Taste and smell in vertebrates / / edited by G. E. W. Wolstenholme and Julie Knight

• 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
• 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
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• Titolo autorizzato: Taste and smell in vertebrates
• ISBN: 9780470715369; 0470715367; 9780470715055; 0470715057
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911020002703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Ciba Foundation symposium.