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Record Nr.

UNISA996202100503316

Titolo

Taste and smell in vertebrates [[electronic resource] /] / edited by G. E. W. Wolstenholme and Julie Knight

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Churchill, 1970

ISBN

0-470-71536-7

0-470-71505-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (414 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium

Altri autori (Persone)

WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)

KnightJulie

Disciplina

596.01

596.018

Soggetti

Taste

Smell

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Proceedings of the Symposium on Taste and Smell in Vertebrates, held Sept. 23-25, 1969.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

TASTE AND SMELL IN VERTEBRATES; Contents; Chairman's introduction; The anatomy and ultrastructure of taste endings; Discussion; Physiological and behavioural processes of the sense of taste; Discussion; Physiological properties of mammalian taste receptors; Discussion; Problems of taste specificity; Discussion; The influence of the circulation on taste receptors as shown by the summated chorda tympani nerve respon- ses in the rat; Discussion; Neural and perceptual responses t o taste stimuli; Discussion; Olfactory surface and central olfactory connexions some vertebrates; Discussion

The olfactory neuron and the blood-brain barrierDiscussion; Anatomy and ultrastructure of the olfactory bulb in fish, amphibia, reptiles, birds and mammals; Discussion; Experiments in olfaction; Discussion; Olfaction in mammals-two aspects: proliferation of cells in the olfactory epithelium and sensitivity to odours; Discussion; Detection of hidden objects by dogs; Discussion; Recent developments in the "penetration and punctur- ing" theory of odour; Discussion; Computer correlation of molecular shape with odour: a model for structure-activity relationships; Discussion



Odour similarity between structurally unrelated odorantsDiscussion; Specific physicochemical mechanisms of olfactory stimulation; Discussion; Electrical signs of olfactory transducer action; Discussion; Higher olfactory centres; Discussion; General Discussion; Chairman's closing remarks; Author index; Subject index