Unit 1Introduction/1 Unit 2Introduction of Surgical Manipulation on Animals and Biosignal Acquisition
and Analysis System/3Section 1The Surgical Manipulation of Mammals/3
Section 2The Surgical Manipulation of Toads/15
Section 3BL420N Data Acquisition and Analysis System for Life Science/23
Section 4Brief Operative Guidelines for Biological Signal Recording System (MD2000 Super Lab System)/38
Unit 3Physiological Experiments on Animals/44Section 1Recording of Compound Potential in Sciatic Nerve Trunk of Toad/44
Section 2Determination of Conduction Velocity of Action Potential in Nerve Trunk of Toad/47
Section 3Excitability Change during and after Excitation/49
Section 4Simultaneous Recording of Action Potential and Muscle Tension in Sciatic Nervegastrocnemius/51
Section 5Ionic Effect and Hormonal Regulation on a Toad Heart during Contraction in vitro/54
Section 6Cardiac Autorhythmicity/60
Section 7Premature Contraction and Compensatory Pause/64
Section 8Factors that Affect Cardiac Output/69
Section 9Nervous and Hormonal Regulation of Cardiovascular Activity/75
Section 10Factors Affect the Discharges of the Depressor Nerve/82
Section 11The Regulations of Respiratory Movement/85
Section 12Movement of Small Intestinal Smooth Muscle in vitro/90
Section 13Factors that Affect Blood Coagulation/94
Section 14Factors that Affect Urine Formation/97
Section 15Simultaneous Recordings of Muscle Spindle Discharge and Passive Tension of Sartorius Muscle/101
Section 16Chemical Labyrinthectomy to Study the Vestibular System/104
Section 17Analysis of Reflex Arc/106
Section 18Unilateral Cerebellar Lesions/109
Section 19Hormonal Regulation of Blood Glucose Level/112
Section 20Experiment Design—Role of Baroreceptor Reflex in Acute Blood Loss/114
Unit 4Physiological Experiments on Human/116Section 1Introduction of PowerLab System and Pulse Wave Measurement/116
Section 2Electrocardiogram at Rest and after Exercise/124
Section 3Electromyography/129
Section 4Arterial Blood Pressure Recording/136
Section 5Characteristics of Different Types of Itch Induced by Various Pruritogens/141
References/150The Handbook of Physiological ExperimentsContents