Histamine Function in Nervous Systems

2016 ◽  
pp. 231-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga A. Sergeeva ◽  
Helmut L. Haas
Keyword(s):  
Nervous Systems

Nervous Systems in Montevideo

1962 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 288-289
Author(s):  
AUSTIN H. RIESEN
Keyword(s):  
Nervous Systems

Research Progress on Application of Carbon Nanotubes and Related Nanocomposites in Nervous Systems

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 457
Author(s):  
Aihua JIANG ◽  
Rui CHEN ◽  
Ru BAI ◽  
Fengxiang YAN ◽  
Chunying CHEN
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Research Progress ◽  
Nervous Systems

Brains as Engines of Association

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dale Purves
Keyword(s):  
Neural Systems ◽  
Neural Function ◽  
Trial And Error ◽  
Nervous Systems ◽  
The Past ◽  
Sensing Systems ◽  
Lifetime Experience ◽  
Survival And Reproduction ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
And Behavior

Brains as Engines of Association seeks an operating principle of the human brain and is divided into four parts. The first part (“What Nervous Systems Do for Animals”) is intended to set the stage for understanding the emergence of neural systems as promoting what all organisms must accomplish: survival and reproduction. The second part (“Neural Systems as Engines of Association”) lays out the general argument that biological sensing systems face a daunting problem: they cannot measure the parameters of the world in the way physical instruments can. As a result, nervous systems must make and update associations (synaptic connections) on the basis of empirical success or failure over both evolutionary and individual time. The third part (“Evidence that Neural Systems Operate Empirically”) reviews evidence accumulated over the past 20 years that supports this interpretation in vision and audition, the sensory systems that have been most studied from this or any other perspective. Finally, the fourth part (“Alternative Concepts of Neural Function”) considers the pros and cons of other interpretations of how brains operate. The overarching theme is that the nervous systems of humans and every other animal operate on the basis associations between stimuli and behavior made by trial and error over species and lifetime experience.

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