Biology of sensory systems [[electronic resource] /] / C.U.M. Smith
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| Autore: |
Smith C. U. M (Christopher Upham Murray)
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| Titolo: |
Biology of sensory systems [[electronic resource] /] / C.U.M. Smith
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| Pubblicazione: | Chichester, UK ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, 2008 |
| Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (536 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 573.87 |
| 612.8 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Senses and sensation |
| Biology | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Biology of sensory systems |
| ISBN: | 1-282-34854-X |
| 9786612348549 | |
| 0-470-69437-8 | |
| 0-470-69438-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910831170403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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