Systematic Neurophysiology
The Reverend Dr. David C.M. Taylor
dcmt@liverpool.ac.uk© David Taylor and The University of Liverpool, 1999
The text on the following pages was produced in conjunction with a number of lectures given to a range of medical and biomedical students. It is not meant to supplant a neurophysiology textbook, but should give you an overview of the areas covered.
Standard textbooks vary in the extent of their coverage of these areas. I have found the following books invaluable resources over the past few years
Colin Blakemore, Mechanisms of the Mind,(1977), Cambridge University Press
and The Mind Machine (1990) BBC Classics Edition.
Carpenter, RHS, Neurophysiology 3rd Edition 1996, Arnold
Kandel, Schwartz & Jessell, Principles of Neural Science 3rd Edition, 1991, Elsevier
More recently two very helpful books have been published:
Rita Carter, Mapping the mind (1998) Weidenfeld and Nicholson
for light, general reading
Floyd et al., Fundamental Neuroscience (1999) Harcourt Brace
for serious study
How we understand the brain Excitation Peripheral receptors Spinal reflexes Nervous circuits Sensory processing Pain Vision Hearing Growth and development Cell death.