Biology of sensory systems [

Since publication of the first edition, huge developments have taken place in sensory biology research and new insights have been provided in particular by molecular biology

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, C. U. M. [ (Christopher Upham Murray)] (Author)
Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, England ; Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons , c2008
Edition:2nd ed
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Online Access:Wiley Online Library
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Elements
  • 2. Membranes, action potentials, synapses
  • 3. General features of sensory systems
  • 4. Animal classification and phylogeny
  • 5. Genes, genomics, and neurosensory systems
  • 6. Mechanosensitivity of cell membranes
  • 7. Kinaesthesia
  • 8. Touch
  • 9. Vertebrate equilibrium and hearing : the uses of hair cells
  • 10. Cerebral analysis
  • 11. Chemosensitiity in prokaryocytes
  • 12. Mammalian chemo-enteroreceptors
  • 13. Gustation
  • 14. Olfaction
  • 15. Invertebrate eyes
  • 16. The human eye
  • 17. The retina
  • 18. Visual pathways and cortices
  • 19. Other vertebrate visual systems
  • 20. Thermosensitivity
  • 21. Minority senses
  • 22. Pain
  • 23. Summing up
  • 24. Philosophical postscript