Taste and smell in vertebrates [[electronic resource] /] / edited by G. E. W. Wolstenholme and Julie Knight
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| Titolo: |
Taste and smell in vertebrates [[electronic resource] /] / edited by G. E. W. Wolstenholme and Julie Knight
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| Pubblicazione: | London, : Churchill, 1970 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (414 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 596.01 |
| 596.018 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Taste |
| Smell | |
| Altri autori: |
WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)
KnightJulie
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| 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 | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Taste and smell in vertebrates |
| ISBN: | 0-470-71536-7 |
| 0-470-71505-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910642846903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Ciba Foundation symposium.