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Record Nr.

UNINA9910877754003321

Autore

Smith C. U. M (Christopher Upham Murray)

Titolo

Biology of sensory systems / / C.U.M. Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, UK ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, 2008

ISBN

1-282-34854-X

9786612348549

0-470-69437-8

0-470-69438-6

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (536 p.)

Disciplina

612.8

573.87

Soggetti

Senses and sensation

Biology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [493]-495) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Biology of Sensory Systems; CONTENTS; Preface to Second Edition; Preface to First Edition; PART I:PRELIMINARIES; Chapter 1 Elements; Chapter 2 Membranes, Action Potentials, Synapses; Chapter 3 General Features of Sensory Systems; Chapter 4 Classification and Phylogeny; Chapter 5 Genes, Genomics and Neurosensory Systems; PART II:MECHANOSENSITIVITY; Chapter 6 Mechanosensitivity of Cell Membranes; Chapter 7 Kinaesthesia; Chapter 8 Touch; Chapter 9 Equilibrium and Hearing: The Uses of Hair Cells; Chapter 10 Cerebra lAnalysis; PART III:CHEMOSENSITIVITY; Chapter 11 Chemosensitivity in Prokaryocytes

Chapter 12 Mammalian Chemo- EnteroreceptorsChapter 13 Gustation; Chapter 14 Olfaction; PART IV:PHOTOSENSITIVITY; Box I4.1 Bacteriorhodopsin; Chapter 15 Invertebrate Vision; Chapter 16 The Human Eye; Chapter 17 The Retina; Chapter 18 Visual Pathways and Cortices; Chapter 19 Other Vertebrate Visual Systems; PART V:OTHER SENSES; Chapter 20 Thermosensitivity; Chapter 21 Minority Senses; Chapter 22 Pain; PART VI:CODA; Chapter 23 S

Sommario/riassunto

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. These show the similarities in the molecular architecture and in the physiology of sensory cells across species and across sensory modality and often indicate a common ancestry dating back over half a billion years. . Biology of Sensory Systems  has thus been completely revised and takes a molecular, evolutionary and comparative approach, providing an overview of sensory systems in vertebrates, invertebrates and prokaryot