Index


A


A band
A-fiber
Aberration
   Chromatic aberration
   Spherical aberration
Absolute refractory period
Accommodation, in membranes
Accommodation, in vision
Accommodative miosis
Acetylcholinesterase
Actin
Action potential
   Calcium spike
   CFL
   Critical firing level
   Falling phase
   Hypopolarization phase
   Overshoot
   Repolarization phase
   Rising phase
   Upstroke
Activation
Acuity
Acupuncture
Adaptation
   Dark adaptation
   Light adaptation
Adequate stimulus
Adrenergic synapse
Affective aspect
Afferent
After-hyperpolarization
After-hypopolarization
After-potential
   Hyperpolarizing after-potential
   Hypopolarizing after-potential
Agnosia
Agraphesthesia
Akinesia
Alcoholic cerebellar degeneration
Alexia
Algesia
All-or-none
All-or-nothing
Alpha-motoneuron
Alpha spasticity
Alpha-gamma coactivation
Amnesic syndrome
Amplification
Analgesia
   Hyperstimulation analgesia
Anesthesia
Angular rotation
Annulospiral ending
Anomalous rectification
Anomalous trichromacy
Antagonist muscle
Antidromic
Aphasia
Apraxia
Areflexia
Argyll Robertson pupil
Arousal state
Ascending reticular activating system
Association cortex
Astereognosis
Asthenia
Astigmatism
Ataxia
Athermesthesia
Athetosis
Atopognosis
Atrophy
Audibility curve
Audiogram
Audiometry
Audition
Aura
Autogenic inhibition
Autonomous zone
Axoaxonic synapse
Axodendritic synapse
Axon
Axon hillock
Axon terminal
Axoplasmic transport
   Slow axoplasmic transport
   Fast axoplasmic transport
Axosomatic synapse

B


Babinski sign
Ballism
Basal ganglia
Basal ganglion disease, symptoms of
   Athetosis
   Ballism
   Bradykinesia
   Chorea
   Cogwheel rigidity
   Dementia
   Huntington's chorea
   Parkinsonism
   Tremor at rest
Bell-Magendie law
Best frequency
Bias
Binasal hemianopsia
Bipolar cells, retina
Bitemporal hemianopsia
Blind spot
Body temperature
Bouton terminaux
Bradykinesia
Brain stem
Brightness
Broca's area
Brown-Sequard syndrome

C


C fiber
Calcium spike
Caloric test
cAMP
Capacitance
Capacitative current
Capacitor
Cardiac muscle
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Causalgia
Cerebellar disease, symptoms of
   Asthenia
   Ataxia
   Decomposition of movement
   Dysdiadochokinesia
   Dysmetria
   Dyssynergia
   Intention tremor
   Scanning speech
CFL
Channel
   Activation
   Inactivation
   Sodium channel
Chemical synapse
Chemically gated channel
Cholinergic synapse
Chorea
Chromatic aberration
Ciliary muscle
Clasp-knife reflex
Classical conditioning
Clonus
Coactivation
Code
   Doctrine of specific nerve energies
   Ensemble code
   Frequency theory
   Interval code
   Labeled lines
   Place theory
   Rate or frequency code
Coding
Cogwheel rigidity
Cold fibers
Collateral inhibition
Color blindness
Color opponent cells
Color vision
   Anomaloscope
   Anomalous trichromacy
   Color blindness
   Color opponent cells
   Deuteranomaly
   Deuteranope
   Dichromat
   Dichromatism
   Monochromatism
   Protanomaly
   Protanope
   Trichromatic theory
   Tritanope
Complex cells
Compound action potential
Conduction deafness
Conductivity
Cone
Conjugate eye movements
Consciousness
Consensual light reflex
Contralateral
Control system
Convergent eye movements
Cornea
Cortex
Critical firing level
Cross-bridge
Cross-bridge theory
Crossed extension reflex
Crude touch
Current
   Capacitative current
   Chemically gated channel
   Ionic current
   Potassium current
   Sodium current
   Voltage clamp
   Voltage-gated channel
Cutaneous nerve
Cyclic adenosine monophosphate

D


Dale's principle
Dark adaptation
Decerebellation
Decerebrate rigidity
Decerebration
Decibel
Decomposition of movement
Delayed rectification
Dementia
Dendrite
Dendroaxonic synapse
Dendrodendritic synapse
Dendrosomatic synapse
Depolarization
Depth of field
Dermatome
Desynchronization
Deuteranomaly
Deuteranope
Dichromatism
Difference threshold
Diffusion
Diopter
Diphtheritic neuritis
Direct light reflex
Discharge rate
Discriminative aspect
Doctrine of specific nerve energies
Doll's eye maneuver
Dominant hemisphere
Dopamine concentration
Dorsal column
Dorsal root ganglion
Dynamic fusimotor fiber
Dynamic fusimotor neuron
Dynamic index
Dynamic response
Dyscalculia
Dysdiadochokinesia
Dysesthesia
Dysgraphia
Dyskinesia
Dysmetria
Dyssynergia

E


Ear
EEG
Efferent
Efferent control
Electrical equivalent circuit
Electrical synapse
Electrically excitable motor cortex
Electrochemical equilibrium
Electroencephalogram
Electrogenic pump
Electromyogram
Electrotonic synapse
EMG
Emmetropia
Encephalitis
End bulb
End-plate potential
Endogenous pain suppression system
Ensemble code
Enteroceptor
Epidermis
Epilepsy
EPSP
Equilibrium potential of a PSP
Equilibrium potential of an ion
Evoked potential
Excitability
   Absolute refractory period
   Relative refractory period
Excitatory postsynaptic potential
Excitatory transmission
Exponent
Expressive aphasia
Extensor thrust reflex
Exteroceptor
Extrafusal muscle fiber
Extrapyramidal system
Eye
Eye movement

F


Facilitation
Falling phase
Far point
Far-sightedness
Fasciculations
Fast axoplasmic transport
Fast muscle
Fechner function
Feedback
Feedback inhibition
Feedforward inhibition
Fiber
   A fiber
   C fiber
   Dynamic fusimotor fiber
   Extrafusal muscle fiber
   Intrafusal muscle fiber
   Myelinated fiber
   Nerve fiber
   Primary afferent fiber
Finger agnosia
Firing pattern
Flaccidity
Flexion reflex
Flower-spray endings
Flux
Focal length
Focus, epileptic
Focus, visual
Follow-up length servo mechanism
Force-velocity relation
Fovea
Frequency theory
Frontal eye fields
Fused tetanic contraction
Fusimotor neuron

G


G cell
Gamma bias
Gamma motoneuron
Gamma spasticity
Gamma tone
Ganglion cell
Gate cell
Gate theory of pain
   G cell
   Gate cell
   T cell
Generator potential
Gerstmann's syndrome
Glia
Golgi tendon organ
Gustation
Gustatory system

H


H band
Headache
Hearing
   Rinne's test
   Weber's test
Hearing loss
   Conduction deafness
   Hearing loss curve
   Nerve deafness
Hearing loss curve
Hemianopsia
Hemisphere
Hering-Breuer reflex
Herpes zoster
Hertz
Hodgkin cycle
Homonymous hemianopsia
Homonymous muscle
Hormonal system
Hue
Hunger
Huntington's chorea
Hypalgesia
Hyper-reflexia
Hypercomplex cell
Hyperopia
Hyperpathia
Hyperpolarization
Hyperpolarizing after-potential
Hyperstimulation analgesia
Hypertonia
Hypesthesia
Hypophysectomy
Hypopolarization
Hypopolarization phase
Hypopolarizing after-potential
Hyporeflexia
Hypothalamus
Hypotonia

I


I band
Immediate recall
Impedance matching device
Inactivation
Inhibition
   Autogenic inhibition
   Collateral inhibition
   Feedback inhibition
   Feedforward inhibition
   Inhibitory action
   Inhibitory postsynaptic potential
   IPSP
   Lateral inhibition
   Negative feedback system
   Postsynaptic inhibition
   Presynaptic inhibition
   Reciprocal inhibition
   Recurrent inhibition
   Renshaw inhibition
Inhibitory action
Inhibitory postsynaptic potential
Inner ear
Instrumental conditioning
Integrate
Integrative synapse
Intention tremor
Intermediate zone
Internode
Interval code
Intrafusal muscle fiber
Ionic current
Ionotropic transmission
Ipsilateral
IPSP
Irradiation
Isometric contraction
Isotonic contraction

J


Jendrassik maneuver
Joint sensation
Just-noticeable-difference

K


Kirchhoff's law
Kluver-Bucy syndrome
Korsakoff's psychosis

L


L-dopa
Labeled lines
Latency
Lateral inhibition
Learning
Left-right confusion
Length-tension curve
Length-tension relation
Lengthening reaction
Lens
Lesion
Leukotomy
Light adaptation
Light reflex
Limbic system
Limen
Linear function
Lobectomy
Lobotomy
Localization, in hearing
Localization, in somesthesia
Locomotion
Logarithmic function
Logarithmic relation
Long-term memory
Loudness
Lower motoneuron syndrome

M


Macula lutea
Macular sparing
Mask-like face
Masking
Maximal response
Maximal stimulus
Mechanical stimulus
Mechanoreceptor
Membrane permeability
Membrane potential
Membrane voltage
Memory
Memory component
Memory storage process
Meniere's disease
MEPP
Metabotropic transmission
Micturition
Middle ear
Miniature endplate potential
Miosis
Modality
Modiolus
Monosynaptic reflex
Motoneuron
   Dynamic fusimotor neuron
   Fusimotor neuron
   Gamma motoneuron
   Static fusimotor neuron
Motor cortex
Motor end-plate
Motor patterns
Motor system
Motor unit
Movement
Multi-unit smooth muscle
Multiple sclerosis
Muscarinic effect
Muscle contraction
   Cross-bridge theory
   Force-velocity relation
   Fused tetanic contraction
   Isometric contraction
   Isotonic contraction
   Length-tension curve
   Length-tension relation
   Tetanic contraction
   Twitch contraction
Muscle nerve
Muscle spindle
Muscle, structure of
   Actin
   Cross-bridge
   H band
   I band
   Myofibril
   Myofilament
   Myosin
   Sarcomere
   Sarcoplasmic reticulum
   T tubule
   Thick filament
   Thin filament
   Transverse tubule
   Tropomyosin
   Troponin
   Z line
Muscle, types of
   Cardiac muscle
   Ciliary muscle
   Fast muscle
   Homonymous muscle
   Multi-unit smooth muscle
   Red muscle
   Single-unit smooth muscle
   Skeletal muscle
   Slow muscle
   Smooth muscle
   Striated muscle
   White muscle
Myasthenia gravis
Myelinated fiber
Myofibril
Myofilament
Myogenic
Myopia
Myosin
Myotatic reflex

N


Near point
Near-sightedness
Negative feedback system
Nernst equation
Nerve
Nerve cell
Nerve damage
Nerve deafness
Nerve fiber
Nervous system
Neuraxis
Neurogenic
Neuromuscular junction
Neuron
Nicotinic effect
Nociceptor
Nocifensive reflex
Nodal synapse
Node
Nonelectrogenic pump
Noradrenergic synapse
Nuclear bag fiber
Nuclear chain fiber
Nyctalopia
Nystagmus

O


Obligatory synapse
Occlusion
Off-response
Ohm's law
Olfaction
Olfactory system
Olivocochlear bundle
On-off response
On-response
Opiate
Opisthotonos
Optic nerve
Organ of Corti
Orthodromic
Otitis media
Otolith
Otolith organ
Outer ear
Overshoot

P


Pacemaker cell
Pacinian corpuscle
Pain
   Affective aspect
   Analgesia
   Causalgia
   Discriminative aspect
   Endogenous pain suppression system
   Headache
   Neuralgia
   Nociceptor
   Phantom limb pain
   Tic douloureux
   Visceral pain
Pallesthesia
Papilla
Paralysis
Parasympathetic nervous system
Paresis
Paresthesia
Parkinsonism
Past-pointing
Percutaneous stimulation
Periaqueductal gray
Personality
Petit mal attacks
Phantom limb pain
Photophobia
Photopic
Photopic visibility curve
Physiological extensor muscle
Pitch
Place theory
Polarized
Polymodal nociceptor
Polysynaptic reflex
Pore
Postganglionic fiber
Postrotatory nystagmus
Postsynaptic element
Postsynaptic inhibition
Postural fixation
Potassium current
Potential
   Action potential
   End-plate potential
   EPSP
   Equilibrium potential of an ion
   Evoked potential
   Excitatory postsynaptic potential
   Generator potential
   Membrane potential
   Primary evoked potential
   Receptor potential
   Resting membrane potential
Power function
Prefrontal lobe
Preganglionic fiber
Presbycusis
Presbyopia
Presynaptic element
Presynaptic inhibition
Primary afferent fiber
Primary evoked potential
Primary muscle spindle receptor
Proprioceptor
Protanope
Psychophysics
   Difference threshold
   Fechner function
   JND
   Just-noticeable-difference
   Linear function
   Logarithmic function
   Logarithmic relation
   Power function
   Weber fraction
   Weber-Fechner function
Pyramidal system
Pyramidal tract
Pyramidotomy
Q
Quadrantanopsia
Quantum
R
Rapidly adapting
Rate code
Receptive aphasia
Receptive field
Receptor
Receptor potential
Reciprocal inhibition
Reciprocal innervation
Recovery of function
Rectification
Recurrent inhibition
Red muscle
Referred pain
   Angina pectoris
Reflex
   Clasp-knife reflex
   Consensual light reflex
   Crossed extension reflex
   Direct light reflex
   Ejaculation
   Extensor thrust reflex
   Hering-Breuer reflex
   Lengthening reaction
   Light reflex
   Monosynaptic reflex
   Myotatic reflex
   Nocifensive reflex
   Polysynaptic reflex
   Respiratory reflex
   Sexual reflex
   Stretch reflex
   Tendon jerk reflex
   Viscerosomatic reflex
   Viscerovisceral reflex
Refraction
Refractive index
Reinnervation
Relative refractory period
Renshaw inhibition
Repolarization phase
Resistance
Resistor
Respiratory reflex
Resting membrane potential
Reticular activating system
Retina
Retrograde axoplasmic transport
Rhizotomy
Rhodopsin
Rigidity
Rinne's test
Rising phase
Rod
Rubin's test

S


Saccade
Saltatory conduction
Sarcomere
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
Saturation
Scanning speech
Schwann cell
Scotoma
Scotopic
Second messenger
Secondary muscle spindle receptor
Semicircular canal
Sexual reflex
Sham rage
Short-term memory
Simple cell
Single-unit smooth muscle
Skeletal muscle
Skeletomotor neuron
Slow axoplasmic transport
Slow muscle
Slowly adapting
Smell
Smooth muscle
Sodium channel
   Hodgkin cycle
Sodium current
Sodium deficiency
Sodium pump
Sodium-potassium pump
Soma
Somatotopic organization
Somesthesia
Space constant
Spasticity
Spatial summation
Speech
   Expressive aphasia
   Receptive aphasia
   Broca's area
   Wernicke's area
Spherical aberration
Spike
Spinal shock
Spinothalamic tract
Split-brain patient
Static fusimotor neuron
Static response
Stepping
Stereocilia
Stereopsis
Stereotaxic coordinates
Stretch reflex
Striated muscle
Subliminal fringe
Submodality
Subthreshold stimulus
Summation
   Spatial summation
   Temporal summation
Supramaximal stimulus
Supraspinal control
Suprathreshold stimulus
Surround inhibition
Sympathectomy
Sympathetic nervous system
Synapse
   Axoaxonic synapse
   Axodendritic synapse
   Axosomatic synapse
   Chemical synapse
   Dendroaxonic synapse
   Dendrodendritic synapse
   Dendrosomatic synapse
   Electrical synapse
   Electrotonic synapse
   Motor end-plate
   Neuromuscular junction
Synapse, structure of
   Axon terminal
   Bouton terminaux
   End bulb
   Postsynaptic element
   Presynaptic element
   Synaptic cleft
   Synaptic knob
   Synaptic vesicles
   Terminal
Synaptic cleft
Synaptic delay
Synaptic knob
Synaptic vesicles
Synergist mucle

T


T cell
T tubule
Tabes dorsalis
Tarsal tunnel syndrome
Temperature sensation
   Cold fiber
   Warm fiber
Temporal summation
Tendon jerk reflex
Terminal
Tetanic contraction
Tetanus
Thalamotomy
Thalamus
Thick filament
Thin filament
Threshold
Threshold of hearing curve
Tic douloureux
Time constant
Tinnitus
Tonotopic representation
Tractotomy
Transduction
Transmitter substance
   Acetylcholine
   Norepinephrine
Transverse tubule
Tremor at rest
Trichromatic theory
Trigeminal neuralgia
Tritanope
Troponin
Tuning curve
Twitch contraction
Two-point threshold

U


Unfused tetanic contraction
Unmyelinated fiber
Upper motoneuron syndrome
Upstroke
Utricle

V


Valsalva's maneuver
Velocity, of conduction
Velocity, of shortening
Vertigo
Vestibulo-ocular reflex
Visceral pain
Viscerosomatic reflex
Viscerovisceral reflex
Visibility curve
Vision
Visual axis
Visual cortex, cells in
   Complex cells
   Hypercomplex cell
   Simple cell
Visual field
Voltage
Voltage clamp
Voltage-gated channel

W


Warm fiber
Weber fraction
Weber's test
Weber-Fechner function
Wernicke's area
White muscle
Withdrawal reflex
   Irradiation

Y


Young-Helmholtz theory

Z


Z line

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