors of Mammalian Skeletal Muscles (pages 20–39)

      Jan K. S. Jansen

    3. Chapter 4

      Vibration and the Stretch Reflex (pages 40–55)

      P. B. C. Matthews

    4. Chapter 5

      Spinal Cord and Brain Stem Pathways for Afferents from Joints (pages 56–79)

      Ernest Gardner

    5. Chapter 6

      Some Problems of Postural Sway (pages 80–104)

      G. H. Begbie

  4. Part II: Vestibular Mechanisms: Fine Structure

    1. Chapter 7

      Ultrastructure of the Vestibular End Organs (pages 105–120)

      J. Wersall, L. Gleisner and P.-G. Lundquist

    2. Chapter 8

      Functional Aspects of Vestibular Structure (pages 121–137)

      O. Lowenstein

    3. Chapter 9

      Excretion and Absorption of Endolymph in the Vestibular Apparatus (pages 138–147)

      G. F. Dohlman

  5. Part III: Vestibular Mechanisms: Nervous Pathways

    1. Chapter 10

      Anatomical Organization of Cerebello-Vestibulo-Spinal Pathways (pages 148–169)

      A. Brodal

    2. Chapter 11

      Vestibular Influence Upon Spinal Reflex Activity (pages 170–204)

      Bo E. Gernandt

    3. Chapter 12

      Central Mechanisms of Vestibular and Optokinetic Nystagmus (pages 205–218)

      Marcel Monnier

  6. Part IV: Vestibular Mechanisms: Clinical Aspects

    1. 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

    2. Chapter 14

      New Techniques of Otoneurological Diagnosis II. Vestibulo-Spinal and Postural Patterns (pages 231–251)

      N. G. Henriksson, G. Johansson and H. Östtund

    3. Chapter 15

      Recent Advances in the Electronystagmo-Graphic Investigation of Vestibular and Other Disorders of Ocular Movement (pages 252–269)

      J. D. Hood

    4. Chapter 16

      On the Direction of Spontaneous and Positional Nystagmus (pages 270–284)

      A. J. Philipszoon and J. H. Bos

    5. Chapter 17

      Observations on the Structural Basis of Two Rare Varieties of Hereditary Deafness (pages 285–294)

      C. S. Hallpike

    6. Chapter 18

      Disturbance of Water and Electrolyte Balance: Some Further Reflections on its Possible Role in the Causation of Ménière's Disease (pages 295–321)

      S. K. Bosher

    1. Chapter 19

      Chairman's Closing Remarks (pages 322–323)

      Professor O. Lowenstein

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      Index of Authors (page 324)

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      Index of Subjects (pages 325–331)

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