INFORMATION PROCESSING IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE RETICULAR SYSTEM

1969 ◽  
Vol 161 (2 The Use of Da) ◽  
pp. 416-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
Warren S. McCulloch ◽  
William L. Kilmer
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Information Processing ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
Reticular System ◽  
The Central Nervous System

Odor Perception

2012 ◽  
pp. 44-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitsuo Tonoike
Keyword(s):  
Signal Transduction ◽  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Information Processing ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Olfactory Acuity ◽  
Central Regions ◽  
Olfactory Systems ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
The Brain

Though olfaction is one of the necessary senses and indispensable for the maintenance of the life of the animal, the mechanism of olfaction had not yet been understood well compared with other sensory systems such as vision and audition. However, recently, the most basic principle of “signal transduction on the reception and transmission for the odor” has been clarified. Therefore, the important next problem is how the information of odors about is processed in the Central Nervous System (CNS) and how odor is perceived in the human brain. In this chapter, the basic olfactory systems in animal and human are described and examples such as “olfactory acuity, threshold, adaptation, and olfactory disorders” are discussed. The mechanism of olfactory information processing is described under the results obtained by using a few new non-invasive measuring methods. In addition, from a few recent studies, it is shown that olfactory neurophysiological information is passing through some deep central regions of the brain before finally being processed in the orbito-frontal areas.

Actinomycotic granuloma of the Gasserian ganglion with primary site in a dental root

1981 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 553-555 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrico Perna ◽  
R. Liguori ◽  
G. Petrone ◽  
E. Mannarino
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
Unusual Case ◽  
Primary Site ◽  
Pathological Diagnosis ◽  
Gasserian Ganglion ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
Fine Print

✓ An unusual case of cerebral actinomycosis of the Gasserian ganglion is reported. The location and the pathological diagnosis of granuloma are both extremely rare. The literature is briefly reviewed with special reference to similar reports. The manner of spread and the course of the disease are described. The present case tends to confirm the opinion that primary cerebral actinomycosis is extremely rare and probably does not exist. The case also definitely indicates that the organism reaches the central nervous system by way of nerve or perineural pathways.

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